“Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.” George S. Patton (1885 – 1945) Great American Military Officer and Leader General, United States Army, graduate of the United States Military Academy, West Point (1909)
Let’s say you have to brief the boss on the status of a project. How can you do it best? Here’s a five-step process you can use for a meeting, an email message or a stopped-in-the-hallway request for an update. This process will help you make it obvious to the boss that you’re on top […]
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What You Can’t See There are innumerable resources on how to be a more effective leader, but what if you asked the people you work with – what advice would they give you? Would they tell you to take your greatest strengths and run with them? Or Would they suggest some areas to work on? […]
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“We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.” George Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950) Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics
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The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb Black swan events are by definition unpredictable, catastrophic, and retrospectively believed to have been fully predictable and by extension less impactful. About the Reference In his book, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Dr. Nassim Nicholas Taleb illustrates the […]
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“It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.” Edmund Burke (1729 – 1797) Anglo-Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist, and philosopher Remember to avoid using absolutes…
There are people in every organization you know whose titles indicate they are leaders. Often, and unfortunately, their employees beg to differ. Oh, they don’t say it directly, not to the boss’s face, anyway. They say it with their ho-hum performance, their games of avoidance, their dearth of enthusiasm. Leaders – real leaders who have […]
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A friend of mine was angry. After a decade of writing screenplays with no success, after reading books on writing and submitting and formatting, her mantle was not only Oscar less, she had no mantle. But what got her mad was meeting a woman in her SPIN class who worked for a household name film […]
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Leadership Inspirations – Accept the Challenge
/in Leadership Inspirations/by StrategyDriven“Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.” George S. Patton (1885 – 1945) Great American Military Officer and Leader General, United States Army, graduate of the United States Military Academy, West Point (1909)
How to Give a Briefing that Impresses the Boss
/in Business Communications, Practices for Professionals/by Bill RosenthalLet’s say you have to brief the boss on the status of a project. How can you do it best? Here’s a five-step process you can use for a meeting, an email message or a stopped-in-the-hallway request for an update. This process will help you make it obvious to the boss that you’re on top […]
Your Personal Path to Better Leadership
/in Management & Leadership, Practices for Professionals/by Emma WilhelmWhat You Can’t See There are innumerable resources on how to be a more effective leader, but what if you asked the people you work with – what advice would they give you? Would they tell you to take your greatest strengths and run with them? Or Would they suggest some areas to work on? […]
Leadership Inspirations – The Right to Consume
/in Leadership Inspirations/by StrategyDriven“We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.” George Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950) Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics
Recommended Resource – The Black Swan
/in Recommended Resources/by StrategyDrivenThe Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb Black swan events are by definition unpredictable, catastrophic, and retrospectively believed to have been fully predictable and by extension less impactful. About the Reference In his book, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Dr. Nassim Nicholas Taleb illustrates the […]
Leadership Inspirations – Finding Yourself
/in Leadership Inspirations/by StrategyDriven“Adversity introduces a man to himself.” Anonymous
Leadership Inspirations – Avoid Absolutes
/in Leadership Inspirations/by StrategyDriven“It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.” Edmund Burke (1729 – 1797) Anglo-Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist, and philosopher Remember to avoid using absolutes…
Have You Earned the Right to Lead? Ten Deeply Destructive Mistakes That Suggest the Answer Is No (and How to Stop Making Them)
/in Management & Leadership, Practices for Professionals/by John HammThere are people in every organization you know whose titles indicate they are leaders. Often, and unfortunately, their employees beg to differ. Oh, they don’t say it directly, not to the boss’s face, anyway. They say it with their ho-hum performance, their games of avoidance, their dearth of enthusiasm. Leaders – real leaders who have […]
Recruiter-IZE Your Resume and Finally Get some Interviews
/in Practices for Professionals/by Danny CahillA friend of mine was angry. After a decade of writing screenplays with no success, after reading books on writing and submitting and formatting, her mantle was not only Oscar less, she had no mantle. But what got her mad was meeting a woman in her SPIN class who worked for a household name film […]
Leadership Inspirations – Endurance and Indecision
/in Leadership Inspirations/by StrategyDriven“Endurance is frequently a form of indecision.” Princess Elizabeth Bibesco (1897 – 1945) English writer