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Boston Marathon: Inspiration Is All Around Us

Decker Communication

At Decker, we talk about how SHARP tools are all around us. As I reflect on Marathon Monday, here are two moments that I plan to use as future SHARPs: For alignment and trust, it’s all about communication. You could also use this story to talk about how great achievements come from partnership, collaboration, and cooperation.

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Life Isn’t Fair: Our Choice is How to Deal with It

The Practical Leader

If we continue history’s long trends, we’re moving toward a great renaissance of spirit, cooperation, love, redefined wealth, and care for the earth’s environment. Years from now, we’ll look at this hinge of history as an era of upheaval and renewal that inspired us to a higher and different order of prosperity.

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Coronavirus Crisis: Reasons for Hope During These Dark Times

The Practical Leader

In Technology and Cooperation Help Fight the Pandemic Chelsea writes, “The threat from COVID-19 should be taken seriously, but there are reasons for rational optimism even during a pandemic.” Based on this sharp change, he predicted all of China would improve in two weeks and stop in China by the end of March.

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Transformational Growth and Disruptive Change: 4 Principles to Guide You

Marshall Goldsmith

Lyft cofounder Logan Green was inspired to start his company after a trip to Africa, where he was awestruck to observe extraordinarily cooperative mass transit in Zimbabwe, despite the apparent chaos of a developing country. Lyft: Values-driven leadership: nobody does it alone.

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22 Leadership Lessons And Quotes From Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2

Joseph Lalonde

2 opens with the team of Peter Quill/Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista), Rocket the Racoon (Bradley Cooper), and Baby Groot (Vin Diesel) battling a giant space alien called an Abilisk. And when you need to use another skill you may not be as sharp in it as you should be.

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Relationship Issues - Bad Chemistry

Building Personal Strength

That event brought the oil-water thing into sharp focus. The surprise that her husband brought was a male stripper dressed like a policeman with a boom box on his shoulder. He turned on the music and proceeded to strip. I never had to fire her, though. Good thing. Most of the other employees loved her.

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You've Been Fired: Now What?

Harvard Business Review

My colleagues were non-cooperative and had it in for me." For example, if you developed a reputation for having sharp elbows and were too frequently involved in unresolved conflict with people from other departments, you may well need to improve your skills in influence, collaboration, and conflict management.

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