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The Value of Vision Series – Daniel Burrus

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Futureview is not the same thing as a goal, plan, ambition, or aspiration. A few years ago, I had the opportunity to converse with Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon. They kept solving those unsolvable problems,” Armstrong added, “until one day, there I was—walking the lunar surface.”.

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Leadership Is About Alignment

Tanveer Naseer

Working in and living in alignment is difficult because alignment requires you to make decisions and take actions that are in agreement with many goals, ideas and beliefs, some of which may be in conflict. In fact, leaders leave companies when their personal values clash with the corporate values.

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What Your Moonshot Can Learn from the Apollo Program

Harvard Business Review

” The notion of moonshots is a hugely appealing idea, whether you are an enterprise working on a market innovation, a nonprofit organization tackling societal problems, or a government trying to govern better. At the time, those charged with achieving the goal had questions as to whether it could be done. Assemble it in space?

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Out with the Old (but Really Great Business Stories), in with the New

Harvard Business Review

Patch Woes The Story Behind Why AOL CEO Tim Armstrong Fired an Employee in Front Of 1,000 Coworkers Business Insider For a few days last August, it was one of the most talked-about business stories in America: Tim Armstrong, the CEO of AOL, fired someone abruptly during a meeting. What made the typically affable Armstrong snap?

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Healthy Habits Of Successful Leaders – An Expert Roundup

Joseph Lalonde

Even if it’s walking to the local market for lunch, or parking further away in a parking lot. I have found that with self-awareness comes clarity about my goals and vision for my life. They can focus on the goals they have set before themselves and not get distracted by the noise of the world. Keep moving!

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Change the World Without Losing Yourself

Harvard Business Review

There was Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech, delivered at the age of 34, and Neil Armstrong walking on the surface of the moon at the age of 38. Their youth brought a feeling of youthfulness to humanity itself, and gave people the sense that nothing is impossible. It can obscure their real and natural passions.

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The September 2012 Leadership Development Carnival NFL Kick-off Edition

Great Leadership By Dan

Matrix organizations are becoming more common as organizations grow larger, become more complex, and/or enter global markets. Randy Conley , from Leading with Trust, runs for a TD with Five Leadership Lessons From The Life of Neil Armstrong. "Do you need to coordinate your work with people who report to a different boss?