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"Individuals and nations owe it to themselves and
the world to become informed."
Paul Harris
"Management is doing things right;
leadership is doing the right things."
Peter Drucker
"There is a great temptation when choosing people for a specific assignment
to choose someone who has previously done the job . . . but it seems to me that one
of the responsibilities of leadership is to seek out and develop the latent talent of those
members who, for various reasons, have never had a real chance to
demonstrate their ability."

Clem Renouf, RI President 1978-79

Leadership Articles

• Today's Businesses Need "Gladiator" Leaders
• Leadership Gap Growing: Good Leaders Harder to Find
• How to Manage Conflict
• Leaders Energize and Engage the Workforce
• The Importance of a Good Mentor
• Leadership Provides Purpose, Direction & Takes Action
• Sinking of the Titanic: An Analogy of Leadership that Failed
• Saving Pvt. Ryan: Leadership Lessons for War and Peace
• Beatitudes of Leadership
• Keeping Good Employees Means Having Good Managers

Other Leadership Resources

Video of J.K. Rowling, Commencement Address Harvard University, June 5, 2008.J.K. Rowling the author of the Harry Potter series makes several important observations on setting goals. "We do not need magic to transform our world; we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: We have the power to imagine better."
http://www.chartcourse.com/video_jkrowling.html
Bill Clinton: charity in a downturn
Bill Clinton expounds upon the importance of charity during an economic downturn and worries about raising money for good causes over the next few years.
audio interview with Bill Clinton by Economist Magazine
Jacqueline Novogratz on charity
The CEO of Acumen Fund on the challenges of job creation in the developing world and why the charity model is not sustainable
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RI Leadership Publication
A club's leadership development program can help develop the personal leadership
skills of club members, enhance their professional lives and nurture future club leaders. Explore a new RI publication, Leadership Development: Your Guide to Starting a Program, for an overview of 10 recommended leadership topics for the program:

Leadership Audio and Video Tutorials
Interview with Jim Collins author of "Good to Great"
Making the transition from good to great doesn't require a high-profile CEO, the latest technology, innovative change management, or even a fine-tuned business strategy. At the heart of those rare and truly great companies was a corporate culture that rigorously found and promoted disciplined people to think and act in a disciplined manner. Peppered with dozens of stories and examples from the great and not so great, the book offers a well-reasoned road map to excellence that any organization would do well to consider. Also visit Jim Collins website.
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Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail
by John Kotter
This is a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how John Kotter's concepts of change work in practice. The full article was originally published in March-April 1995 issue of the Harvard Business Review and was republished in January 2007 as an HBR Classic.

John Maxwell - Leadership Decision Making
An excellent leadership development resource from leading author and speaker John Maxwell, author of the"21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership". You will find this short video of interest and value.
 "A great leader's courage to fulfill their vision comes from passion, not position.” John Maxwell
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Personal Leadership Plan
Developing a Personal Leadership Development Plan. Do you have a personal leadership plan? This short video highlights the basic ideas and principals for a personal leadership plan.
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Jim Clemmer, Making Leadership Choices.
A very popular speaker Jim Clemmer focuses on our choices as leaders.
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Bishop Desmond Tutu on Leadership
T he 1984 Nobel Peace Laureate discusses what makes a good leader.
Watch this video. . . . .To watch the full Desmond Tutu interview click HERE
Ten Milestones in Rotary's Development.
Why has Rotary prospered for 103 years? Leaders must have vision and look to the future but they must also be aware of the past and build on the foundation of leaders that have gone before them. Chris Offer outlines what he feels are the 10 most important milestones in Rotary's development in the past 100 years in this audio broadcast.
Listen to this MP3 audio file.