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Leading Thoughts for December 30, 2021

Leading Blog

Robert Dilenschneider on knowing your strengths: “By knowing your strengths and building on them in a hypercompetitive world, we can be more effective. Look for these ideas every Thursday on the Leading Blog. I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives.

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Mavericks at Work: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Labarre Harper Paperbacks (2008) How an organization can prosper in a “hypercompetitive marketplace” As William C. Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win William C. Taylor and Polly G.

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Five Happiness Traps

Leading Blog

Second, hypercompetitiveness in the workplace leaves us empty and unfulfilled, hurts our ability to lead effectively, and makes us no fun to be around. When we will do anything, compromise anything to come out on top without regard for the collateral damage, we are in trouble.

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Fail Bigger Cheaper: A Three Word Manifesto

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from another thoughtful and thought-provoking article written by Umair Haque for the Harvard Business Review blog. It is worth noting that Marcus Buckingham recently ranked Umair #1 among his favorite business bloggers.

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Use Jugaad to Innovate Faster, Cheaper, Better

Harvard Business Review

Jugaad is an antidote to the complexity of India: a country of mind-blogging diversity; pervasive scarcity of all kinds; and exploding interconnectivity (India is adding 10 million cellphone subscribers every month).

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Change the World and Get to Bed by 10:00

Harvard Business Review

Whether it''s a hypercompetitive culture encouraging ambitious employees to burn the midnight oil, or the anxiety of working for a bad boss causing insomnia, or a level of pressure that leaves decision-makers lying awake at night, companies contribute to people''s sleep deficits. Sense of Involvement.

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Why WikiLeaks Matters More (And Less) than You Think

Harvard Business Review

To those of you who've been reading this blog for a while, that may be second nature. Rather than seeing WikiLeaks through the lens of morality or national security , let's look at it through an institutional lens. But to the newcomers, let me explain what I mean. Perhaps the most basic economic institution is GDP.

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