(rebuttal/comments to yesterday's post : Hit here to view comments on SWJ/please chime in with thoughts) By Peter J. Munson I try to mostly stay out of the comments section of articles now that I'm editor, but I couldn't help jumping into the epic fray over Ben Kohlmann's piece today. I jumped in because I am passionate about …
What Makes an Exceptional Leader?
by Guest Author, lifehack.org “For scientific discovery give me Scott; for speed and efficiency of travel give me Amundsen; but when disaster strikes and all hope is gone, get down on your knees and pray for Shackleton.” — Sir Edmund Hillary On December 14, 1911, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team made history as …
Finding a Way to Win by Peter Borner
According to John C. Maxwell’s 15th Irrefutable Law of Leadership – The Law of Victory – Victorious leaders all have one thing in common; they will not accept defeat. Their natural instinct is to figure out what it will take to achieve victory and then inspire their followers to implement. Maxwell lists three factors that …
Lack of Strategic & Critical Thinking: Why Most Businesses Fail?
by Alistair McBride The problem is students are going in, learning the theory, but have no critical thinking skills, no outside-the-box skills, no world view, no big-picture thinking. They have all the theory and none of the practice A quote from Irish Times article with Louise Phelan, Head of Paypal EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa). …
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The Military Needs More Disruptive Thinkers
by Benjamin Kohlmann For my generation, there is one profession that captures our imagination more than any other: Entrepreneur. This is especially true of those leaving the military and going to business school. It would seem logical for the military to find ways to blend the best of entrepreneurial and combat cultures in ventures like …
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20 Signs That You Can’t Be Trusted as a Leader
By Dan McCarthy “Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work.” - Leadership Guru Warren Bennis “In leadership, there are no words more important than trust. In any organization, trust must be developed among every member of the team if success is going to be achieved.” - Duke Basketball Head Coach …
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Wake Up And Adapt, Incoming War College Chief Tells Army
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. More missions, less money: That's the dilemma the U.S. Army faces as it looks beyond Afghanistan. The service is certainly grateful that the all-consuming commitments of the last decade are finally winding down, but it's still struggling to shift gears on a shrinking budget. After ten years of optimizing itself …
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Building Effective Teams Isn’t Rocket Science, But It’s Just as Hard by Douglas R. Conant
Over my 35 years of experience in the corporate and non-profit worlds, I've been part of hundreds, if not thousands, of teams of all shapes and sizes: large, small, formal, informal, "real", "virtual" — and the list goes on. I've also led some of these teams as a Fortune 300 CEO, and I've been at …
What does it take to come up with a really great idea?
Visual blogger extraordinaire Christopher Niemann delights with his quirky and honest artistry that has been a regular feature in the New York Times since 2008. His new project, a book titled Abstract City, highlights sixteen of Niemann's eye-friendly essays that contain wonderful bits of illustrated storytelling, including the graph seen above. Full story at Brain …
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The Dirty Little Secret Of Overnight Successes
BY JOSH LINKNER Angry Birds, the incredibly popular game, was software maker Rovio’s 52nd attempt. They spent eight years and nearly went bankrupt before finally creating their massive hit. Pinterest is one of the fastest-growing websites in history, but struggled for a long time. Pinterest’s CEO recently said that it had “catastrophically small numbers” in …
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