Author Archives: David Mills

The Best Leaders Make Smart Thinking a Priority

Speaker: David Colcleugh, former Chair, President and CEO, DuPont Canada; Author, Everyone a Leader: A Guide to Leading High-Performance Organizations for Engineers and Scientists (Rotman/UofT Press, 2013) Topic: What Happens When Every Employee is Both a Functional Expert and a … Continue reading

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Leadership Manifesto

Presented by: Nicole Liles – Source: Gordon Brown Ted Talk

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Put Your Employees First

Vineet Nayar, CEO of HCL Technologies, Ltd., explains how inverting the management pyramid leads to superior organizational performance. (RP)

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Never act like the smartest person in the room …

Sometimes it pays to shut up! Especially when you are really smart. As a bright and capable performer, you will have plenty of opportunities to show what you know and how you know it but one thing you can never … Continue reading

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IT Leader or IT Manager? How to Be the Best of Both

The best leaders aren’t necessarily great managers and great managers aren’t always the best leaders. A company needs both types of personalities to be competitive. Here’s a look at the separate skills and traits associated with each, so you can … Continue reading

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How to Develop and Implement Coaching and Mentoring Programs

How to Develop and Implement Coaching and Mentoring Programs – A Rhodes Business School (Australia) ‘Free L&D/OD Resources Video’

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