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Leading from any seat at your table
December 19, 2014I ended our previous post with a brief outline of the concepts I would like to address in the...
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So, what can a middle manager do to be happier?
December 12, 2014As a continuation of our theme from last week, I decided to give some of my own views on...
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Miserable and disengaged at work?
December 5, 2014This weekend, I read yet another article in the Financial Times about how disenchanted middle managers are with their...
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How to use story in high-tech settings
November 27, 2014Last week was a busy one. I was in Buenos Aires for Entrepreneurship Week, invited to speak at four...
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Building bridges through language and culture — Mandela continued
November 20, 2014In the last post, we saw the importance of Nelson Mandela’s ability to interact with Afrikaners in their own...
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How Nelson Mandela used language to build a nation
November 13, 2014A moving scene from the movie Invictus portrays a tense conversation between President Nelson Mandela and Jason Tshabalala, his intense security...
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Touching the heart with language
November 6, 2014Last week, I wrote that narrative-based discourse is more effective than rational argumentation for convincing any audience. One of...
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Story and persuasion
October 30, 2014Last time, I wrote about how Tim Bilodeau of Medicines for Humanity came to understand that narrative-based speeches are...
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The struggles that build character and help us grow (cont.)
October 23, 2014In last week’s post, I outlined my belief that we grow ourselves and our brains by taking on challenges...
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Learning, struggling, building character, and expanding our minds
October 17, 2014This week, some brief—and a bit more personal—reflections on the value of our mental challenges and struggles, and how...