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Devora Zack on how the logical and the sensitive can thrive side by side: An interview by Bob Morris
Devora Zack is a Washington Post bestselling author and global keynote speaker with books in forty-five languages. Her clients include the Smithsonian, Pfizer, Delta Airlines, and the US Food and Drug Administration. She has been featured by the Wall Street Journal, USA Today,…
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Grit to Great: How Perseverance, Passion, and Pluck Take You from Ordinary to Extraordinary Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval Crown Business (2015) “Champions get up when they can’t.” Jack Dempsey Angela Lee Duckworth is among the sources that Linda…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Annie McKee for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts,…
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Here is an excerpt from an article by Emily Hanford for American RadioWorks, the national documentary unit of American Public Media. ARW creates documentaries, series projects, podcasts and online content for public radio and the Internet. We have a special…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Annie McKee for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts,…
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Leaving a high-flying job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth took a job teaching math to seventh graders in a New York public school. She quickly realized that IQ wasn’t the only thing separating the successful students from those who struggled.…
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Leading with GRIT: Inspiring Action and Accountability with Generosity, Respect, Integrity, and Truth Laurie Sudbrink John Wiley & Sons (2015) “Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s really quite simple. Double your rate of failure.”…
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In her late 20s, Angela Lee Duckworth left a demanding job as a management consultant at McKinsey to teach math in public schools in San Francisco, Philadelphia and New York. After five years of teaching seventh graders, she went back…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Rebecca Borison for Inc. magazine. In it, she suggests that, if you’re feeling less than inspired, you need to take matters into your own hands. To read the complete article, check…
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The Power of Precise Predictions
Here is a brief excerpt from a recent “Gray Matter” column by Philip E. Tetlock and J. Peter Scoblic for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Photo…
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