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Inspiration from Great Summer Olympians
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Ready for the Olympics? Before you get your popcorn and settle into the couch to watch the greatest athletes in the world compete, load up on some leadership
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Craig Ferguson on Informed Deconstruction
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When I speak with newly hired leaders, I find myself advising them to avoid bashing their new company. This may seem counterintuitive, but it is actually quite common.
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A Completionist’s Guide to Not Completing: The Struggle to Say “No”
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I’m a completionist—when I’ve set my mind to complete a task, I do it. This may sound like a positive trait, but that’s only because you are looking at
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Weekender: J. J. Abrams on Knowing Your History
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Welcome to another edition of leadersayswhat’s the Weekender, an Ewok-sized chunk of thought to start your weekend on the right track. Why just an Ewok
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Three Leadership Lessons from Back to the Future
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This week marks an important occasion in both science and history. On October 21st, 2015, Dr. Emmett Brown and Marty McFly traveled from 1985 in their
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Are You Trying Too Hard? Dean Martin, Wei-Wu-Wei and the Post Ironic Era
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We live in a time when appearing to try is considered off-putting. We are expected to be fully competent and act as though it all came naturally.
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Four Ways to Add Value Through Meetings
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I was sitting through a board meeting a few weeks ago staring at the clock when I realized that every second ticking by was an instant of time gone forever.
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