Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

” – Thomas Merton. Learn from an acrobat and see how to use these concepts to power your goals. To achieve life balance, you have to learn how to say “No.” Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx Group for the great pic and to all our contributors! What is Worklife Balance? Follow Michelle. Follow Skip.

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Merton Mission Statement Learning-by-Doing Goal 490

Eric Jacobson

APRIL 15, 2014

Thomas Merton Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. Bill Gates Good management consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people. Know that your vulnerability can be your strength. Keith Ferrazzi Humility is the surest sign of strength. Agatha Christie Don''t find fault.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 26, 2012

He regularly speaks and consults with companies, both large and small, about how to develop practices and systems that lead to everyday brilliance. Todd Henry is the founder and CEO of Accidental Creative, a company that helps creative people and teams generate brilliant ideas.

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Creativity Consultative CEO System 70

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2014

Sociologist Robert Merton first recognized this phenomenon in academic success and dubbed it “ the Matthew Effect ,” quoting a Bible passage in which the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

Career 8

Career Planning Kahneman Uncertainty 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2012

How to Maximize Your Chances. No matter how impressive his or her résumé seems, you know unearned advantages made each accomplishment easier, so each tells us less about what he or she is truly capable of. So there's no reason to think a conventional leader is the right choice.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

All businesses seek to control costs; they don’t need an economist to tell them why it’s important or how to do it. That way, travelers took their offers much more seriously than if they simply could “name their price” without any purchase obligation. Economics and logistics. But there are some very important exceptions.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

I was thinking about that story by Thomas Merton during a recent board meeting. Only you know how to answer the question, "Is this worth it?" It was said of Abbot Agatho that for three years he carried a stone in his mouth until he learned to be silent. The CEO and CFO were marching through their 112-slide presentation.

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