LeadershipNow 140: March 2010 Compilation

• The New Rules of Leadership: CEOs who are tossing out the old rules in favor of a more modern set of values
• @JohnBaldoni: Accountability is cornerstone of authentic leadership. Washington Post @Post_Lead. http://bit.ly/dusb3m
• @HarvardBiz: Define Your Personal Leadership Brand in Five Steps
• @LeaderTalk: Great posts from @wallybock @RobertaHill @JenniferVMiller @LeadershipNow and more in my March round-up
• @LeaderChat: 7 Productivity Tips From Ernest Hemingway --productivity tips not just for writers
• @Leadershipfreak: If you're a self-serving coward everyone knows. 3 ways to stand with your people.
• "What good can we make of this?" It was the all-purpose question for every situation. -Wally Bock Great Post
• @mikehenrysr: Nice post by @shawmu - Stop Making People Wrong
• @hulmevision: Dreamlike animation illustrating Fibonacci sequence, Golden Ratio, and more Video
• @michaelaroberto: This blog post from few weeks ago getting quite a number of views: Good concept: Thinking Backwards!
• @CrystalNolting: Blog Resource: The Leading Blog - Review from biztools.com
• Scott Eblin: How Leaders Can Prevent “Sudden” Fractures
• What would you do if your company did something that was extremely opposed to your most deeply held values? http://ow.ly/1nROT
• @mjasmus: Quote from client: "The longer I do this (leadership), the more convinced I am that relationships matter more than anything"
• @RosabethKanter: Emotional Intelligence 4 Dummies: Smile. Yep, Smile. (Just saw talented-but-sour professional rejected 4 hi level job)
• Don’t be afraid of asking dumb questions, they're easier to handle than dumb mistakes.
• Failure and success are equally significant in our lives. Either can blot out the rest of the world from our sight. ~Gordon Chilvers
• Sometimes people fail because they forget that when life asks them a question they still have an alternative answer.
• Character grows with use.
• @ForbesWoman: CNBC's @loriannlarocco shares her own personal stories of leadership. Good read and good advice.
• @egobillot: To be successful in dealing w/the current crisis leaders have to get back to the fundamentals of business http://bit.ly/bLO7pd
• Lying makes a problem part of the future. Truth makes a problem part of the past. ~Rick Pitino
• FT: We do not acknowledge our mistakes because we have genuinely persuaded ourselves we did not make them. http://ow.ly/1gCLJ
• Prejudice cannot see the things that are because it is always looking for things that aren't.
• Success is never final and failure never fatal; it's courage that counts.
• Character is not built in men by hiding them from temptation, it is by teaching them to scorn it. ~Emmett P. LeCompte
• @Top30Leadership: The Best Leadership Blog we have found: Michael McKinney's Leading Blog - Also follow: @leadershipnow