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A Leadership Lesson from Trappist Monks that Made Me Rich

Great Leadership By Dan

Then, only two months into the deal, the venture capitalists that controlled our board pushed out my friend and replaced him with a total stranger. As a monastic guest, I live and work alongside the monks, and as a bonus I have received a priceless education in business and leadership. His website is www.augustturak.com.

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“Trust Me, I’m a Leader”: Why Building a Culture of Trust Will Boost Employee Performance – and Maybe Even Save Your Company

Strategy Driven

Unusually Excellent: The Necessary Nine Skills Required for the Practice of Great Leadership by John Hamm. Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers.

Company 62
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“Trust Me, I’m a Leader”: Why Building a Culture of Trust Will Boost Employee Performance – and Maybe Even Save Your Company

Strategy Driven

Unusually Excellent: The Necessary Nine Skills Required for the Practice of Great Leadership by John Hamm. Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers.

Company 50
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Are Your Most Talented People Losing Their Minds?

Harvard Business Review

If determining whether your employees are losing their ability to effectively process ideas and information costs next to nothing , aren't you ethically obligated to find that out? While personal and professional pain around the likely loss of one's faculties is unavoidable, the legal and ethical implications have only begun to be addressed.

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How Hewlett-Packard Lost the HP Way

Harvard Business Review

Not to mention boardroom soap operas, front-page ethics scandals, and more changes of direction than a surfer in a hurricane. What's important about HP is what it says about how hard it is for any organization to maintain its leadership position from one generation of technology and markets and culture to the next.

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Calculating the Market Value of Leadership

Harvard Business Review

We believe that a next step for investors is to analyze the predictors and drivers of these intangible factors, which means focusing on leadership. Wise, long term investors recognize that leadership affects firm performance. But too often, assessments of leadership are haphazard and narrow.

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How Merck Is Trying to Keep Disrupters at Bay

Harvard Business Review

The lean-startup software ethic of launching minimal viable products in order to fail fast and learn is a challenge in many businesses and especially in healthcare where no one wants a minimum viable pacemaker or “lightly tested” drug. Experimentation is vital.