Recent articles on leadership from around the web…

• The Myth of the Born Leader
  We believe that leadership skills have to be developed. Dave Heine of CLO Magazine agrees. In this month’s issue, he shows us that it takes more than genetics to make a leader.
• Corporate Culture and the Bottom Line
  It’s clear that corporate culture affects the bottom line. CLO Magazine gives us a look into how and why.
• Don’t Let Success Drag You Down
  Business 2.0 takes a look at the ‘Competency Trap’, how it can get you, and ways to avoid it. “Avoiding getting trapped by our own skill and success is a difficult, almost impossible, task.”
• Vernon Jordan on Born Leaders, Listening, and Never Saying “I Told You So”
  Newsweek editor Richard Smith talks with Vernon Jordan about leadership. Mr. Jordan gives us his insights on why some leaders and politicians fail and the role charisma and hard work play in leadership. “It’s like there are some preachers who are very good preachers but who are very poor pastors.”

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