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Infinite Leadership: Lessons From Nature

Lead Change Blog

Many of you might have recently read or seen extracts from Simon Sinek’s new book on the Infinite Game. In it, he suggests that business leaders should stop focusing on short-term (finite) gains and instead focus on the long-term (infinite) game of the business.

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People Do Business With You…But Why?

Women on Business

According to author and thought leader Simon Sinek, people buy the “why.” By Maribeth Kuzmeski Why do people do business with you? Is it because of WHAT you do or is it because of WHY you do it? Over the past few weeks I’ve been asking clients and other professionals their “why.” Many times it doesn’t seem clearly defined.

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Top Quotes from the Art of Management 2010 | RoundtableTalk

Roundtable Talk

Headlined by Malcolm Gladwell (Outliers, Tipping Point) and joined by Simon Sinek (Start with Why?) – who stole the show, Mitch Joel (Six Pixels of Separation), Nilofer Merchant (Rubicon Consulting), and Michael Eisner (former CEO of Disney), the day showcased some amazing ideas, great presenters and inspiration to spare. Happy leading!

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Tony Mayo

– Herbert Simon in 1971 Click here for antidote: [link] Be the change you would see in the world. ©2010 Tony Mayo Popularity: 1% [ ? You can have them delivered to your cell phone by text message (SMS) or view them when you visit your free Twitter web page. Create a Twitter account and “follow&# TonyMayo.

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Know When to Kill Your Brand

Harvard Business Review

Killing off brands is not a popular or pleasant thought, but we should consider it more often than we do. Some executives may be reluctant to admit – perhaps for sentimental or political reasons — that their brand is sucking out more value from the company than it creates. Profitability isn’t a useful metric.

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The politics of leadership with Sarah Thomson, CEO of the Women’s Post Media

Roundtable Talk

Don’t build a “brand”… be who you are. with our three intrepid panelists – Simon Jennings (Olive Media), Anne-Marie Renaud (Pepsico Foods Canada) and Jerome Dwight (BNY Trust Company of Canada). Filed under: Leadership , Power , results Tagged: 2010 Mayoral Race , leadership lessons , politics and leadership , Sarah Thomson.

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Larry King hangs up his suspenders and offers up some interesting.

Roundtable Talk

and Piers Morgan got compared to the acid tongued Simon Cowell. adweekcdn #genesimmons 12 hours ago Every brand has to work hard to stay relevant. Having been an on and off viewer of Larry King over the past 15 years, the 76 year old’s decision to wrap things up is to be applauded. Great smile? Acid tongue? Steam rolling guests?

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