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Folks,

Good day. Two of my self improvement books got listed on Amazon recently and are now available in Kindle format. The links are given below.  The regular PDF versions and sample chapters are also available via my web cave.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mbradio4/F2766772?thread=7226126&post=91113074#p91113074

I was participating in an online discussion about leadership on another site, when someone chimed-in and said “Leadership is overrated and fluff.” After my initial outrage subsided, it got me thinking. There are many people I’ve encountered throughout my career who have thought essentially the same thing. While they may not have been as blunt as this, it seems that it is true.

1. Pay fantastic attention to detail
2. Everything you do walks the talk
3. EveryONE walks the talk
4. Customers are best heard through many ears
5. The competition is anyone the customer compares you with
6. Reward, Recognize and Celebrate
7. Everyone makes a difference or ‘Xvxryonx makxs a diffxrxncx’ (just one defective typewriter key makes a massive difference)

From: Inside the Magic Kingdom, by Tom Connellan.  there are a lot of books on Disney, but I'd recommend this one.

As a leadership coach, time and time again, for over 5 years, and probably with 4-500 companies, I come across individuals and organisations constantly chasing (often directly) something that does not exist. Namely 'Leadership'.

Leadership cannot be found, grasped, tasted, smelt or acquired . We will never find it in the fridge one day or fall over a hunk of it in the ceo's office.

It is a nominalisation, a verb pretending to be a noun (I think as scientists, we also chased 'heat' as a thing for around 200 years).