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The Magic of Steve Jobs

Women's Leadership Exchange

But no matter how smart and talented they are, Jobs is the final decisionmaker. His collaborative and listening skills may be weak. He may not have all the qualities we like best from our leaders, but the skills he practices outshine everyone else on the block. He is the decider. And most of them have accepted this.

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Twitter Weekly Highlights for 2011-02-11

Tanveer Naseer

Why we can’t really assess our own skills and performance [link] # leadership #perception #. The connection between an employee’s skill level and what you need to communicate to them – [link] # leadership #. My latest blog post: Are You Using Dialects To Develop Your Employees’ Skills? Thanks Wally! link] *Tx! #.

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The Magic of Steve Jobs Part 2

Women's Leadership Exchange

But no matter how smart and talented they are, Jobs is the final decisionmaker. His collaborative and listening skills may be weak. He may not have all the qualities we like best from our leaders, but the skills he practices outshine everyone else on the block. He is the decider. And most of them have accepted this.

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Writing a Rejection Letter (with Samples)

Harvard Business Review

In the study I mentioned above, Dahlander and Piezunka found that providing an explanation about why an idea was being rejected bolstered the beneficial effects of rejection — eg, motivation and idea quality.). It’s not any easier to get rejected in that fashion, and writing that way undercuts your authority as a decisionmaker.

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