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Mary Marshall argues that leadership is a natural talent nourished by experience and practice. Leaders do not just “manage” human resources; they inspire people and motivate them to act because they passionately believe in something. And this cannot be learnt or taught in school.
Read more: “Can Leadership Be Learned?”.
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If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner – Nelson Mandela
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What are the first questions you generally put when you meet someone for the first time? Ivan Misner, founder of BNI, a business networking organization, lists 10 of them in his book “The 29% solution”. These questions refer to an initial conversation about business. Two of them, in particular, can be very helpful to get a better idea of your intelrocutor and to build a lasting relationship with him. The first one is about about what he likes most about what he does. The second one, about the challenges he has to face in his business. Of course, there’s the right time to put both them in order to build confidence with your interlocutor.
Here the video you can find on the Business Networking website.
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“Why should we support gender equality? Of course, it’s fair, it’s right and it’s just. But more than that, gender equality is also in our interest as men”.
Gender equality has been a long-debated issue during the recent years. Nevertheless, the way how Michael Kimmel deals with it in his TED Talk is original and amazing. According to him, men have changed and, if you look to what they now look for, gender equality is the best way for them to get the lives they want.
All of the great leaders had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership – John Kenneth Galbraith (economist and diplomat, 1908-2006)
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“Is an MBA worth the cost?” is the challenging question Jessica Stillman brightly addresses in “5 lessons you learn your first year at Harvard Business School”, extensively reviewing a post by Ellen Chisa, Harvard Business School student, who singles out the main lessons from each of the ten core classes.
Variables of expected return on investment largely depend on individual criteria, as successful business people have both advocated and renounced the degree. While going through her bright analysis, a prospective student may eventually make up her mind on whether to continue dreaming about Boston or not.
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DOUGLAS MACARTHUR‘S PRINCIPLES OF LEADERSHIP
Source: Leadership now
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Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.
Philip K. Dick, I hope I shall arrive soon (1980)
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The Diplo calendar 2015 realized by Stefano Baldi and Ed Gelbstein presents a selection of the wisdom accumulated by humanity over the centuries that has stood the test of time and remains as valid as ever. The hope is that it will inspire you and lead you to explore the thoughts of the people who in one way or another have changed human history for the better .
For the month of October the selected quotation is by Alvin Toffler (b. 1928) – American writer and futurist known for his works discussing the digital, communications and corporate revolutions arising from technological innovation.
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The Roman philosopher Epictetus once said, “Books are the training weights of the mind”.
Reading is an exercise that enriches the way we think, feel, and behave. Reading makes it possible to reach a new understanding about ourselves and the world and to expand our knowledge.
In this article, Paul Jun draws up a subjective list of the books he feels are timeless and helpful in both our personal and professional endeavors. Actually reading reflects a willingness to learn and change minds, to be open to new ideas and concepts that may indeed bolster both personal and professional endeavors.
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