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5 Ways to Open Your World At Work

Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller offer tips to readers in Great Leaders Grow (Berrett-Koehler, 2012) on how to open their world at work by expanding their leadership and life experiences which will ultimately make them better leaders.

• Serve on a cross-functional team.
• Meet with leader from other departments to understand their issues.
• Find a mentor (formal or informal) from another department.
• Interview recent retirees and seek their counsel on current issues.
• Lead anything you can. Chances are good, you’ll learn more by leading than anything else.

Great Leaders Grow: Becoming a Leader for Life

By Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller

Berrett-Koehler Publishers

February 2012

Hardcover, $22.95; 144 pages

978-1-60994-303-5