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Know Your History, Purpose and Direction

CoachStation

If you have not had the opportunity to view or read any of Simon Sinek’s material regarding marketing and to ‘ Start with Why ‘, I highly recommend you spend a few minutes doing so. Similarly, during my coaching and mentoring sessions with clients, I find myself asking the same questions. Not everyone can answer these easily, however.

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Leadership Is Not a Solitary Task

Harvard Business Review

This is a point often hammered home by Harvard Business School professor and former Medtronic CEO Bill George, who is a vocal advocate for what he calls “ True North Groups.” These are gatherings of peers and mentors with whom we can share. Mahatma Gandhi, and Harriet Tubman. But it’s also true in business.