Learn About Leadership

Bill George, True North. From the New York Times book review by William J. Holstein: “One view that emerges is that the soul of leadership cannot be taught. Instead, leaders are shaped by personal crises or other life experiences – often early in life but also in the middle stages of life – that give them a burning sense of mission. If Mr. George is correct, much of the money that is spent on leadership development has been wasted.”

Ben Stein, How to Have a Business Conversation: Ten Conversation Tips:

1. Begin by knowing that the people you’re talking to mostly want to talk about themselves.
2. Establish common ground.
3. Say kind, generous things to your conversation partner.
4. Keep your comments brief.
5. Get back on common ground as soon as you can.
6. Don’t brag unless you do it in a funny way.
7. Unless you’re specifically asked about it, don’t talk about religion at all.
8. The same goes for politics.
9. If you talk about current issues, do so in a genial, friendly way.
10. Make whatever points you need to make in a hurry, and then leave.

Dead Poets’ Society: What are the Four Pillars?

1. Tradition
2. Honor
3. Discipline
4. Excellence

Create Your Own Brand of Excellence

• Read: http://www.jobjournal.com/article_printer.asp?artid=2109
• Dale Carnegie once stated, "There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it." By creating your own unique brand, you are prepared to make a lasting impression in all four areas of contact.