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3 Factors Inventors Share: How to Change the World

Leading Blog

Marconi companies in other countries would dominate wireless transmissions for twenty years. Further, the approach taken early in a career can help or hinder in the future, and that goes for any field. from Austria in 1939 and embarked on a long career in the energy and chemicals industry with seven of his own scientific patents.

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Employee Growth: How to Better Support Team Member Development

Let's Grow Leaders

When I read Whitney’s new book, I was struck by how her model reflected my own journey of taking the leap from Verizon Wireless executive to entrepreneur. Once my leadership blog started gaining traction, I began paying attention to who else was in this human centered leadership space. The S Curve of Employee Growth.

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In Search of the Perfect “Boss”

Lead Change Blog

Because despite all our efforts to “lead change” and encourage servant leadership, most of our readers are struggling in imperfect hierarchical organizations working for an imperfect boss. Prior to that she led a large Verizon Wireless sales team (2000+) leading the Nation in store sales to the Small and Medium business space.

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10 Ways to Be Easy to Follow

Let's Grow Leaders

I recently ran into a guy who once worked on my sales team at Verizon Wireless who was now working at a small company where I was now consulting. He heard I was there, so he walked into a leadership program I was doing to say “Hi.” ” We had just finished talking about being crystal clear so I took a chance.

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7 Ways to Build Trust and Confidence with Your Team

Great Leadership By Dan

Early in her career, one of Karin’s first bosses, Gail, brought Karin with her to senior-level meetings, arguing that “no one could explain it better” than she could. Karin Hurt (Baltimore, MD) is a top leadership consultant and CEO of Let’s Grow Leaders. A former Verizon Wireless executive, she was named to Inc.

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Are We Really Prepared for a More Automated Future?

Lead Change Blog

Things we take for granted today as can’t-live-without mostly existed for quite some time before demand caught up: robotics; the Web; graphical design software; computerized motor engines; online banking; the smart phone; and wireless broadband devices are just a few.

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The Coming of the Clairvoyant Computer

Leading Blog

The leading career-focused social network, LinkedIn, predicts your job skills. The campaign predicted which voters would be positively persuaded by campaign contact, and which would be inadvertently influenced to vote adversely. Nothing foretells consumer need like predicting the birth of a new consumer.