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Three Core Questions to Start Your New Year

The Practical Leader

In The Tao of Leadership: Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching Adapted for a New Age , John Heider writes: “ The leader who is centered and grounded can work with erratic people and critical group situations without harm. The start of a new year is an excellent time to renew and refocus ourselves, our teams, and our organizations.

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WOMEN: Challenged and Overwhelmed? A Remedy

Women in the LEAD

As you rely less and less on knowing just what to do, your work will become more direct and more powerful. Lao Tzu a favorite Lao Tzu leadership book (by John Heider). You will discover that the quality of your consciousness is more potent than any technique or theory or interpretation.

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WOMEN: Challenged and Overwhelmed? A Remedy

Women in the LEAD

As you rely less and less on knowing just what to do, your work will become more direct and more powerful. Lao Tzu      a favorite Lao Tzu leadership book  (by John Heider) With that INSPIRATION of timeless wisdom, I am allowing my burdens to lift.

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Why Debunking Myths About Vaccines Hasn’t Convinced Dubious Parents

Harvard Business Review

We consistently underestimate the power of narrative. In the 1940s, Austrian psychologist Fritz Heider created what has become a legendary piece of research that reveals the need for people to craft narratives. Heider created a short, simple animation of two triangles, a rectangle and a circle.

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