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Sharp Insights

Coaching Tip

Simply put, the biggest challenge most teams have in forming sharp insights is that they become complacent and stop looking beyond their own four walls. A deep and sharp insight into a problem permanently changes the way we look at it , and when we have a new perspective, a clear solution will present itself, often in days or even hours.

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My Gifts To You.

Rich Gee Group

Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway offer sharp, unfiltered insights into the biggest stories in tech, business, and politics. Together with host Shane Parrish, you’ll uncover the timeless ideas, mental models, stories, and life lessons that help you master the best of what other people have already figured out.

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Barbara Bush 1925-2018

Leading Blog

She was witty, smart, sharp, straightforward, unpretentious, and honest. She was a valuable ally in her husband’s political career. F ORMER FIRST LADY Barbara Bush was a servant leader. One of the most beloved first ladies in American history. She has been called the “Matriarch of a Dynasty.” Her son George W.

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8 Ways to Decisively End Indecision

Lead Change Blog

Sharp discussions net sharp decisions. The discussion seems circular, someone hijacks the meeting and launches into an unfocused or politically motivated soliloquy, or everyone and anyone jumps in with points that aren’t even fully on topic.

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The Key Leadership Skill?

Great Leadership By Dan

Colombians are invariably polite and non confrontational to those they see as being in a position of power. Whilst the message to Air Traffic Control from an American plane about to run out of fuel would have been short, sharp and very to the point a Colombian would put it very differently. The opposite, however, is true of Colombia.

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8 Barriers Worth Questioning

Lead Change Blog

Political Barriers – If I do this, I’ll burn a bridge I can’t afford to burn. Her mind still sharp, she busied herself with a long to-do list, but rigidly insisted the list must be completed in a specific order. Here are ways you hold yourself and others back… Procedural Barriers – This is how we do things here.

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8 Ways to Decisively End Indecision

Great Leadership By Dan

Sharp discussions net sharp decisions We’ve all been in meetings where a decision is supposed to be made but in fact you are left with no sense of tangible forward progress. Concrete, time bound parameters (with some teeth to them) can force the perfectionist or those who want it all to compromise and let go a bit.

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