Month: September 2016
Here is a brief excerpt from Matt McCue’s interview of Alex Schlepper for 99u within the website network of Bēhance. Airbnb’s VP of Design explains how to establish creative partnerships inside of a large company. To read the complete interview,…
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Robert K. Greenleaf (1904-1990) is generally associated with the concept of servant leadership. Here is a brief excerpt from one of his essays, first published in 1970: “The servant-leader is servant first…It begins with the natural feeling that one wants…
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Writing Without Bullshit: Boost Your Career by Saying What You Mean Josh Bernoff HarperBusiness/An imprint of HarperCollins (September 2016) The power of Lean thinking and writing One of the greatest benefits of Lean principles is that they can help leaders…
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Don Yaeger is a nationally acclaimed inspirational speaker, longtime Associate Editor of Sports Illustrated and author of 25 books, nine of which have become New York Times best sellers. He began his career at the San Antonio (TX) Light and…
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The Thoughtful Leader: A Model of Integrative Leadership Jim Fisher Rotman/University of Toronto Press (July 2016) How and why integrative thinking is the foundation of great leadership Obviously, leaders have a great deal to think about before making decisions with…
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In basketball, there were stretches in games (especially during playoff games) when Michael Jordan seems to make every shot he took. In tournament golf, there were stretches during a round (especially during a major tournament) when Tiger Woods seems to…
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Here is a brief article by Jack Cheng for 99u within the website network of Bēhance. To check out other resources, learn more about 99u, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * * * We like plans.…
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Niccolò Machiavelli is among the least understood, therefore least appreciated thinkers in western intellectual history. For example, consider this passage in his classic, The Prince: “how one lives is so far distant from how one ought to live, that he…
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Joseph Badaracco on “defining moments”
The philosopher Friedrich Hegel once suggested that the most difficult decisions are not choosing between good and evil; rather, between good and good. This is what Joseph Badaracco has in mind in his book Defining Moments: When Managers Must Choose…
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