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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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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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Following my curiosity
June 19, 2014Steve Jobs’ story about his Reed College calligraphy class and “connecting the dots” got me thinking about whether I...
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How to find your passion
June 12, 2014This week, a friend sent me an article about why “follow your passion” is bad advice. The article cites...
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Steve Jobs was truly about connecting things
May 22, 2014The past two posts, and perhaps the next few, take their inspiration from the (relatively) new movie “Jobs”, which...
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Speaking about “intercultural management”
April 17, 2014This past Saturday, I spent the day in Aix-les-Bains, a beautiful resort town near Lyon. The event was the...
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Steve Jobs and the “holy wars”
April 10, 2014When I read a recent headline in the Financial Times that proclaimed “Steve Jobs promised a ‘holy war’ on Google” it made...