Lead on Purpose

MAY 23, 2009

This is the time when most people focus more on their careers and less on others (and other significant causes). Bob talks about how his career (in TV station business) took off. He compares it to halftime in sports (games like basketball and American football) that have a break during games.

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Even in so-called “individual sports&# such as running, race car driving or gymnastics, the athletes depend on many other people for their success. You’ll find satisfaction in knowing you helped someone else, and doing so will benefit your career. The teams that have people who work together win.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 17, 2010

It teaches you how to connect with someone by encapsulating key questions within an inane, weird story you’ll remember. Football field - What sports are you into? Next post: How Do You Coach Your Team? How To Pick Yourself Up After You Fail. How To Survive In A High Performance Workplace. Smile or Die!

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Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Howard Morgan and I published an article titled “Leadership Is a Contact Sport” in the fall 2004 issue of Strategy+Business that involved more than 86,000 respondents from eight major corporations. They were all given simple instructions on how to follow up with co-workers and how to become more effective.

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360-Degree Feedback Follow-up Ethics Training 96

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2018

Transitioning from a military career to the corporate world can be a fraught process for the nearly 360,000 U.S. In addition to networking their way into new professional circles and learning new cultural mores, veterans have to face down the even more fundamental questions: what career will best suit them?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

What is the most ethical action we might take?” It is so often that I read blogs and articles in which people tell us what to do, what we are doing wrong, and how to act. ~Albert Einstein; the question that led to the theory of relativity. What might DNA look like in a 3D form?” Where can I get a good hamburger on the road?”

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

The best leaders know how to articulate their core values clearly, how they were shaped, and why they matter. Lots of practice is required, but it will pay off 100X throughout a career. Smith realized at that moment that life is a team sport. How did early life, crucible experiences shape your core values?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Remember that leadership is not a spectator sport. ” We are also on the same page that “Walt Disney’s one of the greatest creative talents and true innovators of our time who knew how to quit talking and begin doing.” Great leaders will do anything to get off the bench and into the game. Great insights Susan.

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Building Personal Strength

MARCH 18, 2011

At least five players on the team will eventually have NBA careers. One of these, Ryan Kelly, has a super-high work ethic and basketball IQ and a sweet 3-point shot. And they know how to play lock-down team defense. Nolan Smith & Coach K This year, the Duke team has much more talent. And there's more talent on the bench.

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Your Voice of Encouragement

DECEMBER 9, 2009

That includes teaching them how to be responsible. Team sports is great for this. I agree that parents need to find avenues for preparing their kids for adult life through activities like sports. They do too much for their children. One of the most important responsibilities parents have is to prepare their kids for adult life.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Bill began his career with Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Sanyin Siang – Executive Director of the Duke University Fuqua/Coach K Center on Leadership & Ethics (COLE). Author: How to Be Happy at Work. . and The Career Playbook. Dave Meltzer – CEO of Sports 1 Marketing. Author: The Launch Book.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

We need to decide how to best divide energies—whom to feed first. How do you best focus the time and resources you have? Many career-enhancing activities can develop from carefully chosen volunteer-based projects. Metaphors from nature, sports, and travel are very useful to generate repurposed solutions.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Class-based bias, just like gender- and racial-based biases, can seep into workplace systems and artificially hinder the career success of those groups. Class is expressed through cultural differences , not just how much money is in your bank account. For example, what are elite sports? What are working-class sports?

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Miles Anthony Smith

AUGUST 7, 2018

What is the number #1 book you recommend for learning how to become a better leader (boss/manager or leading self)? Key components of courage include clarity of one’s own values, a deep sense of ethicality, being positively self-critical,being able to let go and move on, resilience to setbacks.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 12, 2010

Your organizations work ethic should be solution- and positive-results-oriented. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac. Honor The Legacy Of Dr. The Five Points Of Professionalism How To Talk About Poor Performance With An Employe. Don't Praise.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2013

If you're going to live a life that matters, you need an ethical compass: a belief system with a true north that points toward values that are in some sense enduringly, meaningfully good. And so respect is earned — and love given — not just to those who pander, but those who matter. Where's your true north?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2016

How to Manage a Toxic Employee. She was able to come up with creative new ways of building relationships and demonstrating her work ethic in her new workplace. 5) Consider how to respond. Either in our career or in our personal lives. It could be the joy you derive from your family, hobbies, sports, or community service.

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