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Communication – Easy to break – Tough to fix

General Leadership

Gilbert Amelio. I am always on alert for positive and effective communication practices at work. “If a leader can’t get a message across clearly and motivate others to act on it, then having a message doesn’t even matter.”

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Managing and Leading…Lessons from Gilbert & Sullivan

You're Not the Boss of Me

This 1999 production tells a story of Gilbert and Sullivan. Then, they discover something new, as Gilbert is reluctantly dragged, (by his long-suffering wife), to see some Japanese entertainers perform. They contemplate dissolving their partnership. It is there, that The Mikado is conceived.

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5 Ways Success is Holding You Back

Let's Grow Leaders

When you succeed at something big, was it due to the market, the price, the positioning, the long hours, the social media campaign, the right leadership, the right employees? Elizabeth Gilbert wrestles with this challenge in her TED talk: Success, Failure and the Drive to Keep Creating. Many don’t.

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E-mail Study: What are your e-mails saying about your leadership?

CO2

Leaders and subordinates telegraph their position of authority based on the e-mail language they use, according to Eric Gilbert , an assistant professor at Georgia Tech. For a short 3-minute interview with NPR’s Audie Cornish and Professor Eric Gilbert, click play. What e-mail phrases do you use the most?

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Rob Bell’s The Heretic

Joseph Lalonde

Watching Rob Bell, Pete Holmes, Kristen Bell, Elizabeth Gilbert (of Eat, Pray, Love fame), and others share their thoughts on faith and Bell’s journey was interesting. As a leader, you have to be prepared to leave your position and either move onto a new organization or change directions. It was also depressing.

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How Lafayette, an “Outsider,” Won the Allegiance of His Team

Michael Lee Stallard

Leaders who find themselves in this challenging position can look to a widely unknown example from the American Revolution for inspiration and guidance: Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, more commonly known as the Marquis de Lafayette. An Unlikely Leadership Candidate.

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Impact Bias

CO2

In a TED talk, Dan Gilbert asks the audience if they would be happier winning the lottery or becoming paraplegic. Over time–and usually in less time than we’d imagine–we can find the positive in a negative situation. If you’re like most, you’d answer lottery winner.

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