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View Original / mobile.washingtonpost.com / I wish to address the most important policy question of the millennium: Should we build a Death Star? This debate picked up this year after some Lehigh University students estimated that just the steel for a Death Star would cost $852 quadrillion, or 13,000 times the current GDP of the Earth. Kevin Drum suggests that this cost …
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View Original / bretlsimmons.com The process of leadership flourishes when people assume responsibility for the choice to pursue substantive changes that enhance a shared purpose. This process is potent when its participants have hope – the belief that one knows how perform and is willing to direct and sustain consistent effort to accomplish goals that …
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growthink.com / view original Every business needs a vision - a clear definition of what you'd like your business to become in the future. And, every business needs a set strategy - a definition and plan of how your business is going to reach this vision. All the key elements -- what you sell, to …
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view original / expertclick.com Question for Discussion – Do you have a framework for effective leadership?- In The Leadership Code: Five Rules to Lead By, (Harvard Business Press, 2011) Dave Ulrich, Norm Smallwood and Kate Sweetman have distilled leadership into five core roles: 1. Strategist—Leaders shape the future. 2. Executor—Leaders make things happen. 3. Talent manager—Leaders engage …
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New York Times May 6, 2012 Pg. SR13 Dubai, United Arab Emirates--TRAVELING in the post-Awakening Arab world, I have been most struck by how few new leaders have emerged from the huge volcanic political eruption here. By new leaders, I don’t just mean people who win elections, I mean leaders — men and women with …
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view original / bigthink.com / Richard Tafel Tafel's five steps for changing the system from within: 1. Find a focus. Tafel is fond of referring to the "trim tab, the little rudder on a boat that when you change it can change a whole system. " The first question activists should ask themselves is, what one rule could we change that would …
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view original / under30ceo.com An Entrepreneur and a Philosopher are on opposite ends of the activity scale. The Philosopher is all thinking no doing, and the Entrepreneur is mostly doing and not a lot of thinking. That doesn’t mean Entrepreneurs don’t have Philosophies of their own – we’ve compiled a few below. Be passionate about what you do. …
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (post-gazette.com) May 5, 2012 Where to start with Douglas MacArthur? To say that he was general of the Army? To note that he was superintendent of West Point? To recall his famous exit from the Philippines and his even more famous return? To cite his role in the occupation of Japan? To refer …
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view original / caycon.com Many professionals in business, from startups to multi-nationals, assume that team leader or executive is an appointed position, and the skills come with the title. In reality, leadership is best demonstrated while not in a position of authority, and is a skill that must be sharpened every day of your life. Most experts …
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view original / theatlantic.com From Vietnam to Afghanistan, 12-month deployments and institutional norms have made long-term planning more difficult. In 2010, the U.S. adopted a new tactic in southern Afghanistan: it began to bulldoze entire villages to clear them of IEDs. The policy -- reminiscent of Vietnam, of destroying villages to save them -- spoke to a deeper issue …
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