Joseph Lalonde

APRIL 4, 2015

His letter hammers home in a loving but firm way the virtues of hard work. Using himself as an example, he writes that whatever he decides to do, he will have to work his way up. Success Can Kill Your Career. There are a few writers whose success actually killed their careers. Nobody starts out at the top.

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Tips Succession Letter Gilbert 120

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

He’s done well in his career, but when he checks Facebook, he sees people he outperformed at school who have now achieved more. For example, an individual who finds workplace diplomacy difficult might write this off as an irritation rather than as a core skill required for their role. Shana Novak/Getty Images.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 6, 2013

One of the ways that a good leader can help bring about personal transformation is by being a Velvet Hammer. For example, consider the story of a middle manager whose boss, one of the most respected people in the company, gave him some tough feedback that most people wouldn’t have the courage to give. You’re becoming a brown noser.”

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Don’t think you’re going to sit down and hammer it out in an hour. After all, it’s more than a resume; “it’s a marketing document,” says John Lees, a UK-based career strategist and author of Knockout CV. .” Lees agrees: “Give tangible, concrete examples. Be selective.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

There is a proverb that says, “ If the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail&#. And yet its usefulness is so often diminished because the vision is developed “at the top” of the organization and seldom shared by those who are expected to work toward its achievement. To me, a Shared Vision is just that…shared.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2014

In Japan, the nail that sticks out gets hammered down. For example, instead of thinking of it as blatant self-promotion, think about who else, besides you, can benefit from your efforts. For example, university professors who write books end up promoting their university in the process. In the U.S.,

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2017

When I ask leadership development clients to describe the type of motivation they’d like to see in their teams, they mention qualities such as persistence, being a self-starter, having a sense of accountability for and commitment to achieving results, and being willing to go the extra mile on projects or to help other team members.

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