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10 Guiding Principles That Will Lead You to Future Happiness and Success

Leading Blog

Bernard Shaw is credited with the adage “Youth is wasted on the young.” Learn from them, and one day, your mistakes will provide material for the stories you tell, your heartfelt advice to others and your expanding book of self-confidence. The compelling force for happiness and success in your life is you and only you.

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Important Ideas on Change and Transitions: A Frontline Festival

Let's Grow Leaders

This blog offers practical advice on leading change by discovering your authentic voice, finding your purpose, and empowering others to lead. ” - George Bernard Shaw. Even the best of us have trouble accepting change on occasion. Follow Bill @leadershipheart. Artika Tyner of Planting People. Follow Artika @DrArtikaTyner.

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Making A Transition to Leadership

You're Not the Boss of Me

It is also the story of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and his experience in making a significant relationship shift of his own. If you are a leadership veteran, what advice would you give new leaders? If you looked at the clip, what did you notice about the relationship between Colonel Shaw and his second in command? Here’s a clip.

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43 Weird Books to Shock & Delight: Some Odd Books, Some Funny

Miles Anthony Smith

Extreme Ironing by Phil Shaw This one looks fun UNTIL someone gets hurt, and by hurt, I mean, someone dies. Strangers Have The Best Candy by Margaret Meps Schulte “Don’t talk to strangers," I bet that’s one of the advice you heard a lot from your parents when you were a kid. I had to include my book!)

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Morning Advantage: Ye Olde Leadership Lessons from Shakespeare

Harvard Business Review

Quoting George Bernard Shaw, Roberts writes, “The problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” Good advice for either gender. how to cope!) or Macbeth (how not to get that top job!). But there is a larger lesson here: the power of storytelling to connect, inspire, and stick with us. — Dan McGinn.

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Morning Advantage: Ye Olde Leadership Lessons from Shakespeare

Harvard Business Review

Quoting George Bernard Shaw, Roberts writes, “The problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” Good advice for either gender. how to cope!) or Macbeth (how not to get that top job!). But there is a larger lesson here: the power of storytelling to connect, inspire, and stick with us. — Dan McGinn.

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What to Do If Your Boss Asks You to Break the Rules

Harvard Business Review

The standard advice on conflict management suggests we try to find win-win solutions whenever possible. This can mean speaking with friends and colleagues and getting their advice and support. Do we go along to get along or do we resist? How we address such disputes can have serious consequences for our organization and ourselves.