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Mindfulness and Focusing on What Matters

Lead Change Blog

It’s a form of meditation that businesses are beginning to embrace as a way to help employees become more efficient, productive and – most importantly – happy. I’m under no illusion: with leadership comes stress. You may have heard of mindfulness. As a leader, mindfulness can help you a great deal. You’ll let go of stress.

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How to Improve Your Managerial Skills

Strategy Driven

With that being said, here is how to improve your managerial and leadership skills. Competent managers are able to keep the metaphorical ship afloat, but if you aim to become a successful, well-liked, and impactful leader, there is more to be done.

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Leadership & Emotional Control | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

FACT : Leaders who lack emotional control won’t remain in a position of leadership for long. FACT : Leaders who lack emotional control won’t remain in a position of leadership for long. Of course subordinating one's ego to more productive traits never hurts.:)

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Alaska, Bad Weather and Building an Oil Pipeline

Great Results Team Building

The difference in the native’s productivity was so significant that, eventually, the oil companies became curious to learn what made the natives so much better as workers. Bill Parcells is famous for sharing a similar message with his football teams. But Parcells’ point is that we need to focus on the pipeline.

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Logistics For Your Business

Strategy Driven

Working out how to get your products from the manufacturers, to the storage, and then from that warehouse to the customer. Setting up your website, working on getting finances sorted, they are all part and parcel of a startup too. Tom Peters – Rule #3: Leadership Is Confusing As Hell. Fast Company, March 2001. Priorities.

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Psychology of Time – The Impact on Your Orientation

CO2

His book Just Ask Leadership - Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009). Cohen Full Bio Leadership • Lifestyle • Media and Technology [link] Tony Murphy Hi Gary, I agree this RSA lecture and animation is really cool. About the Author As President and Co-founder of ACI Telecentrics, Inc.,

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Design Matters

N2Growth Blog

You bring up Apple, a shining example (no pun intended) of design being part and parcel of brand. With Apple design and user experience as so inextricably linked they are one and the same. Apple isn't simply selling superior functionality, but also a certain style that is communicated through design.

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