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Leading Thoughts for October 22, 2020

Leading Blog

Entrepreneur and investor Sam Altman on the importance of value: “All companies that grow really big do so in only one way: people recommend the product or service to other people. No growth hack, brilliant marketing idea, or sales team can save you long term if you don't have a sufficiently good product.”.

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LeadershipNow 140: June 2023 Compilation

Leading Blog

Podcast: @jamesstrock interviews Richard Norton Smith author of An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R.

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How the Best Place of Work Became A State of Mind

Great Leadership By Dan

Gue st post from Jonas Altman : Matt Mullenweg’s company had a plush office at Pier 38 in San Francisco’s Embarcadero. A Far-Out Vision When it comes to engagement, creativity, and productivity - there’s an intricate tango to strike between people and place. We can view work for what it’s becoming; an experimental practice to evolve.

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LeadershipNow 140: January 2020 Compilation

Leading Blog

How To Invest In Startups by @sama Sam Altman. 15 Things Leaders Can Manage and One They Can’t by @JesseLynStoner. Start-ups: The Founding Team Is a Real Magic Bullet via @INSEADKnowledge Studies show that the entrepreneurial team may impact a start-up’s long-term success more than its product. via @FortuneMagazine.

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You Can’t Raise Performance with Low Expectations

The Practical Leader

In his book, The Excellence Dividend , Tom Peters writes, “In an Oscar acceptance speech, the late director Robert Altman said: ‘The role of the director is to create a space where the actors and actresses can become more than they have ever been before, more than they’ve dreamed of being.'” MANAGEMENT.

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Sleepless in Silicon Valley: What Keeps CEOs Up At Night

HR Digest

L-R): Anthony Horton, Chris McCarthy, Stephanie Neal In a recent interview, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed a startling confession: the architect of ChatGPT, a revolutionary language model capable of holding nuanced conversations and generating creative text formats, often struggles to sleep.

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Thought-full Thursday: Appreciative Leadership

Persuasive Powerhouse

For most managers (and other leaders) it would require a major paradigm shift in their styles to start sincerely asking these questions of those they’re leading. Sean, yes, this way of thinking is hard, and very different from what most managers are used to. It takes an entirely different mindset to look at the world in this way.