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Sustainable Leadership and Organizations: The Ideas of Martin Seligman

Michael Lee Stallard

2 Comments so far william czander on May 31st, 2010 Happiness coaches are part of the great conspiracy that began some 20 years ago when CEO’s , hedge fund managers and bankers discovered if they outsourced jobs to China and India it would increase the bottom line and they would all get rich. I wonder why? why is everyone smiling?

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Great Leaders Make Decisions | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Walt Disney, one of the greatest creative talents and true innovators of our time realized the value of action when he said: “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.&# While the aforementioned qualities are certainly admirable, they are only valuable if they influence or create action.

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Learn or Die

Leading Blog

Our ability (and willingness) to learn impacts our personal and business growth, operational excellence, and our capacity to innovate. A particularly fascinating and eye-opening chapter is on Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates, the largest hedge fund in the world. More than ever, it truly is learn or die. We learn from each other.

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Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Great leaders intrinsically understand that team building catalyzes collaboration, creates both disruptive and incremental innovation, facilitates a certainty of execution, and is one of the key foundational elements associated with creating a dynamic corporate culture.

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Clinton’s Proposals on Stock Buybacks Don’t Go Far Enough

Harvard Business Review

But that will not in any way deter hedge-fund activists from demanding that companies do stock buybacks so that they can time their stock sales to take advantage of short-term, buyback-induced, stock-price boosts. Yet Icahn has never invested in Apple’s value-creating capabilities that increase innovation and productivity.

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3 Ways Your Online Side Gig Can Earn Customers’ Trust

Harvard Business Review

Danny Iny , a Montreal-based online entrepreneur, launched his first online course in 2010 — and sold a depressing one copy. Vowing never to let that happen again, he developed an innovation that’s become standard in the online course development world: launching small pilot offerings first.

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Warren Buffett Is Betting the Airline Oligopoly Is Here to Stay

Harvard Business Review

Industry observers have noted that since 2010, “The airline industry is profitable again — really profitable.” ” Some of that profit is the result of innovative pricing models. The industry was indeed unprofitable for decades. But times have changed. But two important structural changes have taken place.