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The other day I wrote a post where I mentioned succession planning and Citigroup’s apparent lack of it. This article comes right in time: Leadership Tip - Looking Toward Tomorrow: The Succession Planning Imperative Part 1 of 2

The folks at Leadership Challenge use Oprah and her initiatives as an example of the importance of learning from past mistakes and other leadership skills. Leadership Lessons At An Early Age 

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I just found this post in a blog called Workmash. It’s a nice read, and has good insight on leadership. Leadership lessons from a dog and a cat

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The archives of the Leadership blog of the Fast Company website has a couple of interesting articles. Check these out:

Contribution to the classic “Made vs. Born” debate.Leadership is a Muscle

Great conversation between Bill George and Wendy Knopp about the role of leaders.Open Debate

Excerpt from Ram Charan’s book Know-How, about the qualities that all successful leaders have.Judgment and Strength of a Leader

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Yesterday I discovered a website called The Leadership Hub. It’s new and I haven’t explored it much, so I still can’t tell you how good it is. But I can tell you that it looks like a promising resource for leaders and leadership enthusiasts. It tries to integrate social networking. My first impression is very positive, so go on and check it out!

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The importance of leadership for the growth and competitiveness of business organizations is not debatable. This post from The Practice of Leadership highlights that and is based on a study done by IBM. The Leadership Vacuum

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Leaders are supposed to create momentum of change when there is dire need for it. So when you identify an area that should change, be it in business or in politics or in whatever arena, act upon it and don’t just hand the task to “the government” or “the powers that be”. At least try. This article talks about this: Poor Leadership; Poor Results

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Reading this will reassure you of your capacities. Sometimes we need to raise our awareness of our true worth. Leadership 425: Self-Trust

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Jim Blot, of Fast Company, points out the real causes of  today’s leadership shortage and goes on to talk about the three dimensions that go into Developing the 3-Dimensional Leader. Well worth the read.

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Old Fast Company article about different types of leaders and nice examples: The Three Ways of Great Leaders

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Some interesting links about leadership (and some other things):

Miki Saxon of Leadership Turn talks about three things that are simple, but are key to practicing leadership. Three Basics of Leading

Leaders need to be in shape! The Zen Habits blog tells about some ways we can fire ourselves up to exercise. 31 Ways to Motivate Yourself to Exercise

Very interesting slide show, over at slideshare.net, about the history of leadership, posted by the user Tudor. A Brief History of Leadership

Interesting way to look at leadership, over at Reason-2-Smile’s Weblog: Leadership: Habit of Asking

Jonathan Frye of LeadershipJot.com remembers us about the importance of being a model to others. A Unique Indicator for a Leader from an Employee Break Room

Not directly about leadership, but it’s always good to have knowledge about a variety of things, and Steve Pavlina provides that. Proof

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