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I think that one of the best ways to learn leadership isn't studying "leadership" at all. Instead, study individual leaders in their natural habitat and decide what they do that you want to try. That's why, every week, I bring you a selection of post about individual leaders. This week I'm pointing you to posts to posts by and about Pekka A. Viljakainen, Adriana Cisneros de Griffin, John Paul DeJoria, and Katherine Hays.

From Pekka A. Viljakainen on the HBR Blogs: "What the Heck Is Wrong With My Leadership?"
"It was a true leadership nightmare. Despite my years of experience, monetary success, and the fact that I had not changed a thing in my daily executive routine, I was lost."

From the Miami Herald: The woman behind the Cisneros Group screens
"Adriana Cisneros de Griffin directs strategic planning for one of the world’s largest privately held media, entertainment and telecommunications organizations."

From the LA Times: John Paul DeJoria turns heads in the hair-care business
"After some early stumbles in the beauty industry, John Paul DeJoria teamed with hairstylist Paul Mitchell to start the John Paul Mitchell Systems line of hair-care products. He's now a billionaire."

From the NY Times: Ensuring That Ideas Are Employee-Owned
"The first time I had a real leadership position was at Massive, a video-game advertising company that I co-founded. We started that from an idea, and built it into a company with international offices before selling it to Microsoft. You wear every hat at the beginning, and then you gradually hire a team and you begin handing off some of those specific hats."

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