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Managing and Leading…Lessons from Gilbert & Sullivan

You're Not the Boss of Me

This 1999 production tells a story of Gilbert and Sullivan. Then, they discover something new, as Gilbert is reluctantly dragged, (by his long-suffering wife), to see some Japanese entertainers perform. They contemplate dissolving their partnership. It is there, that The Mikado is conceived.

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Message to New Leaders – Bring Your Courage to Work

You're Not the Boss of Me

Of course, the prospect of firing someone was a very unpleasant and scary one. Of course I had to do it again. Announces Social Media, Branding & Diversity Strategies" by @ bizshrink. Many years ago I had to terminate a young woman’s employment. I liked the woman. So I tried to do it gently.

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Taking Inventory & A Model For Making It Meaningful

You're Not the Boss of Me

Managing and Leading…Lessons from Gilbert & Sullivan → September 6, 2010 · 12:55 am ↓ Jump to Comments Taking Inventory & A Model For Making It Meaningful Labour Day weekend always feels to me like a harbinger of renewal. There are of course a myriad of possible questions that I have not come up with here.

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Why Inspiration Matters

Harvard Business Review

In a recent study conducted by Marina Milyavskaya and her colleagues, college students were asked to report three goals they intended to accomplish throughout the course of the semester. The writer Elizabeth Gilbert rightly expresses this concern in her inspiring TED talk. Inspiration facilitates progress toward goals.

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Make IT Delightful, and Other Ways to Enchant Your Employees

Harvard Business Review

We often find it when we experience nature, art, or entertainment, and, of course, when we fall in love. And creativity in general is the key to unlocking “ big magic ,” as the writer Elizabeth Gilbert calls it. In the business world, marketers use enchantment all the time. What is your secret letter?

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How Economics PhDs Took Over the Federal Reserve

Harvard Business Review

The other main contenders seemed to be Harvard economics professor Martin Feldstein, Stanford economics professor John Taylor, and of course Columbia Business School dean (and economics professor) Glenn Hubbard, whose students made an awesome viral video about his purported disappointment at being passed over.

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How to Revive a Tired Network

Harvard Business Review

Your network’s strategic advantage and, therefore, the extent to which it helps you step up to leadership, depends on three qualities: Breadth: Strong relationships with a diverse range of contacts. Breadth: How Diverse Is Your Network? Dynamism: A dynamic set of extended ties that evolves as you evolve.

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