Leadership Lessons : 10 Keys to Success in Life and Business /

There are no light bulb moments that strike the unschooled. Great leaders and achievers the masters, innovators, and great ones - do not owe their success to luck, birth, or environment and mindless risk taking. Rather, insight, achievement, and leadership are not the result of happenstance but of s...

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Main Authors: Swartz, Greg (Author), Thorpe, Julie (Author)
Corporate Author: Safari, an O'Reilly Media Company
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Association for Talent Development, 2008.
Edition:1st edition.
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