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Most leadership wisdom comes from a tiny, self-selected group: the visible leaders who write books, give talks, and build personal brands. But what about the majority of effective leaders who prefer results over recognition? This piece explores how our understanding of leadership has been systematic
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In a world increasingly mediated by superficial connections, genuine observation becomes an act of radical humanity. When we move beyond generic statements to precise, heartfelt acknowledgment, we do more than transfer knowledge.
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Study: participants had to learn to identify the letters of a language they did not know. The learning was prompted in one of three ways: writing by hand, typing, or watching videos. "At the end, after as many as six sessions, everyone could recognize the letters and made few
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1. Do you know? 2. Have you ever said (or thought), “I’m too old to ____”? 3. Were you right about that? 4. Who has taught you the most in the last two years? 5. Last ten? 6. Do they know you regard them in this way? 7. Would it
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I hope the irony is not lost on you that after years of living in a foreign land under the tutelage of a stranger whose language you’ve had to learn, your words of wisdom for us are: “you can find everything you need inside of you.”
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... to be documented in the journal you should keep. Where was I blind? Where was I hurt without anyone noticing? What did I learn today? What did I read? What new thoughts visited me? What differences did I notice in those closest to me? Whom did I neglect? Where did
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This week was Teacher Appreciation Week. It's never too late to let a teacher know how much of an impact they had in our lives. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaHJRLoCyWc] Merci, monsieur Kasabgui!
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... any more than finding a recipe will make you a great cook. Bill Bennett reflects on the writings of Alfred North Whitehead on learning. He ends up dismissing the pursuit of "best practices" as secrets to success in favor of a culture of discovery: * Design your organization so
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Don't recreate what just worked. Analyze the process you went through to create that result. If you go for the result, it ain't gonna work. It might, but it's luck, it's not technique. Process. From a master class here. See also the
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A debate at NYTimes.com Regarding MBA degrees in particular, see this, that, and the other thing.
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From long practice he could scribble legibly and inconspicuously. After accumulating a hundred of two hundred of these notes, he would seat himself at his desk, cover the floor around him with the slips of paper, and start writing. When his invention lagged, he would lean over and pick up
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I describe the MBA in the book as a degree from 1908 with a 1950s strategy. Because the degree was created in 1908 and business schools have had no new degree since 1908 and the strategy was set up based on a couple of reports in the 1950s which made