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Stepping Up Into Leadership

Women in the LEAD

  In her book, The Female Brain, Louann Brizendine cites very specific chemical and hormonal differences between men and women that specifically affect language and communication, giving us a scientific basis for this. .   In the past twenty years or so, we have read many works telling us what we already knew.

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Stepping Up Into Leadership

Women in the LEAD

  In her book, The Female Brain, Louann Brizendine cites very specific chemical and hormonal differences between men and women that specifically affect language and communication, giving us a scientific basis for this. .     In the past twenty years or so, we have read many works telling us what we already knew.

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Why Happiness Is a Choice

Frank Sonnenberg Online

Because, aside from those with serious chemical imbalances, happiness is a physiological reaction, a result of the interaction between mind and body. Author and inspirational speaker Simon Sinek describes dopamine as the feel-good chemical released when your phone dings — Hooray, I have a message…hooray, someone responded to me.

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Sustainability Matters in the Battle for Talent

Harvard Business Review

Employees at semiconductor-chip-maker Intel recently devised a new chemistry process that reduced chemical waste by 900,000 gallons, saving $45 million annually. For instance, in 2008 Simon Colbeck, head of technology for clothing, was concerned about the huge volume of garments that end up in landfills every year.

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Leadership Lessons And Quotes From Marvel’s Iron Fist

Joseph Lalonde

There, Danny met a man named Simon who claimed be a psychiatrist. She believed he would make things right and stop the chemicals coming out of one of Rand Enterprises plants. They know by asking questions they can get to the heart of the matter. Never stop asking questions. He wasn’t. He was one of the patients.

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Extreme Focus and the Success of Germany's Mittelstand

Harvard Business Review

There is a wonderful account of these companies in the book Hidden Champions by Hermann Simon , former INSEAD professor and now Chairman of Simon, Kucher & Partners. During a recent presentation at INSEAD Hermann described some of their common features: Most Hidden Champions are extremely focused in what they do.