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Managing Company Culture Anthropologically

Leading Blog

Why : Purpose and meaning - Humans are a storytelling species, and we value being a part of a meaningful story. Also, start-up companies in the Fujitsu technology accelerator program work in the satellite locations as well, creating a company-startup mashup. Culture starts with a compelling story. Does the company story resonate?

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The Best Leadership Books of 2021

Leading Blog

Many of the books listed below help us to do just that. Others were included because they help us to think differently, opening us up to potential we might not have considered. The books listed below help us to build the right foundation from which we can lead others. Leaders are dealers in hope. Blog Post ).

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10 Learning and Development Books for 21st Century Leaders & Organizations

Experience to Lead

We asked our WDHB team about their favorite Learning & Development books of the year so that we could sharing these bold, thought-provoking publications with you. We hope these reports will open your mind to innovative development strategies, just like the books listed below. “Leaders Eat Last” by Simon Sinek.

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My Top 10 Leadership Insights For 2017

Tanveer Naseer

“One of the things every writer knows is that if you’re going to retain your audience over the long run, you need to create some form of a hook; something that’s going to motivate people to stay invested in tuning into your show every week, to picking up and finishing your book, or to reading the latest entry in your leadership blog.

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Theranos and the Dark Side of Storytelling

Harvard Business Review

To explore our enthrallment and explain the science behind it, I wrote a book – The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human. The book appealed to a predictable audience of English literature types as well as avid readers of popular science. A great storyteller waves her pen over paper like a wand.

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w Can You Make Your Resolution a Reality? It's all in the Timing

Women on Business

When we don’t, we begin our internal storytelling, ‘He must be thinking this,” “She must be doing that.” For instance, we send someone an email requesting their participation, reaction, decision, and because we know when we sent it, we have a pre-conceived idea about when we might hear back from them.

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The Communication Secrets to Get from Good to Great

Leading Blog

N EW TECHNOLOGIES are shifting the way we work and interact. Jobs are being eliminated, and industries are being disrupted as we try to come to grips with how this technology is changing us and how we can use it. There is so much in this book that will help you perform better in all of your communication.

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