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John Baldoni on Leadership Through the Tough Times

How leaders step up even when the economy is down.

October 1, 2010 / Podcast # 10-40

John Baldoni

To John Baldoni, leadership doesn’t change just because of a bad economy. When leadership is about people, whether it be training the next generation of leaders or just stopping to chat with other employees, that stays the same even during a recession. It is a leader’s job to inspire confidence in their people so that they will remain resilient during the hard times and remain in the company when things get better. Read more…

 
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John Baldoni on How To Lead Your Boss

Every manager on the move wants to have influence at the top.

September 18, 2009 / Podcast # 09-38

John Baldoni

In Lead Your Boss, recognized leadership guru John Baldoni gives managers new as well as tried and true methods for influencing both their bosses and their peers, and giving senior leaders reasons to follow their lead.

Named one of the world’s top 30 influential gurus by Leadership Gurus International in 2007, John Baldoni wrote Lead By Example: 50 Ways Great Leaders Inspire Results (AMACOM). Baldoni also writes the Leadership At Work blog for Harvard Business Publishing.

For additional training on this topic, consider these AMA seminars:

* Partnering With Your Boss
* Getting Results Without Authority
* Successfully Managing People

To learn more, read these AMACOM Books:

* Lead By Example: 50 Ways Great Leaders Inspire Results by John Baldoni
* Results Without Authority by Tom Kendrick

 
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Larry Samuel on the History and Future of Wealth Culture

Putting the American obsession with money into perspective.

September 11, 2009 / Podcast # 09-37

Larry Samuel

As Americans, we are unapologetically obsessed with money and the people who have a lot of it. We are curious, to say the least, about how rich people make their money, how they spend it, and what separates them from the rest of us. Rich: The Rise and Fall of American Wealth Culture by Larry Samuel puts the American obsession with all things money into much needed perspective. Rich shows how American wealth culture as we knew it has become almost extinct owing to a variety of social and economic factors over the years.
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