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Rackspace’s Brian Lillie on the importance of leadership principles

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Brian Lillie is president of Private Cloud at Rackspace and had previous technology leadership roles at Equinix, Verisign, SGI, and the United States Air Force, so he’s worked hard to define his leadership style. With these values clearly defined, Lillie had a new question: “How do I apply these values to leadership?”

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Looking For Leadership

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News Flash – If you have to look for leadership it doesn’t exist…Today’s post is not going to sit well with many in the leadership profession, but then many of my posts seem to have that effect. In my opinion the practice of leadership identification is simply based upon flawed business logic, and it is make-work in the purest form.

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Humility and Leadership | N2Growth Blog

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While hubris can be a needed trait to call upon at times, to rely solely upon it as the foundation of your leadership style just doesn’t work. It was C.S.

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Leadership Interview – Marshall Goldsmith | N2Growth Blog

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In fact, I hold Marshall in such high professional regard that he is one of only three other coaches that I’ll refer people to if I’m unable to meet their needs.

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The Leadership Walk

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Today’s guest post by Kevin Eikenberry ( @kevineikenberry ) really resonates with me because it’s chalk full of leadership perspective. Kevin also hosts the Best of Leadership Blogs 2010 contest of which this blog is a nominee (if you haven’t voted yet, today is the last day for voting).

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Leadership & Initiative Overload | N2Growth Blog

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Discipline & Leadership | N2Growth Blog

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link] ATIG Dear Mike, As a coach and consultant, you know the common misconceptions about discipline(Personal and professional are not the same). Context, fluidity, and other nuanced behaviors are positive traits to embrace so long as they don’t serve as an excuse for a lack of discipline. link] mikemyatt Bravo…well said Sir.