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Space Leadership Comes Before Selfies

Lead Change Blog

I know there are plenty of experts out there ( Cal Newport, for example ) who argue that being “passionate” about your career choice isn’t necessary to perform well, but I tend to disagree. Over the course of his career, he made some decisions about academics and career moves that placed him, ultimately, in exactly the right position.

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What Michael Buble Taught Me About Leadership In 3 Minutes

Joseph Lalonde

Image by Eva Rinaldi. Towards the end of the video, Buble even talks about Hollyman taking over his career in a couple of years. While that comment was done in jest, it reminds us we’re not going to be in the same position forever. Never forget your leadership position is only temporary. Post by Michael Drivas.

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7 Tricky Work Situations, and How to Respond to Them

Harvard Business Review

One day, Alvin approaches Manuel and tells him he wants to make a major career shift. Why it works: Spoken with a tone of enthusiasm and flexibility, this positive statement allows you to bow out of the initial request, while protecting your reputation by: Reframing their idea as a starting point. Eva is an engineer in Silicon Valley.

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Remembering Andy Grove, the Teacher

Harvard Business Review

In fact, several mentioned — sometimes years later — that the “one-on-one” meetings with him (one-on-one is a personal feedback technique for leadership development used at Intel and described in High Output Management ) had enormous positive impact on their careers. Once, Eva’s mother came too.

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