LeadershipNow 140: November 2010 Compilation

• Graziadio Business Review: Great Leaders are Great Decision-Makers
• Strategy+Business (@boozcompany) pick Best Business Books 2010
• @Josephson0: What excuses have been used to justify decisions that appear to be good biz but are rationalizations? Video
• @mikehenrysr: Imagine a community of people sharing leadership resources to promote character-based leadership.
• @stefanstern: A failure of leadership at a crucial time - “If you are the leader, press star.”
• @GwynT: Is the Learning Organization a thing of the past? I think not. You?
• @sdavis: Leadership Begins at Home - excellent piece on @HarvardBiz and Vision
• @michaelaroberto: 7 Questions for Helping You Scrutinize Your Assumptions
• @Jim_Kouzes: Gary Hamel 12 Characteristics of Online Life - The Facebook Generation vs the Fortune 500
• John Spence video on Creating A Culture of Accountability
• @HeroesToday: John Wooden: "Make each day your masterpiece."
• @ellenfweber: With each negative act, you wire brainpower for that action in you and others! Imagine its opposite!
• @Alan_Fine: GROWing from the InsideOut
• To celebrate 15 years s+b editors choose 50 classic articles that have had the greatest impact @boozcompany
• Ten little “ings” that improve your leadership by @mjasmus
• 10 Resourceful Leadership Tweeps You Should Follow « Studentlifeguru's Blog
• If you’re not embarrassed when you ship your first version you waited too long. ~Matt Mullenweg
• On the 50th anniversary of Kennedy's victory, LIFE presents 32 never-seen, unpublished photographs
• @stevefarber: Disregard the normal constraints in order to leave this place better than you found it.
• @tom_peters: Reverse usual focus: Spend day working on "things gone right"--make 'em even "more right."
• Basically you can divide business leaders into 2 categories: "takers" and "givers." by @bill_george
• @TonyDungy: The most imp thing abt teaching our kids character, could be simply not missing opportunities to do so.
• Leading Strategies Blog: Four Steps to Choosing Better Values
• @HarvardBiz: People Often Trust Eloquence More Than Honesty
• LBJ worked 2 shifts: 7AM to 2 & 4 to 9PM Between he exercised, ate, napped and changed clothes. He said, “It’s like starting a new day.”
• It is OK for leaders to change their mind by @stefanstern
• 13 steps may not seem like much, but it will make a world of difference.
• Mark Sanborn: Perplexed by all the adjectives being used to describe leadership?