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For nearly 30 years Jim Clemmer’s practical leadership approaches have been inspiring action and achieving results. His 2,000+ presentations and workshops/retreats , six best-selling books , leadership columns , and free newsletters help hundreds of thousands of managers worldwide because they are inspiring, highly applicable, and refreshingly fun. And best of all… they work!
 

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Paradoxically We Need Teams and Rugged Individualism

Most organizations have done a rotten job of harnessing the power of collective effort. That's often because western society's strength and weakness is rugged individualism and the ideal of the heroic Read More...

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Dealing with a Bad Boss

I wish I had a sure-fire formula for changing the boss! It's one of the common questions I get during my leadership development workshops.

If this is your issue, I think you have these cho Read More...

Navigating the Slippery Slope of Accountability


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