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The Entrepreneur DNA – Reid Hoffman Of Linkedin
What is the DNA of entrepreneurial success? Here are the five points, the DNA of entrepreneurial success I distilled from Reid Hoffman of Linkedin.com in a conversation with Charlie Rose. 1. Work on a great idea 2. Develop effective execution 3. Commit to change the world 4. Exercise intelligent risk taking 5. Manage your network
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Life Is About Choices
You make choices all the time. This winter my experience has been very different from previous winters. Why? Because of choices we made. For the last two months we have been working out of Southern Florida. Woodinville, our home near Seattle experienced six unusual waves of snow fall and colder days than normal. Not much of a global warming there. But we were down here...
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Are You Wasting A Good Crisis?
Leaders not using this crisis to repurpose and reposition their organizations are wasting a good crisis. If you are preoccupied only on surviving these critical times, you are missing out on the opportunity to do something bigger, to play a bigger game. Strategic leadership is not about “how will we come out of this in six or nine months?” It is about, “how are we...
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Anatomy Of Enrollment
Following my post on the movie Man On Wire, Josh asked: “How did he get such commitment and effort from his friends to assist him in this task, in fulfilling his dream? Even those who could not speak his language…” What Josh is really asking about is the anatomy of enrollment – what is the process of engaging, enticing and enrolling others to join and...
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The Future Is Here
Abraham Lincoln is known to have said that “the best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time.” That was true back then. Now, the future arrives one tsunami after another, continuously, without a pause. You are immersed in the future now. Your job is more than just to cope with it. You are trying to decipher and understand...
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Bigger Solution Needs A Bigger Person
Excerpt from the Emerald CD – Focus On Solutions Not On problems The word solution has another meaning in the connotation of Chemistry. It’s the opposite of fixed, solid, rigid and unyielding. To solve, means to turn a substance from hard or coagulated into a fluid, moving state. To solve is to un-fix. To fix something is to make it static; to solve is to...
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From Breakdown To Breakthrough
Breakdowns herald breakthroughs. Breakdowns lead to breakthroughs. What was is no more. Companies that were strong and stable are faltering and failing. Political, economic and social structures are collapsing. Every day brings new headlines. You wake up to find out that the world has changed. In the darkness you begin to see the stars. These are signs of transition; of big systemic transformation, an epoch...
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Adaptive Leadership And The Precious Currency Of Management
Executives in their own words… Anurag Asthana Laurent Poujol Rahul Biswari © Aviv Shahar
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Where Do You Start – Life Strategies
Here are three ways to begin—three starting strategies. 1. Fly to the easiest spot 2. Face the toughest part head-on 3. Chunk the whale into parts The first strategy is best applied when you face a new domain or task that may seem difficult at first. This strategy is useful in the following cases: 1. Crossword puzzles 2. Exams 3. Networking a room full of...
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Are You Generating Value?
In good times and in tough times, the surest and safest tactic is to become the best value generator you can be. Here are ten things you can do to generate and bring great value to your stakeholders. Be clear about the most important – the vital things. Identify the key people you serve. Learn their concerns, needs and issues. Don’t let not knowing inhibit...
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