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How Being The Underdog Can Help Teams To Succeed

The Horizons Tracker

It’s commonly seen in a sporting context, but brands have also capitalized on it to help communicate their journey. For instance, by positioning oneself as an underdog, it captures the brave and ethical stereotype we attach to underdogs. Sporting success. Building an underdog narrative.

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Appreciating the UConn Streak :: Women on Business

Women on Business

Some of the writers pointed out that these were two different sports and couldn’t be compared. Whether it’s the style of play in a sport, or leadership style in the business world, men and women are clearly and obviously different. A lot of people said a lot of pretty dumb things. Can’t we all just get along?

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Possibility Maximizer: The Leadership Quarterly

Sales Wolf Blog

You will find articles on topics like leadership development, succession planning, strategy and vision, and ethics -- just to name a few. You will find articles on topics like leadership development, succession planning, strategy and vision, and ethics -- just to name a few.

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Tanya Maslach Joins Women On Business as a Contributing Writer.

Women on Business

Tanya currently writes about leadership, in sport, work and life on Elevati’s Blog at www.elevati-inc.com/blog.  Each story brings a relevant analogy to the business issue at hand, making the learning more fun, the process guarantee more impact, and the happiness-meter on high.

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Great Leaders Make Decisions | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Remember that leadership is not a spectator sport. I am always so refreshed by the centrality of ethics, doing the right thing, and people as capital – in your work! Great leaders will do anything to get off the bench and into the game. Great insights Susan.

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Cast the Net Wide – Make the Most of Your Promotional Time and.

Women on Business

Metaphors from nature, sports, and travel are very useful to generate repurposed solutions. Talk to other entrepreneurs, but only accept advice from the successful. Seeking ideas from other industries does not take as much time as it takes paying attention to hone an awareness. Ideas come from everywhere! Try new approaches.

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Let’s Be Honest About Lying

Harvard Business Review

Being honest and never dissembling is very consistent with the bland axioms of a “feel good” leadership discourse, but as in the case of sports, it is also remarkably inconsistent with what actually goes on in the real world. There’s Steve Jobs, 2005 Stanford commencement speaker and technology icon.

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