LeadershipNow 140: August 2012 Compilation

Here are a selection of tweets from August 2012 that you might have missed:

• @profkjmoore: Who Can Teach Leadership? @HarvardBiz
• I love and use this perspective on flipping the script when I find myself stuck in a tunnel vision thought. - ‏@nicolerawski
• Comical: Doctor’s Typeface by Orion Creatives.
• 50 Famous Leaders and Career Advice That Shaped Them
• Seven Ways to (Really) Engage People by @KevinEikenberry
• The Weakness of Positive Thinking from @stratandbiz
• Stressed Out? You're Not Alone by @ToddiGutner for @businessonmain
• Read "A boss by any other name" by @wallybock
• @FSonnenberg: Counterfeit Leadership vs. REAL leadership
• From @RyanEggenberger : Gen Y’s Resignation Letter to Bosses
• Five Leadership Lessons From The Life of Neil Armstrong by @RandyConley
• Read "Stay Vulnerable Even When It Hurts" http://bit.ly/P2kbIx by @LollyDaskal
• 3 Ways To Make Everyone Around You Smarter by @Jim_Kouzes
• @RosabethKanter: The best leaders convene conversations and set the stage that enables others to develop solutions.
• @mikemyatt: Leadership and office politics - survival tips you need to know
• The real purpose of pain is to get us to reevaluate our beliefs from @tomasacker
• Caffeine: The Silent Killer of Emotional Intelligence - Forbes
• @profkjmoore: NYTimes: The Mind of a Flip-Flopper, about the two presidential candidates, interesting for leaders to read.
• @mitsmr: Research shows: Simply being seen at the office has great power
• Try a vacation from whatever work is already scheduled suggests @jasonfried
• Stop Shooting Yourself in the Foot by @LeadershipFreak
• @Jim_Kouzes: The best leaders are self-aware and know who they are, says James Hackett, Steelcase CEO—in @nytimes
• Business's real problem: Uncertainty, uncertainty, uncertainty by @geoffcolvin
• A Study in Leader Humility By @GwynT
• @keithferrazzi: Never too soon to build relationships to support your success (& success of others) by @richardbranson
• @HarvardBiz: Sometimes failure is a good option
• TEDx talk by Jullien aka @PurposeFinder on being the driver in your own life
• Leadership is not what most people think, and it is certainly not just about the person at the top.
• For fun: Very, very close calls.
• 12 Most Irrefutable Laws of Business Heresy by @tedcoine
• What Do You See? A Lesson in Coaching by @KevinEikenberry How you might handle this situation is important.
• From @wallybock Why don't managers do better?
• 4 Actions When You Put Your Foot In Your Mouth by @RonEdmondson
• @PhilGerb: A Personality Test for Entrepreneurs Interesting - mine turned out to be heart. What's yours?
• FT: Art still trumps science when picking future leaders. ~ @andrewtghill
• @hulmevision: 10 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Work on Vacation via @usnews

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