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Leadership consists of three separate but interdependent components: character, personality, and skill. Recent scientific research (especially in neurology) suggests the following: o Qualities of character can be altered (for better or worse) only by traumatic experience. o Attributes of personality…
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Almost daily, there is a public outcry in response to accusations and allegations concerning a celebrity, often an athlete. Although innocent until proven guilty is the law, the reverse is frequently reality: those accused are presumed guilty until proven innocent.…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Josh Bersin for LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * One of the buzzwords we often use in the talent world…
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Briefly, intuition is the ability to acquire knowledge without inference or the use of reason. The word intuition comes from Latin verb intueri which is usually translated as to look inside or to contemplate. Intuition is thus often conceived as…
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In an article featured in Forbes magazine (2/10/14), “Amazon Vs. Book Publishers, By The Numbers,” Jeff Bercovici cites an important article by George Packer for The New Yorker and then provides information of special interest to me concerning major trends…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an especially important article by George Packer for The New Yorker in which in which discusses whether or not Jeff Bezos and Amazon are good for the book publishing industry. Opinions are sharply divided…
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As you already know, opinions are divided — sometimes sharply divided — about what is necessary to achieve success in business. According to the best sources of which I am aware, these seem to be the most important ingredients: o…
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I have read and reviewed Liz Wiseman’s previously published books — notably Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter and The Multiplier Effect: Tapping the Genius Inside Our Schools — and am now reading Rookie Smarts, published by HarperBusiness (October 2014). In it,…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Rob Cross and Chris Ernst for Talent Management magazine. In agree with them: For companies to continuously innovate, they must first redesign how jobs are structured to discover and communicate new…
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John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge on “The Age of the Unthinkable”
Here is a brief excerpt from an article co-authored by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge for the Wall Street Journal. They believe tumultuous days in the world’s democracies present an opening for conservative ideas to flourish. To read the complete…
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