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Decision Making Scenarios

Coaching Tip

Before making an important decision, prudent managers evaluate the situations confronting them — and often fall into one of the eight traps of faulty thinking. This tit-for-tat mode of operation can produce success, but it doesn''t invoke the power of reciprocity and so fails to yield extraordinary success.".

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The Best Leadership Books of 2016

Leading Blog

Deep Work : Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport To thrive in the new economy—the current information economy—you need to master these two core abilities: 1. How do we create the future while managing the present? What separates effective communicators from truly successful persuaders? Blog Post ).

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Givers give without expectation of immediate return.

Coaching Tip

This 'law of love' is identified in many different ways--for example, in Wayne Baker's bestseller, " Achieving Success Through Social Capital " (Jossey-Bass), this law of love in the workplace is described as the "law of reciprocity.". Cialdini, author of "The Psychology of Persuasion" (William Morrow, 1993). Grant Ph.D.:

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Getting Ahead by Leading Across

Harvard Business Review

Carla was literally bred for success as a business manager. The daughter of a senior corporate executive, she had all the right tickets including an MBA from a top school and several years of experience with a prestigious management consulting firm. Are joint ventures or strategic alliances critical to the company's success?