The Practical Leader

JUNE 28, 2023

” Caught in the Act: Doing versus Being an Authentic Leader In Oscar Wilde’s “A Woman of No Importance,” Lady Hunstanton says to Mrs. Allonby, “How clever you are, my dear! You never mean a single word you say.” ” Some people seem to feel that leadership is about image and appearances.

Abell 52

Abell Open-book Wilde Report 52

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

In his classic 1940’s book The Mask of Sanity , Hervey Cleckley noted that the psychopathic businessman works industriously and appears rather normal, except for his periodic sprees of “marital infidelity, callousness, wild drinking, and risk-taking” So why do these bad guys win?

Short-term 8

Short-term Self-aware Long-term Absenteeism 8

First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 13, 2015

Gillian Zoe Segal is the author of Getting There: A Book of Mentors and New York Characters. She received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan and a law degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. She lives in Manhattan and is also a photographer. Here is an excerpt from my […].

Mentor 70

Mentor Books Cooper Wilde 70

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

The Working World, which provides loans to worker-owned cooperatives in the U.S. Impact investors over the past decade largely focused on proving that impact investments could achieve a “market rate” or above return profile.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance IPO Real Estate Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Easy familiarity helps conversations move quickly and allows trustworthy cooperation. Michael recently co-authored Wild West 2.0 If possible, it's best to work with someone you've known for a while or with whom you've collaborated before. This does not mean you need to work with your best friend of many years.

How To 15

How To Long-term Learning Curve Entrepreneur 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2012

For some it is a wild place on the edge of discovery and the frontier of personality. For the vast majority of African users, Facebook is a place to make new friends, experiment with new personas, tease out hidden fantasies, fiddle with fragments of a personal brand, and test the bounds of social and political conversation.

IPO 12

IPO PR Brand Globalization 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Citing the example of eBay, Lawee pointed to the potential of a similar “sophisticated rating system” for buyers and sellers that could implement the JOBS Act “in ways that allow new systems of trust, accountability, and cooperation to flourish.”. Tapping the power of the Internet, crowdfunding has proven wildly successful.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Finance Venture Capitalist Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2013

to just three, which, the complaint argues, would "make it easier for the remaining airlines to cooperate, rather than compete, on price and service.". Well, there''s definitely been innovation since the deregulation of the U.S. It would reduce the number of major "legacy" carriers in the U.S. That last bit is surely true. This isn''t J.P.

Airlines 9

Airlines Transportation Travel Industry 9