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		<title>Book Review: Open Leadership by Charlene Li</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 03:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A little over a year ago we started the Weekly Leader podcast in an effort to explore the ever rich topic of leadership. One area that has fascinated us, and which is a staple of interviews with our amazing guests, is how new technology and social media are changing the way we communicate, relate, manage [...]


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<li><a href='http://weeklyleader.net/2010/weekly-leader-podcast-episode-52-charlene-lis-open-leadership/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Weekly Leader Podcast Episode 52 | Charlene Li&#8217;s <i>Open Leadership</i>'>Weekly Leader Podcast Episode 52 | Charlene Li&#8217;s <i>Open Leadership</i></a></li>
<li><a href='http://weeklyleader.net/2008/book-review-tribes-we-need-you-to-lead-us-by-seth-godin/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Book Review: Tribes &#8211; We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin'>Book Review: Tribes &#8211; We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin</a></li>
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		<title>The importance of exercising informal and formal leadership (video)</title>
		<link>http://weeklyleader.net/2010/the-importance-of-exercising-informal-and-formal-leadership-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter A. Mello, Founder/Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Through effective storytelling in this video, Jon Katzenbach and Zia Khan do a great job explaining the difference between formal leadership (authority) and informal leadership (influence) and why it&#8217;s important for leaders to use both. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjSyz_GiyCg Jon Katzenbach is a senior partner in the New York office of Booz &#38; Co and the Katzenbach Center. [...]


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<li><a href='http://weeklyleader.net/2008/president-elect-barack-obamas-victory-speech/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: President-elect Barack Obama&#8217;s Victory Speech (Video)'>President-elect Barack Obama&#8217;s Victory Speech (Video)</a></li>
<li><a href='http://weeklyleader.net/2010/ron-heifetz-on-adaptive-leadership-video/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Ron Heifetz on Adaptive Leadership (video)'>Ron Heifetz on Adaptive Leadership (video)</a></li>
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		<title>The &#8220;shortest&#8221; business book review in the world &#8211; Tom Peters&#8217; The Little Big Things</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter A. Mello, Founder/Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My wife Jenny was visiting family in the UK last weekend so the kids and I took a little adventure to Borders Books. While I was having trouble finding Tom Peters&#8217; new book The Little Big Things in the business section, my 5 year old daughter Joy, who&#8217;s learning to read, found it. Here&#8217;s her [...]


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<li><a href='http://weeklyleader.net/2009/book-review-just-ask-leadership-why-great-managers-always-ask-the-right-questions-by-gary-b-cohen/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Book Review: <i>Just Ask Leadership &#8211; Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions</i> by Gary B. Cohen'>Book Review: <i>Just Ask Leadership &#8211; Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions</i> by Gary B. Cohen</a></li>
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		<title>Weekly Leader Podcast Author Interview: Bill Capodagli, Innovate the Pixar Way</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter A. Mello, Founder/Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peter interviews Bill Capodagli, coauthor of Innovate the Pixar Way: Business Lessons from the World&#8217;s Most Creative Corporate Playground. Principal of Capodagli Jackson Consulting Previous book: The Disney Way, Revised Edition: Harnessing the Management Secrets of Disney in Your Company Podsafe music from Music Alley:  Shake [London] by Otis Redding from the Monterrey International Pop [...]


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<li><a href='http://weeklyleader.net/2010/weekly-leader-podcast-episode-46-steve-cunningham-readitfor-me/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Weekly Leader Podcast Episode 46| Steve Cunningham + ReadItFor.Me'>Weekly Leader Podcast Episode 46| Steve Cunningham + ReadItFor.Me</a></li>
<li><a href='http://weeklyleader.net/2010/weekly-leader-podcast-episode-34-mark-smith-ceo-of-ipadio-com/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Weekly Leader Podcast Episode 34 &#8211; Mark Smith, CEO of ipadio.com'>Weekly Leader Podcast Episode 34 &#8211; Mark Smith, CEO of ipadio.com</a></li>
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		<itunes:subtitle>Peter interviews Bill Capodagli, coauthor of Innovate the Pixar Way: Business Lessons from the World&#039;s Most Creative Corporate Playground. - Principal of Capodagli Jackson Consulting - Previous book: The Disney Way,</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>(http://weeklyleader.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Pixar-Way-cover.jpg)Peter interviews Bill Capodagli, coauthor of Innovate the Pixar Way: Business Lessons from the World&#039;s Most Creative Corporate Playground. (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071638938?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=weeklead-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0071638938)

Principal of Capodagli Jackson Consulting (http://www.capojac.com/)

Previous book: The Disney Way, Revised Edition: Harnessing the Management Secrets of Disney in Your Company (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071478159?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=weeklead-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0071478159)(http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=weeklead-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0071478159)

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		<title>Charles Handy&#8217;s Top Five Leadership Books for 2009 (strategy+business)</title>
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		<comments>http://weeklyleader.net/2009/charles-handys-top-five-2009-leadership-books-strategybusiness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter A. Mello, Founder/Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re at that time of year where lists become very popular and in the current edition of strategy+business magazine Charles Handy offers up his choices for the Best Leadership Books for 2009. To many Americans Charles Handy may not be a household name and that&#8217;s too bad.  A prolific writer and frequent BBC commentator about [...]


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		<title>Book Review: Just Ask Leadership &#8211; Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions by Gary B. Cohen</title>
		<link>http://weeklyleader.net/2009/book-review-just-ask-leadership-why-great-managers-always-ask-the-right-questions-by-gary-b-cohen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter A. Mello, Founder/Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my P.K. (pre-kid) years I played quite a bit of golf. I didn’t start playing the game until I was about 25 years old but it appeared to be a requisite business skill that I “needed” to develop. In those days I had the opportunity to play on weekends with my mother who is [...]


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		<title>Vay-Ner-Chuk Gets Leadership</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mario Vittone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If Marcus Buckingham was right, that leadership is “rallying people to a better future.” &#8211; then as much as you may think of him as a marketer, as a merchant, or as a hustler (in a good way); Gary Vaynerchuk is &#8211; above all of that &#8211; a leader.  With the recent release of his [...]


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		<title>Book Review: Tribes &#8211; We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin</title>
		<link>http://weeklyleader.net/2008/book-review-tribes-we-need-you-to-lead-us-by-seth-godin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter A. Mello, Founder/Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All in all, this is a good little book that while it might not make required reading lists in graduate level leadership courses, it would fit nicely on every student of leadership's bookshelf and I enthusiastically recommend it.


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