Independent business blogs are blogs that aren’t supported by an organization like a magazine, newspaper, company, or business school. Those people provide lots of great content, but they don’t need any additional exposure. In this post, every week, I bring you posts of quality from excellent bloggers that don’t get as much publicity.

This week, I’m pointing you to leadership posts by Kate Nasser, Tanveer Naseer, David Dye, Lolly Daskal, and Dan Rockwell.

From Kate Nasser: Increase Respect: Ways to Stop Expecting People to Be You

“Increase respect for others by not expecting them to be like you. This shift is essential for leaders and teams in order to reach their goals. Yet, there are also advantages to each person to make this shift. To that end, here are specific ways to stop expecting people to be like you.”

From Tanveer Naseer: How High-Performing Leaders Stay On Top

“While any type of leader can establish a durable legacy, those who are most successful in their work often display the following traits:”

From David Dye: How Leaders Can Find the Win in No-Win Scenarios

“So today talking about no-win scenarios, no-win scenarios are tough. Sure. But they’re also a chance to distinguish yourself, learn people’s trust, and for innovation. And there are seven different ways that you can approach these circumstances that will help you build your credibility and sleep well at night.”

From Lolly Daskal: 4 Reasons Why Talent Development Is So Important To Your Business

“For me, talent development is like taking in nourishment—it’s not a matter of whether or not you should do it but of when and how to do it best. If talent development isn’t already among your top priorities, here are four reasons why it should be:”

From Dan Rockwell: 4 Ways to Activate Your Strengths Today

“Strengths based leadership goes astray when it makes success all about you. The world doesn’t revolve around you. The Universe is ambivalent to your existence. Your strengths are irrelevant until you put them to use in service to something bigger than yourself.”

How I Select Posts for this Midweek Review

The five posts I select to share in my Midweek Review of the Independent Business Blogs are picked from a regular review of about sixty blogs I check daily and an additional twenty-five or so that I check occasionally. Here’s how I select the posts you see in this review.

They must be published within the previous week.

They must support the purpose of the blog: to help leaders at all levels do a better job and lead a better life.

They must be from an independent business blog.

As a general rule, I only select posts that stand on their own, no selections from a series.

Also as a general rule, I do not select posts that are either a book review or a book report.

I reserve the right to make exceptions to the above.

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