This week Peter speaks with John Larrere, National Practice Leader for Leadership and Talent, The Hay Group about their collaborative leadership research project with Bloomberg BusinessWeek, listener comment on Undercover Boss, Dan Heath's Fast Company video on mission statements and podsafe music by Tom Waits.

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Website of the Week / Social Media Minute * Weekly Leader Twitter Leadership Follow Friday Project * Leadership conversation between Week One Follow Friday recommendations: @WallyBock and @Tom_Peters

Pam’s Research Report of the Week * The Hay Group / Bloomberg BusinessWeek Best Companies for Leadership Study

Weekly Leader * John Larrere, National Practice Leader for Leadership and Talent, Hay Group + Currently reading: The Talmud + Leader Lunch: Tony Blair * Upcoming Hay Group / BusinessWeek Events - Free but registration required

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Podsafe Music from Music Alley * Trance Sends by Trance Blackman * You Can Never Hold Back Spring by Tom Waits

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