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Doing Less, Leading More

Harvard Business Review

But when we carry this mindset into our first leadership roles, we confuse doing with leading. But the pacesetting style can also carry a high cost – Goleman notes that it “destroys climate [and] many employees feel overwhelmed by the pacesetter’s demands.” ” Leadership'

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Mindfulness Can Improve Strategy, Too

Harvard Business Review

Mindfulness meditation — the practice of cultivating deliberate focused attention on the present moment – has caught on as a way to bring focus, authenticity, and intention to the practice of leadership. Visualize positive outcomes : As Daniel Goleman argues , positivity is part and parcel of focused attention.

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New Books from HBR Press for August

Harvard Business Review

No matter your interests (sports, movies, politics), your industry (finance, marketing, technology, manufacturing), or the type of organization you work for (big company, nonprofit, small start-up) — your world is awash with data. Primal Leadership, With a New Preface by the Authors: Unleashing the Power of Emotional Intelligence.

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Five Good Reasons to Champion Auto-Analytics in Your Organization

Harvard Business Review

The recent boom in auto-analytics, or "self-tracking," or "self quantification" has been playing out mostly as a consumer trend — as something we do during our leisure time to become more deliberate about personal fitness, finances, or diet. See here for an excellent list of 500 auto-analytic tools.)