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10 Common Thinking Errors Leaders Make

Mark Sanborn

False Consensus Effect Leaders suffering from the false consensus effect overestimate the extent to which others share their opinions and beliefs. A manager only listens to advice from people they personally admire, ignoring valid contributions from others.

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Shifting your Leadership as your Company Outgrows the Start-up Phase

Great Leadership By Dan

Here's a post that I wrote for SmartBlog on Leadership , published 10/25: The majority of popular leadership advice falls into one of two categories: 1. Leadership for the small-business owner (which usually deal with entrepreneurialism, sales, financing, and other basic management and business skills). Apple, Wal-Mart, IBM, GE, etc…).

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How You Make Decisions Is as Important as What You Decide

Harvard Business Review

Note that this inclusive process is not decision-making by committee or by consensus. He made it comfortable for people to give him contradictory advice and bad news. Then, after making the decision, I explained it fully to all stakeholders to reduce the stress of change among those affected.

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The Dual-Career Mojo that Makes Couples Thrive

Harvard Business Review

This career advice from Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg makes good sense based on research. Just as lack of consensus around finances can doom a marriage, lack of support from one''s spouse can effectively sink a career. "The most important career choice you''ll make is who you marry."

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6 Things Every Mentor Should Do

Harvard Business Review

This is perhaps even more the case in the world of management outside of academic medicine — whether it is finance, consulting, or technology — as the path from professional to senior executive requires more than individual success. The mentor responded with advice on how to get a leave of absence.

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44 Content Marketing Agencies Defined by 65 Marketers

Miles Anthony Smith

The biggest bonus is that these 65 experts also shared their greatest content marketing tips and advice, including some common myths. Any other content marketing advice you recommend? Another piece of advice is to set measurable goals. 8 Stellar Ones. What myths are there about content marketing that need to be dispelled?

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