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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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How to Avoid 3 Big Mistakes About Being Biased

Lead Change Blog

Done intentionally and constructively, not self-destructively, giving your actions one last loving look before moving forward is a good thing—for you, your colleagues, company, community, and workplace culture. That is simply not representative of our highly diverse society.” Go ahead—second guess yourself. No way,” you exclaim.

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4 Barriers to Effective Communication & What to Do About Them

You're Not the Boss of Me

Indeed, the road to clarity always seems to be under construction. It was Oscar Wilde who said, “ When you assume, you make an ass out of U and Me” . Even if we try to simplify our communication processes, barriers come up that can sabotage the message and render it ineffective by the time it gets to those who must act on it.

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4 Barriers to Effective Communication & What to Do About Them

You're Not the Boss of Me

Indeed, the road to clarity always seems to be under construction. It was Oscar Wilde who said, “ When you assume, you make an ass out of U and Me” . Even if we try to simplify our communication processes, barriers come up that can sabotage the message and render it ineffective by the time it gets to those who must act on it.

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The Type of Purpose That Makes Companies More Profitable

Harvard Business Review

We constructed a measure of corporate purpose within a sample of 429 U.S. The primary benefit of this dataset is that it allows us to construct measures across a diverse set of companies based on actual employee beliefs about their employer. The actual purpose of the company can differ wildly across companies.

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Leading People Too Smart to Be Led

Harvard Business Review

He embodies the cognitive diversity of SFI, having made seminal contributions to fields as disparate as genetics, microbiology, human history, and society. Encouraging rigorous, constructive debate is indispensable to navigating challenges of high uncertainty, from extending the bounds of knowledge to scaling a business.