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First Look: Leadership Books for April 2020

Leading Blog

Rocket science is often celebrated as the ultimate triumph of technology. It's the same thought process that enabled Neil Armstrong to take his giant leap for mankind, that allows spacecraft to travel millions of miles through outer space and land on a precise spot, and that brings us closer to colonizing other planets. But it's not.

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Neil Armstrong and Future NASA Missions

Building Personal Strength

The other five members of my adviser team had gathered in front of a small black-and-white television set, which was powered by a small generator. We were watching a live broadcast of the fuzzy image of Neil Armstrong in a bulky space suit step slowly down to the lunar surface. He and Buzz Aldrin are two of my heroes.

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What are the best cryptocurrency exchanges in the world?

Strategy Driven

The exchange itself was established in 2017, but its founder – Changpeng Zhao – had previously worked in teams related to finance and cryptocurrencies. In 2013, Zhao joined the Blockchain.info team as a member of a group working on a portfolio dedicated to cryptocurrencies. Coinbase – safety and practicality.

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Leadership Lessons And Quotes From Murder On The Orient Express

Joseph Lalonde

Whether that’s the shop floor workers mingling with the office workers, Information Technology employees interacting with the sales team, or other co-mingling, they believe it is bad for the team. Have your team mix with one another is not a bad idea. It is a great idea.

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Leadership Lessons And Quotes From Murder On The Orient

Joseph Lalonde

Whether that’s the shop floor workers mingling with the office workers, Information Technology employees interacting with the sales team, or other co-mingling, they believe it is bad for the team. Have your team mix with one another is not a bad idea. It is a great idea.

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What Really Led to Last Summer’s Most Notorious Firing

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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What Your Moonshot Can Learn from the Apollo Program

Harvard Business Review

. “Moonshots” is the term favored by the company’s exploratory arm, known as X, which states on its website : “Our mission is to invent and launch ‘moonshot’ technologies that we hope could someday make the world a radically better place.” Don’t go it alone.

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