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An Interview with Peak Performance Expert David Silverman

HR Digest

Former Navy SEAL, David Silverman discusses the role of establishing a shared sense of purpose in non-executive teams. In this remarkable interview with THE HR DIGEST, David Silverman discusses the role of establishing a shared sense of purpose and shared consciousness in non-executive teams, and gives his views on what makes a great leader.

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Q&A With Best Selling Author And Expert Storyteller, Paul Smith

Eric Jacobson

It’s one that started in the early 1990s with authors like David Armstrong and Peg Neuhauser, and continued in the 2000s by authors like Annette Simmons, Evelyn Clark, Lori Silverman, and Stephen Denning among many others. Paul : I don’t have any plans for a second edition of Lead with a Story. When and why?

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HBR's Most Popular Blog Posts of 2011

Harvard Business Review

by David Silverman. Silverman's basic philosophy on cover letters? Here's what's coming: "a purposeful, planned, orchestrated, and integrated way of doing business in a social context.". We all hate business jargon, but we can't stop using it. More people commented on this post than on any other in HBR.org's history.

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19 Key Leadership Competencies & Behaviors from 29 Top Experts

Miles Anthony Smith

Spend less time planning and more time DOing. Having a plan is critical. TALKING about the plan is just that – talk. Dr. Robyn Silverman ( Leadership Expert ) Number #1 leadership competency a person must possess or learn to succeed? People want an amazing future. As a Leader, SHOW THEM POSSIBILITY.

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3 Rules for Making Your Writing Clear

First Friday Book Synopsis

Instead of trying to wax poetic about your division’s plans for the next 60 days, just make your [.]. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. In business writing, you get points for clarity, not style.

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How to Succeed in Business Writing: Don't Be Dickens

Harvard Business Review

A memo, report, business plan, email, and so on, all have in common that they ask the reader to do something, which is usually either to part with their own money, someone else's money, or take some other action that will ultimately result in cash trading hands in a manner beneficial to the author of the document. Business Writing.

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What Companies Can Learn from Military Teams

Harvard Business Review

The book is co-authored by his colleagues Tantum Collins, David Silverman, and Chris Fussell.). The longer we did it, the more I realized the value of rehearsal was not in trying to get this perfectly choreographed kabuki that would unfold as planned. I’ve never been on an operation that went as planned.

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