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5 Lessons on Initiative From Alexander Hamilton

Ron Edmondson

Overcome Resistance. He names this enemy resistance, and calls it “the most toxic force on the planet.”. Resistance discourages, deceives, and defeats us when we give into its negativity and hopelessness. Hamilton expected this resistance, faced it head on, and refused to allow it to keep him from charging into his calling.

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Can GM Make it Safe for Employees to Speak Up?

Harvard Business Review

As Harvard Business School professor David Garvin explains, “Culture is remarkably durable and resistant to change.” Garvin notes that this is where Edmondson’s work on implicit voice theories comes into play. But the company’s transition to a culture that dissuades silence has been slow.