LeadershipNow 140: March 2011 Compilation

• To lead by example is difficult when you're a follower of fear. - T.A. Sachs Design by @the_folklore
• NYT: A Changed Starbucks. A Changed C.E.O.
• Excellent Post: On the 111th Visit Something Really Bad Happened by @DPForrester
• @tomasacker: You stand out by standing with your audience in possibility. No One is Immune.
• @mjasmus Instead of focusing on what you don’t have – consider the relationships you have to work with, and make do!
• We barely have time to eat because it takes so much time to feed our computers-networks ~ Tom Peters Blog How true!
• @JohnBaldoni: Some Coaches Look the Other Way When It Comes to Character. @FastCoLeaders
• @visionorg: Six ways of thinking about the world have dominated the recent history of Western civilization.
• @AwesomelySimple: Meetings do NOT = Results! Here are 10 key questions to ensure effective meetings
• @HarvardBiz: How to Get Involved Without Micromanaging People
• @mwbuckingham: The first 1/4 of the year is over. Look back, zero in on what worked and adjust your focus. Make Quarter 2 look like the best of Quarter 1.
• @AubreyDaniels: Famous Sports Wisdom to Use at Work. @mainstr
• Forbes: Porter or Mintzberg – Whose View of Strategy is the most Relevant Today? by @profkjmoore
• Bonus for my Twitter followers: free performance assessment ($24.95 value) at www.theencoreeffect.com Password is Charlie.
• RT @openinnovation3: The New Science of Leadership: An Interview with Margaret Wheatley
• Tim Milburn: Leadership Starts With You
• @JohnBaldoni: Do what ballplayers do in the spring. Reconnect with your colleagues. New column for @BW
• @TimElmore: Are Video Games Bad?
• @stefanstern: Interesting stuff in Business Week on predicting future success after a promotion/job change
• Free Membership at G5 Leadership
• Henry Sr: 10 Things Leaders Can Do To Make A Better World
• +B: Using Influence to Get Things Done
• Need a mental edge when times are tough. Paul Leinwand on the importance of coherence
• Great read by @greatleadership: The Meaning of Respect
• Jack Myers Curated List of Recommended TED Talks from TED 2011
• Spring Cleaning - Getting things in order by @TheRingmasters
• @HarvardBiz: Three Questions that Will Kill Innovation Try asking "What are you learning?" instead.
• Stanford GSB: Why Failure Drives Innovation
• @DavidHolzmer: The Fine Art of Leadership — Utne Reader
• @ronkarr: Ten Things that Make Me More Productive from @wallybock
• @adsoftheworld: The most diabolically evil sidewalk ad ever
• @donhornsby: Good leadership never forgets that its long-term goal is not to create follower but more leaders.
• mikemyatt: #Leadership & Influence - 10 steps to making influence a competency
• @ohau8622: Tired of Being Middle Management? Try Being a Middle Leader
• @Archifilter: "The larger an org becomes, the more critical it is for the...values of the firm to be made explicit"
• @jamesstrock: Reagan on Leadership now available in #Reagan Centennial Edition.
• @artpetty: "In the Battle for Change, Attacking the Culture Usually Proves Fatal"