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WHAT IS A LEADER, ANYWAY?
Leaders impact our daily lives and futures. In good times and bad, there is always a need for strong leadership. The success of a business or an industry is determined by the leaders it chooses or inherits. --USA Today
Leadership. It is a term thrown around like plastic beads at Marti Gras. But what does it actually mean to be a leader? What is the difference between a good leader and a bad one? An effective leader and one who fails? At TBC, we are in the business of personal and leadership development. As one of the first posts in our new social media initiative, we think it important to explore the true meaning of a leader.
Dictionary.com defines a leader as "one who leads—" a statement of the obvious. Merriam-Webster offers the same definition. Urbandictionary.com, a lesser-known niche version of the tried-and-true dictionaries, provides a more telling definition:
"Someone who has the ability to inspire others to achieve tasks and goals that they might not otherwise be capable of reaching."
Finally, the Macmillan Dictionary offers the definition:
"Someone who is responsible for or in control of a group, organization, country, etc."
Finding most of these definitions unsatisfactory to the true meaning of a leader, we have combined them to create a definition of our own. Our definition of a true leader is...
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Book Review...
OUTLIERS: THE STORY OF SUCCESS
Written by Malcolm Gladwell., New York: Little, Brown and Company. (2008).
285 pages.
Reviewed by Diane Byington, Ph.D.
 Are you as tired of thinking about the dire economy, war casualties, and the oil spill as I am? Do you want to read something that is somewhat related to work, but easy and fun, and you won’t feel guilty about spending the time? If so, then I recommend anything by Malcolm Gladwell. This writer has an amazing ability to find patterns out of things that others miss, and his writing is entertaining and stimulating. He’s the guy who brought us the concept of the "tipping point," which describes the point at which the momentum for change becomes unstoppable. He’s written several books, all million sellers, and I chose to read Outliers for this review.
An outlier, according to Gladwell, is something that is markedly different in value from others in a statistical sample. He primarily focuses on the stories of people who have had great success, including Bill Gates. Gladwell looks underneath the stories to find that success is partially about individual striving, but it also includes luck, taking advantage of opportunities...
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