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Leaders: Where Are Your Best Ideas Born? The Power Of Incubation

Great Leadership By Dan

Several times in my life I’ve woken up in the middle of the night with a breakthrough idea for a project I am working on. My friend Michelle Miller-Levitt was on the panel. You’ve been working on a problem for a long time, haven’t made progress, and you back off to do something else. After your period of incubation — eureka!

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Healthy Habits Of Successful Leaders – An Expert Roundup

Joseph Lalonde

I asked each of these leaders a single question about healthy leadership: What healthy habits do you attribute to your success as a leader? Discover a healthy leadership habit of @MichaelHyatt at Click To Tweet. Check out these healthy habits of #leadership experts @MichaelHyatt, @MarkTimm, and @48DaysTeam Click To Tweet.

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Fixing a Work Relationship Gone Sour

Harvard Business Review

Most people just lower their expectations because it’s easier than dealing with the real issues at hand,” says Brian Uzzi, professor of leadership and organizational change at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management and author of the HBR article, “ Make Your Enemies Your Allies.” Case study#1: Find a common purpose.

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