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Thought-full Thursday: Purpose and Confidence

Persuasive Powerhouse

Quinn What is your leadership purpose? “The practice of adaptive confidence means that we are willing to enter uncertain situations because we have a higher purpose and are confident that we can learn and adapt as we move forward” ~Robert E. Are you acting in accord with your purpose? Do you enter uncertainty with your purpose in mind?

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Planning Maternity or Paternity Leave: A Professional’s Guide

Harvard Business Review

About two weeks before your leave is over, Williams recommends calling your boss to set up a one-hour meeting to review your transition-back plan. Erin Quinn-Kong, the editor-in-chief of Austin Monthly , found out she was pregnant only a couple of days before her company’s new publisher started on the job.

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Asian Leaders Value Creativity and Intuition More than Europeans Do

Harvard Business Review

As one example, Harvard Business School’s Quinn Mills has made this prediction : “As Asian companies rely more on professional employees of all sorts, and as professional services become more important in Asian economies … Asian leadership will come to more resemble that of the West.”. Many believe so.