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9 KEYS TO SUCCESSFUL LEADERSHIP

Copyright © 2002, 2008, 2011 by James Merritt

Previously published as How to Impact and Influence Others

Published by Harvest House Publishers

Eugene, Oregon 97402

www.harvesthousepublishers.com

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Merritt, James Gregory

[How to impact and influence others.]

9 keys to successful leadership / James Merritt.

pages cm

ISBN 978-0-7369-6564-4 (pbk.)

ISBN 978-0-7369-6565-1 (eBook)

1. Leadership. 2. Influence (Psychology) I. Title. II. Title: Nine keys to successful leadership.

HD57.7.M47 2016

658.4'092—dc23

2015028549

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