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How Amazon uses story to engage its managers
December 16, 2018Our last blog entry ended with the assertion that Winston Churchill and Jeff Bezos share a deep appreciation of...
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Story is what connects unusual pairs of effective leaders
December 6, 2018In the previous post, I referenced my doctoral research—specifically my use of “unlikely pairs”. During those years, in fact,...
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A natural speaker?
May 4, 2018As I mentioned last time, my plan for this week was to amplify the discussion of the remarkable ways...
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Practice, spontaneity, and happenstance
August 19, 2016Writing the past few weeks about Martin Luther King and Winston Churchill caused me to think of something one...
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Spontaneity in public speaking
August 4, 2016Last time, I closed the post with an appeal for more unscripted speeches, and for increased spontaneity in public discourse....
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Heroes of modern leadership
May 1, 2015Every so often, probably a few times a year, I receive some sort of request to speak or write...
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Deliberate practice, continued
October 29, 2012In the previous entry, we discussed the importance of the mentor or coach in the concept of deliberate practice....