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Karyn Schoenbart, CEO, The NPD Group As a leader, it’s critical to make important decisions in a timely manner. You will never have all the data, complete consensus, or a crystal ball. You just need to make the best decision you can with the information you have at the time. However, having a process for making […]
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As most parents have learned, late-night conversation around the campfire can open communication lines. Consider those romantic strolls with your first love when you shared your deepest secrets and highest hopes for the future? Or how about those laps around the gym or through the hallways at school with your best friend, sharing what happened
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Kimberly Davis, Author, Brave Leadership: Unleash Your Most Confident, Authentic, and Powerful Self to Get the Results You Need “I’ve been there for almost 17 years,” she whispered, glancing around the room, “I don’t want to leave, but I think I have to.” The Senior Director of Finance looked at me sadly, with the weary awareness
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Cindy Wahler Our values form the basis of our personality. These values permeate our personal and professional lives. It is believed that during what is considered our formative years, approximately the period between ages 0-7 our basic personality is formed. (http://changingminds.org/explanations/values/values_development.htm ) Of course ensuing life experiences also shape who we become. Our values determine
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Mostafa Sayyadi, Author, Transformational Leadership: How To Prosper as a Leader In Today’s Hypercompetitive Environment How Organizational Factors Can Facilitate or Can Inhibit Leadership Effectiveness The term transformational leadership has described an inspirational role that managers can apply to enhance the organization’s intellectual capital and ultimate performance. The question arises whether organizational factors themselves can be a source
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Walt Disney ignited a fire in the entertainment world that continues to burn brightly decades after his death. Perhaps no single figure has so dominated American, and indeed even global, popular culture the way Walt Disney has and still does. Each year, millions view Disney movies, visit theme parks that bear his name, watch Disney-branded
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Could you be confusing that favorite story with an anecdote? Before I mention why it matters, you’re probably wondering why so many blogs and books in the last few years have urged you to learn to tell a great story. Here’s why. Stories make things stick. CEOs, entertainers, professional speakers, trainers, and leaders have learned
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Terri Maxwell, CEO, Share on Purpose When it comes to executive startup funding, the ceiling for female executives isn’t made of glass – it’s made of paper, the paper used to make money. And if you follow the money – as in the nearly $60 billion venture capitalists invested in 2016 – the vast majority
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Rajeev Peshawaria, CEO, The Iclif Leadership and Governance Centre What do Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Lee Kuan Yew have in common? If you’re thinking they each created a better future through their remarkable leadership in business and society, you would be correct. If you’re also thinking their leadership style was more autocratic than
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In my role at the Institute for Health and Human Potential, I’ve had the pleasure of meeting many CEO’s. Some are from small companies with 400-500 employees, and some very large companies with over 200,000 employees. The CEO’s have typically employed me as a keynote speaker to help their team develop leadership skills, so I spend
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