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What strategy is (and what it isn’t):

Strategy Driven

Sir Lawrence Freedman of Oxford University is one of the world’s preeminent international scholars on politics and war. Freedman writes, “So the realm of strategy is one of bargaining and persuasion as well as threats and pressure, psychological as well as physical effects, and words as well as deeds. Survival depends on it.

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Executive Presence: What’s Your “Talk Track”?

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Elizabeth Freedman (originally published 12/6/2012 on the Bates Communication blog). My goal was to get him to stop “catastrophizing” when something didn’t work out. The goal is to become more aware of your talk track and what it’s doing for you and others. Maybe it was a disappointment. Don’t get me wrong.

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Plan a Satisfying Retirement

Harvard Business Review

That’s a long time,” says Marc Freedman, CEO of Encore.org and the author of The Big Shift. But it can become more rewarding — if you’re willing to hold yourself accountable and work for the new goals you’ve set yourself.” Give yourself time to rest, renew, and restore,” says Freedman. Lay the groundwork early.

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Why do smart people do dumb things?

Coaching Tip

“EQ has quickly become a global movement that’s helping companies large and small rebuild trust internally to make its employees happier and more productive, which in turn impacts the overall ROI,” said Joshua Freedman, chief operating officer for Six Seconds and the chairman of NexusEQ, a global conference taking place this summer at Harvard. “We

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