Great Leadership By Dan

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Mental Maps: Why We Build Them and Why We Sometimes Need to Change Them

Great Leadership By Dan

In his 2007 book, The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science , Dr. Norman Doidge discusses case histories of people who have re-routed their mental maps after a portion of their brain is rendered dysfunctional because of mental limitations or brain damage.

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"I'd Like My Life Back" -- a lesson for CEOs in building an organization that listens to warnings

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by Dave Yarin: It was April 2010, and a Fortune 500 CEO would utter one of the most ill advised yet memorable lines in corporate history. Before the 2010 disaster, Hayward was described as "unassuming and modest." NPR.org – "Before Gulf Spill, BP CEO Tony Hayward Won Praise" – by Jim Zarroli – June 17, 2010 2.

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