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Leadership Insights: Interview With Mark Sanborn Author Of The Fred Factor

Joseph Lalonde

M ark Sanborn, author of Fred Factor and Fred Factor 2.0 along with 6 other titles), is a powerful force in the leadership world. He’s the president of Sanborn & Associates, authority on leadership, and a great public speaker. In the following interview with Mark, I asked: Mark, you’ve written quite a few books.

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GC24: Killer Gamification: Engaging for Impact

Engaging Leader

For decades, video games had demonstrated phenomenal power in engaging the focus of people of all ages. Now, businesses were using gamification, which we define as game-inspired tactics to engage people, often with similarly powerful results. However, the […].

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7 Excuses for Not Doing What God has Called Us To Do

Ron Edmondson

Do you think Noah knew how to build a boat the size of an ark? Fear is simply an emotion and it’s a powerful, often motivating excuse. So, I don’t know how will just have to do for now. If you trace its roots – this excuse is often fueled by either laziness, apathy or fear. (Do See Genesis 6). I don’t have time!

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7 Common Excuses for Not Doing What We Know God has Called Us To Do

Ron Edmondson

Do you think Noah knew how to build a boat the size of an ark? Fear is simply an emotion and it’s a powerful, often motivating excuse. So, I don’t know how will just have to do for now. If you trace its roots – this excuse is often fueled by either laziness, apathy or fear. (Do See Genesis 6). I don’t have time!

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Why Seclusion Is the Enemy of Creativity

Harvard Business Review

He spent eleven years holed up, painting Christ on Judgement Day, Noah’s ark, and Creation itself. Just power through. He built walls, erected partitions, and hung blinds so that nobody could steal his ideas or sneak an early peek. Trusting no one, he chased away local youth and kept human contact to a minimum. This is the job.

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When Talent Started Driving Economic Growth

Harvard Business Review

And with that recognition, economic power shifted to its suppliers. before overhead and marketing and distribution costs) of his next project, the 1981 blockbuster Raiders of the Lost Ark , in exchange for directing and producing the movie, which made him a multi-billionaire and changed the balance of power between stars and studios.

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The Nostalgia Trap

Harvard Business Review

While it’s true that white male workers were given preference over minorities and women in hiring and pay, most of the gains made by white working-class men in that era came not from their advantages over minorities but from their greater bargaining power vis-à-vis employers. In the U.S.,

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