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Leaders need to Lead

Great Leadership By Dan

George Bernard Shaw once said: “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Ken Marlin is founder and managing partner of the award-winning investment bank Marlin & Associates and the author of The Marine Corps Way to Win on Wall Street (St. I like that.

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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. How to Make Money in Your Spare Time by JMR Rice Robbing banks is not the best way to make money in your spare time, at least legally. I had to include my book!) Castration: The Advantages and the Disadvantages by Victor T.

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The Lost Art Of Inquiring & Listening

Lead Change Blog

George Bernard Shaw once said, “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” Mike is president and CEO of Fifth Third Bank’s largest region. The bank went through a massive system conversion in 2013, condensing twenty-four types of checking accounts down into five.

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Your Communications May Not Be Communicating

Harvard Business Review

As one of my clients is fond of saying (along with George Bernard Shaw ), "The greatest problem with communication is the assumption that it has taken place.". Lack of questions and dialogue: Recently I sat in on an "all-hands" meeting for a department of a major bank. But yet somehow, communications are still a problem.

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

Harvard Business Review

” He cites examples of entire neighborhoods showing up at local banks accused of discriminatory lending practices to open savings accounts with one dollar and then returning to the back of the line to close the same account. If all else fails, it may be time for direct legal action. This tactic, obviously, is the most costly.

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Climate Change Is an Overwhelming Problem. Here Are 4 Things Executives Can Do Today

Harvard Business Review

“Even a vortex is a vortex in something,” noted George Bernard Shaw. This was the conclusion of the Commission on Carbon Prices, a group of leading economists supported by the World Bank. Plunge into the data. “You can’t have a whirlpool without water; and you can’t have a vortex without gas.”