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view original / blogs.hbr.org "A 'no' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble." So said Mahatma Gandhi, and we all know how his conviction played out on the world stage. But what is less well known is how this same discipline played out privately with …
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View Original To a small business owner, to an employee--to anyone--there is only one way to determine success. That's right. One. No kaleidoscope, no cornucopia, no "we're all snowflakes," no we're all individuals. One. Sure, success in business and in life means different things to different people. (Very different things in some instances; check out …
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view original / inc.com Artists, designers, and programmers are different, difficult, and--depending on your strategy--delightful. When I tell people that I spent 13 years producing radio and TV programs and then another 15 years running software companies, they always look puzzled and ask: What's the connection? The answer is simple: talent. Both industries depend crucially …
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The most successful people in business approach their work differently than most. See how they think--and why it works. I'm fortunate enough to know a number of remarkably successful people. Regardless of industry or profession, they all share the same perspectives and beliefs. And they act on those beliefs: 1. Time doesn't fill me. I …
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View Original / Guardian UK guardian.co.uk, Mon 25 Jun 2012 06.30 BST The challenges faced by organisations and society have always required leadership that can engage people and their talents and innovation. Within the context of the post-banking crisis economic environment, a radical move is needed to embrace new approaches to leadership by the majority …
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view original / forbes.com / Mike Myatt Blogger's Note: the more I ready from Mike Myatt... the more I really like him...great points. I’ve often said, “if leadership doesn’t scale neither will your organization.” Experience has led me to conclude there is no greater contribution a leader can make to the enterprise than developing a true culture of leadership. …
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view original / fastcompany.com The ego is one of the biggest barriers to people working together effectively. When people get caught up in their egos, it erodes their effectiveness. That's because the combination of false pride and self-doubt created by an overactive ego gives people a distorted image of their own importance. When that happens, people see …
Wall Street Journal June 19, 2012 Pg. 12 A Leaderless World: Signs of disorder grow as American influence recedes Not so long ago much of the world griped about an America that was too assertive, a "hyperpower" that attempted to lead with too little deference to the desires of those attending the G-20 meeting today …
view original /fastcompany.com If you ever wondered why that nagging voice inside your head persists in plaguing you with self doubt or worse, fear that you won’t succeed no matter how hard you work, you are not alone. Far from it. Shirzad Chamine, chairman of CTI, the largest coach training organization in the world, calls it “the …
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view original / Fast Company A crime scene investigation is underway to investigate a death. This is not an average death, this is the death of creative thinking. You see while IQ levels have been rising owing to enriched environments (the Flynn effect), creativity scores have actually been falling over time. After analyzing up to …
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