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Fighting Lost Motivation with Goal Setting

Fighting Lost Motivation with Goal Setting

Updated October 2022 Quiet quitting has been a buzzword and a source of much back and forth on social media. As you know from my latest book, Leadership Two Words at a Time, I am all about two-word phrases. But quiet quitting doesn't actually explain the phenomenon...

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On The Importance Of Leader Imperfection

On The Importance Of Leader Imperfection

Leadership is a messy business… at least when it’s being done right. It requires making bold decisions, often while relying on ambiguous, shifting, or contradictory information. Sometimes you have to get it wrong, a lot, before you can get it right. Just ask any...

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Looking For The Right Risks In Your Life

Looking For The Right Risks In Your Life

New opportunities - how scary and exhilarating they can be! The tricky thing with opportunity is that they also come with risk. The right risk might stop you in your tracks, but do you really want your fear of risk to stop you from accessing all of the opportunities...

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The Danger Of Ignoring Ideas

I've been to MIT and helped to lead a strategic planning process for a gifted group of researchers. I know that session went well, but I don't think I wowed them with my ideas like this young man from Sierra Leone wowed me and the MIT community. Kelvin Doe is a...

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The Truth About The Compromise Trap

The Truth About The Compromise Trap

Elizabeth Doty is a consultant, coach, and facilitator specializing in how people participate in large organizations while staying true to themselves and being a positive force - however they define those. Her latest book, The Compromise Trap: How to Thrive at Work...

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