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I highly recommend seeing The Blind Side, a movie about Baltimore Ravens’ offensive tackle, Michael Oher. It’s worth the price of the ticket alone to see Sandra Bullock’s tour-de-force performance as Michael’s adoptive mom, Leanne Tuohy. What I especially like about the movie is that it shows how the right social environment helps people thrive in life.

I don’t want to give away the story so let me just say in a nutshell that it was Leanne Tuohy who reached out to Mi… Continue

I don't normally post on Sundays, but today I'm making an exception. Today is Frances Hesselbein's birthday and in her honor I'm posting a chapter I wrote about her from my book Fired Up or Burned Out. Mrs. Hesselbein is the chairman of the Leader to Leader Institute. Recently, she was appointed a Chair for the Study of Leadership at West Point.

Mrs. Hesselbein, tha… Continue

Michael Maccoby has written about the necessity of leadership systems where leaders with different but complementary strengths work together. The connecting/networking leader is one of the leaders Michael identifies. I just hosted a webcast interview with Polly Pearson, Vice President of Employee Brand and Strategy Engagement at EMC. She is a connecting/networking leader, the hub in a huge social network at EMC that helps people connect, increases employee engagement, energy and cooperation. Pol… Continue

In my experience as a leader, a board member and an advisor to leaders, I've learned that all great leaders are "servant leaders," a term first used by Robert Greenleaf in his influential essay "The Servant as Leader." Recently, I hosted several leadership and employee engagement webcasts that have a link to the servant leadership theme.

Howard Behar, the inspiring and wise former president of Starbucks International, spoke wit

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