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Unusually Excellent: The Necessary Nine Skills Required for the Practice of Great Leadership
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Unusually Excellent: The Necessary Nine Skills Required for the Practice of Great Leadership

by John Hamm
February 2011
Beginner
256 pages
5h 36m
English
Jossey-Bass
Audiobook available
Content preview from Unusually Excellent: The Necessary Nine Skills Required for the Practice of Great Leadership

Part II. COMPETENCE: Leading on the Field with Skill

Welcome to game day. As anyone who has ever competed in organized sports knows, there is a very big difference between all of those hours at practice, in the weight room, and studying game films—and that moment, as the crowd cheers, when you step between the lines on opening day or walk up to the first tee and play for a score. Now it's real. The score counts. And you either win or lose.

A Matter of Skill

Figure P2.1. A Matter of Skill

Leadership is a game too, but one that can have immense, even fatal, consequences. And great leaders are the people who know how to play and win. They not only have in place all of ...

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