When we think of leadership, we think of the commanding, visionary person who takes charge in a time of crisis and leads his company to victory when all seems lost.  Although this type of leader is what we think of most there's another form of leadership that ultimately may be more effective at achieving high performance.  It's called "quiet leadership".

One of the primary traits of quiet leadership is leading by example, and eliciting the behavior you want by demonstrating it, rather than jus...
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Mentoring is one of the most valuable tools we have available to us and it is one of the most misunderstood and underutilized.  I attribute having a successful 30+ year career to the many mentors I had along the way. 

Some I didn’t realize were mentors at the time.  Like my Dad.  My first job in corporate America, I carpooled with my Dad every day.  Looking back, I realize many of those commutes were mentoring sess...

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