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Here is an excerpt from an article featured online by McKinsey & Company. The results of a recently conducted survey indicate that executives’ optimism for the global economy is increasing, as they anticipate future growth from developed markets. Geopolitical instability…
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In his book, The Luck Factor, Richard Wiseman describes luck in terms of choice. In his research working with more than 400 individuals, he found several key attributes of those who describe themselves as “lucky”: 1. They harness the power…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Ken Perlman for Forbes magazine. He is a devoted father of two girls and believes that many of the lessons learned in fatherhood apply, on a certain level, to teaching clients…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Daniel Goleman for LinkedIn. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * It happens to all of us: you’re working away on something you’ve…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article co-authored by Tsun-Yan Hsieh and Stephen Bear for McKinsey & Company. In it, they explain why a leader’s best chance to lock in new organizational norms is usually during the first few…
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Here is a brief excerpt from a terrific article by Marla Gottschalk for LinkedIn during which she briefly discusses another ten top workplace movies: Working Girl (1988), Broadcast News (1987), Clerks (1994), Wall Street (1987), Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), Network…
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In The Innovation Expedition, Gijus van Wulfen identifies and discusses lessons to be learned from great explorers such as Roald Amundsen, Neil Armstrong, Christopher Columbus, Yuri Gagarin, Edmund Hillary, David Livingston, Ferdinand Magellan, and Ernest Shackleton. All of these them…
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Here is an excerpt from an article co-authored by Mary Brainerd, Jim Campbell, and Richard Davis for the McKinsey Quarterly. As they explain, addressing community problems increasingly requires cooperation among the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors. These three executives explain…
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I am an incurable collector of quotations and now share another group, most of which are new to me. o “I can’t recall a time that was as volatile, complex, ambiguous, and tumultuous. As one successful executive put it, ‘If…
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Dan Schawbel on “The Six Rules of Self-Promotion”
In his book, Promote Yourself: The New Rules for Career Success, published by St. Martin’s Press (September 2013), Dan Schawbel provides a wealth of information, insights, and counsel for those who have no clear career roadmap and are willing to…
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