Leading Blog

JULY 17, 2019

Make your commitments a priority, and you’ll earn something invaluable-- trust. Bernard Shaw is credited with the adage “Youth is wasted on the young.” She serves as Advisor to Public Media Women in Leadership and also is a mentor to the group’s founder. People who spread rumors and half-truths are always recruiting new members.

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Joseph Lalonde

APRIL 30, 2018

Leaders don’t get what they want: Thanos led his attacks on various planets throughout the universe with the help of his “children”: Corvus Glaive (Michael James Shaw), Proxima Midnight (Carrie Coon), Ebony Maw (Tom Vaughan-Lawlor), and Cull Obsidian (Terry Notary). Finding a mentor. Attending great conferences.

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Chris Brady

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

When I make a commitment to someone, I stick with them through thick and thin. I have a spiritual mentor. My life demonstrates that almost anything worthwhile requires a long term commitment. I am committed to fight for justice. Once I have committed to something, there is no stopping me. My days are disciplined.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2013

Commit to a communication charter. The playwright George Bernard Shaw famously described Americans and the British as "two nations divided by a common language." Clarify and track commitments. Beyond that, it helps to be explicit in getting team members to commit to define intermediate milestones and track their progress.

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