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The Art of Successful Giving: Adam Grant

QAspire

Effective teams, he says, is a combination of givers and matchers where as takers suck the energy out of the team and they should be screened out. Other Sketchnotes from WhatsNext Podcast: Technology and Being Human : Arianna Huffington. The Human Side of Business : Seth Godin. Building a Culture of Excellence : Tom Peters.

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What matters in 2010?

Lead on Purpose

Seth Godin , marketing guru and thought leader, did a cool project where he brought together more than seventy “big thinkers&# to write the ebook What Matters Now. His purpose: “Now, more than ever, we need a different way of thinking, a useful way to focus and the energy to turn the game around.&# What matters in 2010?

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Getting Work Done: Flow and Distractions

QAspire

Across the web, I have recently read articles/posts that underline an important thing – technology is taking a toll on our productivity and is keeping us from doing work that really matters – that is, if we allow. On the other side, I have been a victim of technology as well. I have seen both sides of the coin. I dread such days.

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Two Easy Ways to Boost Employee Engagement

Michael Lee Stallard

There was a terrific energy among group participants. Vineet Nayar of HCL Technologies pioneered the concept of Employee first and customer second. Last week when I was in Miami Beach, one morning I stopped at a Starbucks on the Lincoln Avenue Mall. They were handing out t-shirts and Starbucks baseball caps for participants.

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Viva Chile: Leadership and the Rescue of the Miners

Next Level Blog

He marshaled all of his country’s resources and the talents and technology of experts from around the world to get the miners back alive. As the energy showed by the returning miners demonstrated, that approach paid off.   In the days and weeks that followed, more communications technology was lowered into the mine.

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How to Drive Change with a Leadership Point of View

Next Level Blog

Goes With What It Knows: Making Stuff,” centers on how Immelt is leading the company away from financial services and “soft services” like broadcasting and back to its historical roots of technology driven manufacturing. s ecomagination campaign to promote energy efficient products.    Immelt stuck with it and today, G.E.

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Possibility Maximizer: The Happiness Project

Sales Wolf Blog

 Quite frankly, we could all stand to focus a little more time and energy on the things that make us happy in life.  Quite frankly, we could all stand to focus a little more time and energy on the things that make us happy in life. There are also serious business ramifications to be found in The Happiness Project.

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