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Choose Yourself Taylor Swift Did

Leadership Freak

Taylor Swift chose a "choose yourself" approach. How can you choose yourself like Taylor Swift Did? Most people wait to be chosen. At 13, she walked into Nashville writing sessions and called a suggested lyric trite. The professional songwriter she challenged was almost four times her age.

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First Look: Leadership Books for November 2024

Leading Blog

Stay at Risk and Live Forever : Lessons from a Life of Curiosity, Grit, and Reinvention by Byron Wien and Taylor Becker Byron Wien, a legendary figure on Wall Street, shares his profound insights and life lessons in Stay at Risk and Live Forever.

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0525 | Chris Taylor

LDRLB

Chris Taylor is the founder of actionablebooks.com , a training and development company that spreads actionable insights from business books in the form of summaries and workshops. The post 0525 | Chris Taylor appeared first on LDRLB. In this interview, we discuss the role of culture in leading virtual teams.

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Advice to Taylor Swift on Sustaining Success

Michael Lee Stallard

Taylor Swift has successfully managed living in the frying pan of fame for nearly a decade now. Taylor, I appreciate your humility and focus on others. Your humility, Taylor, will also help you adapt to inevitable changes. You are very talented, Taylor. Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia User MyCanon. You care about people.

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Advice on Advice

Let's Grow Leaders

” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge What’s the best advice you’ve ever received? “Advice is like snow; the softer it falls the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it seeks into the mind.” Ever given? What advice do you wish you had ignored? What guidance do you wish you could retract?

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Why Hospitality Leadership Makes Great Leaders Greater

Skip Prichard

Interview with Taylor Scott Effective leadership transcends traditional metrics and strategies. Taylor Scott, a seasoned hospitality professional, encapsulates this philosophy in his insightful books, Lead with Hospitality and Give Hospitality. Taylor Scott Thats when the idea and concept of leading with hospitality came to mind.

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The Consultant’s Paradox

Lead Change Blog

Chris Taylor, founder of Actionable Books, spends his daylight hours helping consultants and employees alike find meaning in their work and discover rich team relationships. It’s time to get crystal clear on where your business is headed, and how you’re going to get there.

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