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Directive Leadership & Craigslists: The Innovation of Nothing

Leadership is a non-dramatic act. You don’t need props and you don’t need a dramaturgical board room to get things done.
Just look at Craigslist.com founded by Craig Newmark. The bare-bones classified site, run by roughly 30 employees, attracts more traffic then Amazon.com and Ebay.com. What makes jaws drop is Craig Newmark’s leadership style that embraces molasses-like growth over expansion.

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Leadership Link Round-Up: July 20-24

Leadership isn’t always about telling–it’s about doing.
Can companies deal with the speed of social media? This cartoon thinks not.
What separates the suits and the ‘top professionals’: passion.
Purpose driven leadership is important in this economy.
So why did Amazon buy Zappos? Leadership, for one.
Great story and article: choose your rate, choose your fate.
If you are going after different results, change your definition of management–and get everyone on your side.
How do you track your social marketing efforts? It’s …

Head in the Clouds: Businesses Must Deal With Cloud Computing

Cloud computing, a term originating from an old network designers’ icon, is really just the ability to access and use everything you normally work with and need on your PC–without your PC. In other words, it’s the ability to hop on the Internet, or hop in the ‘cloud’, and start working on your spreadsheets, updating your order-forms, and listening to your music without your PC, your flash drive, or your external hard drive. However, even …

Leading Industry Trends: The Future of Media Distribution

The CEO of Netflix, Reed Hastings, knows he’s in the wrong business. DVD distribution, like VHS distribution before it, will soon die out in favor of streaming online video that can be play on both PCs and TVs. Netflix is no longer competing with Blockbuster or even the new upstart Redbox, they are racing with established and new online video suppliers to win over an increasingly tech-savvy consumers. Mr. Hastings, a forward thinking leader, knows …