November, 2011

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The Balance of Reason and Instinct

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By Guest Author Francis Cholle. When L’Oréal, the world leading beauty company, asked me to design global training programs to help with the management of creative teams I had to reflect deeply about business success at the intersection of creativity and management. I realized that the source of creativity and sustainability is the same: the balance of reason and instinct.

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Natural and Spiritual Leadership

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In natural leadership , personality plays a primary role. In spiritual leadership , the Holy Spirit within each of us takes the natural qualities of personality and infuses them with spiritual qualities. While many aspects of natural leadership are similar to spiritual leadership, there are some that are diametrically opposed. The spiritual qualifications of leadership that are stated or strongly implied can be grouped under the headings of attitude, moral, mental and social life, motives and

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Biologism: Explaining the Mind

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Biologism has two cardinal manifestations. One is the claim that the mind is the brain, or the activity of the brain, so that one of the most powerful ways to advance our understanding of ourselves is to look at our brains in action, using the latest scanning devices. The other is the claim that Darwinism explains not only how the organism Homo sapiens came into being but also what motivates people and shapes their day-to-day behavior.

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Is Higher Education Too Expensive for the Middle Class?

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The middle class has traditionally believed that higher education was crucial for climbing the success ladder and making money. Parents of the Baby Boomer generation encouraged their children to choose college majors that would insure them economic success during their adult life. However, many boomer college students decided to take more liberal education options having little fear of finding careers that paid well.

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Holiday Gifts of Success

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Here are some holiday gifts that can be purchased and received immediately: Download " Can't Get Enough Leadership " to your computer: Add to Cart. Kindle Edition (preview or buy): John Agno: Can't Get Enough Leadership: Book Notes & Coaching Tips. . ePub/Nook and iPad Format : [link]. . Boomer Retirement Life Tips explores their personal strategy and saving for retirement to where they will retire, how to handle aging parents and adult children, to health and wellness tips for aging li

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Social Mood and Presidential Leadership

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Don't blame Martin Van Buren for America's first deflationary depression. Social mood rode higher in the saddle than did our 8th President, who only stood 5' 6". Elected in 1836, by the time Van Buren assumed office in March 1837 a speculative bubble had burst and a banking crisis was at hand (sound familiar?) -- the national mood had turned south and the "Panic of 1837" followed.

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The Secret Sauce of Business Innovation

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Leadership is changing as the old command and control models are being replaced by models that harness collective intelligence. Probably the biggest factor challenging conventional management is the massive Gen Y or Millennial generation of young people entering the workforce. They outnumber their helicopter Baby Boomer parents. Younger workers bring with them a new ethic of openness, participation, and interactivity and cannot imagine a life without Google and Facebook always within reach.