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The November 2011 Leadership Development Carnival

Great Leadership By Dan

Welcome to the November 6, 2011 edition of leadership development carnival! Guy Harris presents Three Power Phrases to Disarm a Verbal Aggressor posted at Guy Harris: The Recovering Engineer , saying, "How do you respond to coworkers or colleagues when they are verbally aggressive? Here are three phrases that might help.".

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Restaurant Week (An elementary look at quality culture fundamentals)

Deming Institute

Edwards Deming, the father of the quality movement, defined quality as “pride in workmanship.” Deming said that competition squeezes out intrinsic motivation while collaboration nurtures intrinsic motivation, curiosity and joy in learning. Deming, The New Economics, see reference 2, p. References. Liker and James K.

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The Professional: Seven New Rules

Strategy Driven

Fifty years ago, we did not have television news anchors, software engineers, web designers, or cosmetic surgeons. It is not enough to be a good surgeon, a civil engineer or a litigation lawyer. Today, half of Symantec’s patents are filed by engineers from outside the United States. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

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The Best Companies Aren’t Afraid to Replace Their Most Profitable Products

Harvard Business Review

Many are betting on the new generation of technology firms to unsettle the old guard. More than 40% of the unicorns that went public since 2011 saw their valuation stay flat or dropped. With the rise of the smartphone and mobile technology, QQ failed to capture new users. The same holds true for growth.