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Leading in the Wild

Lead Change Blog

A maverick band of rabbits, threatened by the spread of industrial construction near their warren (home), start out on a quest for a new warren and a better society. They extend a heartfelt invitation to all (does and bucks) to join them on their wild journey. “Do Welcome to the Wild. The Way of the Leader in the Wild.

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Constructive or Destructive: Is Feedback Stoking or Stifling Performance?

The Practical Leader

” In a New York Times article, “ Give Compassionate Feedback While Still Being Constructive, ” Arianna Huffington, writes, “Compassionate directness is about empowering employees to speak up, give feedback, disagree, and surface problems in real time.” How constructive is your criticism? How do you KNOW?

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Speak to Help, Not to Hurt

Lead Change Blog

Ways of expressing that disapproval can be either constructive or destructive. A few seconds spent examining our motives—am I speaking constructively in pursuit of solving a problem or am I speaking to prove my superiority—can make a dramatic difference in whether outcomes and relationships take a positive or negative turn.

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Sowing Wild Oats & Getting It Out of Your System - What's Really Happening

Building Personal Strength

His drive to achieve in class and in sports kept him on mostly on track during the wild ride of his teen journey. He was busy "sowing wild oats," experimenting with drugs until he dropped out of high school. This young man's teen journey, as crazy as it was, included elements of self-development and luck that led to a success story.

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Expert

Lead Change Blog

That doesn’t mean that a river crossing couldn’t be constructed by non-experts and that it could be effective and innovative. ’ I am reflecting and considering the possibility that we need to listen to experts, consider laymen, embrace wild ideas and make our own disruptive choices.

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Kristina Lowe - Girl Gone Wild Kills Two Friends

Building Personal Strength

Girl gone wild. It's because during adolescence the part of the brain involved in logical decision-making is "under construction." The teen years are a time of sensitive development in the pre-frontal cortex. A problem, because while that area is under construction, it's hard to use it. Kristina Lowe's Facebook photo 1.

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9 Lessons from Henry Ford’s $5 Day Decision

Leading Blog

He simplified the design and construction of the automobile, narrowed the choices available (“any color you want, so long as it’s black”) and marketed it toward what we would today call the “down market.” I MAGINE that this is your situation: Your young company is a raging success.

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