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As 2015 comes to a close, IAFC would like to wish its members, partners and other industry professionals a safe and happy holiday season. As we reflect on the past year for the industry, we would like to provide the readers of the Bugle Brief a look at the most accessed articles from the year. Our regular publication will resume Friday, Jan. 8.
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TIME
From March 9: As a leader, your success is no longer about your own output, it's about other people's. The most important work you do is often what enables other people to do their jobs. But finding your way can be difficult. So in honor of National Book Month, here are three books that every leader should read to succeed.
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Fast Company
From July 22: If confidence could be bottled, it would be an overnight sensation. Confidence is a trait we admire in others and lament the absence of in ourselves. But while some people may indeed just be born confident, it's a skill the rest of us can easily acquire. As all the best performers and public speakers know, confidence is as much about appearance as it is about feeling it. So where better to start honing your confidence than in your voice, one of the most important tools you have to give others a favorable impression?
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Inc.
From Jan. 22: If you're looking to become a great leader, you must start from the qualities that make you different from the rest. How many of these do you already model? How many have you yet to acquire? If you want to be great, start with the following.
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Terry St. Marie More Human Leadership
From Nov. 23: Nearly 30 years ago, when I was assigned a job I had to complete totally on my own, I lived or died on how well I executed. It was indeed terrifying, but golly, was it empowering. I didn't have to rely on anyone else. As long as I was doing these "self contained" tasks, that kind of mental approach was fine, but as my need for control intensified, so did my desire for more responsibility — a classic juxtaposition. More responsibility meant being a leader of a team, and that's where the internal collision occurs.
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Inc.
From April 8: When it comes down to it, employees are evaluating and forming opinions about the leaders in their organization just as much as employers are evaluating the employees. As great as the work may be, if there isn't a strong leader in place, employees are going to leave to look for a better environment. There are certain qualities leaders need to have if they want to attract and then retain talent, so it's important to recognize these qualities and work hard to create that strong sense of leadership.
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Harvard Business Review
From Sept. 8: If you are in charge of an organization, force yourself to have regular and long stretches of uninterrupted time just to think things through. When you do so — and you should — here are five guiding questions that could help you reflect on the big picture.
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Bloomberg
From June 8: It's time to stop using "best." The most succinct of email signoffs, it seems harmless enough, appropriate for anyone with whom you might communicate. Best is safe, inoffensive. It's also become completely and unnecessarily ubiquitous. That development is relatively recent: A University of Pennsylvania study from 2003 found that, out of hundreds of emailers, only 5 percent opted to close with best. It came in behind "thank you" and "regards."
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Harvard Business Review
From May 22: How would you be perceived in your organization's meritocracy? Ask yourself if you command respect because people have to respect you or, rather, because you've truly earned respect. Many people aspire to titles because that forces others to respect them. But this is the lowest form of respect, especially if the person you're receiving respect from is more junior than you or works at a lower rung in the bureaucracy. Respect has to be earned. It's not about a title.
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Harvard Business Review
From Nov 9: If mundane decisions drag on our time and energy, think about the bigger ones we need to make in organizations all the time. Which products should we pursue and which should we kill? Who should I hire or fire? Should I initiate that difficult conversation? These questions are followed by an infinite number of other questions. So how can we handle decisions of all kinds more efficiently?
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Talent Management
From April 8: What makes a good leader? It's a question many have pondered. To some, leadership has easily recognizable qualities. For others, leadership characteristics aren't always clear — they just know a leader when they see one. Leadership in business is constantly under the microscope. With each passing decade, as industries shift and work styles change, the issue of what makes an effective leader has taken on different meanings.
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