Aristotle
The Story of Western Science: From the Writings of Aristotle to the Big Bang Theory Susan Wise Bauer W.W. Norton & Company (2015) “Life is short, and Art long, the crisis fleeting; experience is perilous, and decisions difficult.” Hippocrates There…
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As a this New Year evolves, you may find many of these observations of special interest and value. “Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.” Stephen Covey “Our greatest weakness lies in giving…
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Defining Moments: When Managers Must Choose Between Right and Right Joseph L. Badaracco Harvard Business Review Press (1997) How to make decisions that could – and probably will — reveal a manager’s basic values and, in some cases, those of…
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Managing in the Gray: Five Timeless Questions for Resolving Your Toughest Problems at Work Joseph L. Badaracco Harvard Business School Press (September 2016) Here’s what you need when making the most difficult decisions Friedrich Hegel once suggested that many of…
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Stop Spending, Start Managing: Strategies to Transform Wasteful Habits Hardcover Tanya Menon and Leigh Thompson Harvard Business Review Press (August 2016) To paraphrase Aristotle, “We are what we repeatedly do. Frugality, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Tanya…
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If you visit Johnny Covey’s website, you will learn that he ” is capable of bringing energy to a room where there is none, he can transform the way an event is constructed by his methods and engagement with the…
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5 Habits to Lead from Your Heart: Getting Out of Your Head to Express Your Heart Johnny Covey Made for Success Publishing (June 2016) “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle…
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The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever Michael Bungay Stanier Box of Crayons Press (2016) “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle Aristotle provides…
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At one time or another, almost every executive has had to make a case to obtain agreement, approval, and (usually) resources to achieve a specific business objective. It could be funds for a start-up or for a new project. It…
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How to Manage Habits
In The Leading Brain, Friederike Fabritius and Hans Hagemann explain several ”powerful science-based strategies for achieving peak performance.” In Chapter 4, Fabritius and Hagemann offer these key points: o Our brains prefer the path of least resistance. In order to…
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