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My Fair Lady Shows the Power of Expectations

The Practical Leader

Last week I finally saw the famous musical My Fair Lady based on George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion. I took our fair daughter, Jennifer, to see My Fair Lady at the Shaw Festival in beautiful Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. Whether as a teacher, coach, or manager, you clearly can’t raise performance with low expectations.

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Making A Transition to Leadership

You're Not the Boss of Me

People who were once peers become, (organizationally speaking), subordinates and that means that you will have some influence over areas of their working life that you previously did not. It is also the story of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and his experience in making a significant relationship shift of his own. Here’s a clip.

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