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Being Smart is Not Enough

Leading Blog

“Most organizations exploit only a fraction of the knowledge, experience, and intellectual capital that is available to them. Unhealthy organizations are hindered by politics, confusion, and low morale, resulting in low productivity and high turnover. But the healthy ones tap into almost all of it.”

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Rising to the Challenge Before Us – LEADING FORWARD

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Rising to the challenge of 21st Century Leadership starts with recognizing our ability to do GOOD by building GOOD leadership, GOOD business, GOOD communities, GOOD families, GOOD lives. In another century, at a time of great chaos and crisis, Betsy Ross told Thomas Jefferson that times of great challenge demand great leadership.

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Why Leaders Are Still So Hesitant to Invest in New Business Models

Harvard Business Review

According to Ocean Tomo, a consulting firm focused on intellectual capital, physical assets (plant, property, and equipment) made up more than 80% of the market value of the S&P 500 in 1975. Outdated beliefs about the world can linger for decades in a leadership team. How much is changing?