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Lead Star provides practical and inspiring leadership development solutions for individuals to maximize their personal effectiveness and achieve greater results.
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Lead Star Leadership is not just a work skill - it is a life skill. As you work to influence and inspire your colleagues, use the same skills with your families and friends this holiday season.

December 23, 2009 at 5:58am
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When we asked our subscribers to write in with their leadership ideas and best practices, we received many submissions from individuals who wanted to highlight the leadership they have received from fantastic mentors and role-models...
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Lead Star Your colleagues, your family members and even your friends will never be able to live up to unknown expectations. People can’t read your mind. Don’t keep others guessing with what you need done - constantly convey expectations. For more ways on how to lead others effectively, vist www.leadstar.us and download our free ...eBook titled "Companies Don't Fire Leaders."

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Lead Star was founded in 2003 by Angie Morgan and Courtney Lynch, best-selling authors of the business book Leading from the Front (McGraw-Hill), who made a commitment to provide practical, relevant, and inspiring ways to grow and develop leaders. ...
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Lead Star Now is the perfect time to make a career plan for 2010 - visit our website and download a free article that will help you craft out your leadership development for the New Year. http://www.leadstar.us/news/guest-articles/

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Lead Star was founded in 2003 by Angie Morgan and Courtney Lynch, best-selling authors of the business book Leading from the Front (McGraw-Hill), who made a commitment to provide practical, relevant, and inspiring ways to grow and develop leaders. ...
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When we asked our subscribers to write in with their leadership best-practices, many chose to write about the topic of time-management...
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Lead Star Just saw the 10 worst phrases to use at the office - do you see any that are missing? What about, "Come on, guys, we're all in this together ..."
http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/worklife/12/16/cb.worst.phrases.work/index.html

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YouGov published its list of the 10 worst business sayings months ago. Some I more than agreed with ("thinking outside of the box," "blue-sky thinking," "heads up"); some ...
Judi
Judi
Great list ... but I must work with a different kind of organization. When someone I am working with uses the word crisis or urgent ... it IS!
December 17, 2009 at 10:40am
Annie
Annie
"Add color," "leverage" and anything ending in "-ize" (e.g., marketize, templatize). And those are just a few from meetings in the last couple days!
December 17, 2009 at 11:23am
Marcia Osborne
Marcia Osborne
My very least favorite phrase used in the office is

... are you gettin' it? ...

... they / she / he do(es)n't get it ...... See More

"That just gets me in my craw" ... which is second on my list of worst phrases at the office.

What the heck is a craw?
December 18, 2009 at 2:56pm
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Lead Star Just attended a meeting with a large transportation company where I learned their mid-level employees ranked leadership skills, decision-making skills and communications skills as their top three training needs. Would love to hear how this compares to your professional environment - what are your top training needs?

December 16, 2009 at 11:29am
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Here’s some more great advice from our Lead Star Subscribers: In the midst of professional or personal low points, it is hard to keep perspective. ...
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Lead Star We had a training session yesterday where we asked groups to identify high-performing teams. Some answers included Google, Nike, NY Yankees, Apple because of their innovation, success, history, brand identify, etc ... Would love to hear your thougths on who is a high performing team and why.

December 11, 2009 at 4:35am
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In November, we asked our Lead Star subscribers to send us their leadership best-practices in the form of special Leadership Moments to be published during the month of December. We were thrilled at the fantastic responses we received...
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Lead Star Little decisions, followed by action, make your "to do list" disappear.

December 8, 2009 at 9:08am
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Lead Star "Sometimes you have to sacrifice the good to get to the great." We love that quote!

December 2, 2009 at 9:02am
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Lead Star I heard a great piece of advice from a manager today: "If my employees want me to leave them alone, all I ask is that they keep me in the loop. The more informed I am, the better able we all are to do our jobs."

December 1, 2009 at 12:49pm
Terri
Terri
and I must add vice versa smiles
December 1, 2009 at 12:56pm
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I like the vice versa smiles - they go along way!
December 1, 2009 at 3:49pm
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You know how it feels when you are “on a roll” – when you are consistently performing at your best and realizing results. You have the ability to create these circumstances more often simply by experiencing your successes and building upon them. As y...
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People in the DC area take State Dinners seriously. Getting invited to dine with the President and his guests at an exclusive State Dinner is the most coveted invite in Washington...