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Leadership Thought #254 – Don’t Be Like Everyone Else; Be Different

December 1, 2011

Bottom line is that to be successful in business you need still to be willing to take risk and make strategic investments. Simply following and succumbing to market norms is for losers. Industries and markets are often too slow to react to significant events/trends and take far too long to recover. Business rewards those leaders who are proactive about their destiny and make the conscious decision to lead rather than follow. Be different, it pays off in the long run.

Life Design Workbook

Peggy and James Vaughan

Please click on this link for a Summary of the Life Design Workbook. The Life Design Workbook is a comprehensive guide that empowers you to take control of your life by making intentional choices that reflect your true values and aspirations. Written by Peggy Vaughan and James Vaughan, Ph.D., this workbook serves as a transformative […]
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Reflections on the Art of Living: A Joseph Campbell Companion

Joseph Campbell - Selected and Edited by Diane K. Osbon
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Please click on this link for the Reflections on the Art of Living – A Joseph Campbell Companion Book Summary “Reflections on the Art of Living” offers a transformative perspective on the human experience. Campbell’s unique blend of scholarly knowledge and practical wisdom provides a framework for understanding personal experiences and finding meaning in […]
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Managing Oneself

Please click on this link for the Managing Oneself Book Summary. We live in an age of unprecedented opportunity: with ambition, drive, and talent, you can rise to the top of your chosen profession regardless of where you started out. But with opportunity comes responsibility. Companies today aren’t managing their knowledge workers careers. Instead, you […]
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Leading under pressure

To control the anxiety produced by moments of intense pressure, first step back and analyze the stakes. The secret is to understand that how you perceive the stakes in any given situation can be controlled. “When you get into peak pressure moments, all you can think about is how important [the stakes are], what you […]
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McKinsey Technology Trends Outlook 2024

Which technology trends matter most for companies in 2024? New analysis by the McKinsey Technology Council highlights the adoption, development, and industry effects of advanced technologies. Despite challenging overall market conditions in 2023, continuing investments in frontier technologies promise substantial future growth in enterprise adoption. Generative AI (gen AI) has been a standout trend since 2022, […]
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Kickstart Your New Hire’s Success by Connecting them to the Right People

As a manager, onboarding a new hire isn’t just about providing manuals and login information, it’s about setting the employee up to operate autonomously in their role and feel comfortable within the organization. To do this, leaders need to emphasize the importance of developing strategic relationships with colleagues across the company who can share critical […]
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Leadership Interviews

Noah Berk, Co-President of obo – Leadership Interview

Noah Berk, Co-President of obo – https://theobogroup.com, shares his thoughts on leadership and business.

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KPI.org

KPI.org is an online resource for KPI practitioners sponsored by the Balanced Scorecard Institute (BSI), a Strategy Management Group company. BSI provides consulting, training, and professional certification services to commercial, government, and non-profit organizations worldwide. BSI specializes in helping organizations: Become a high-performance organization Increase focus on strategy and results Improve organizational performance by measuring what matters Align the […]
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Center for Creative Leadership

Ever since our founding in 1970, our mission has been to advance the understanding, practice, and development of leadership for the benefit of society worldwide. Driven to serve with purpose for nearly 6 decades, we’ve shaped the industry and partnered with leaders globally to take on their most pressing challenges. By expanding human potential, we invest […]
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McKinsey & Company – 100 Articles on Generative AI

Since generative AI (gen AI) burst onto the scene in late 2022, it’s captivated business leaders and society at large. The excitement is well deserved: McKinsey research indicates that gen AI could add the equivalent of $2.6 trillion to $4.4 trillion of value annually—and redefine the way people work and live. Over this period, McKinsey […]
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Powerful and Instructive Leadership Scenes From The Movie Invictus

This is a presentation on leadership skills that can be taught through movies. This can be used in classrooms, corporate leadership training, etc. In the Clint Eastwood directed movie, Invictus, Morgan Freeman plays Nelson Mandela, who navigates South Africa through the transition away from Apartheid towards reconciliation. The movie is full of leadership examples, and […]
The Eight Rules of The School of Life

The School of Life has produced 500 films and written 5 million words. This is an enormous problem. To stand any hope of remaining in anyone’s mind, ideas – even very good ideas – need to be brief and reduced to an essence. That’s why, for the sake of our followers, we’ve summarised everything we […]
Paulo Coelho’s Quotes I Learned in Youth to Avoid Regrets in Old Age

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Principles By Ray Dalio

Principles Book Summary Part 1: Chapter 1 Over the course of our lives, we make millions of decisions that are essentially bets, some large and some small. It pays to think about how we make them because they are what ultimately determines the quality of our lives… We are all born with different thinking […]
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A Sense of Urgency – John Kotter

Click on this link for the A Sense of Urgency Book Summary A Sense of Urgency – Book Excerpt (Click on this link for the Word document) Chapter 1 – It All Starts With A Sense of Urgency …Go check, then you find people running, and they are stressed out. But this man (leader), […]
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The Truth About Leadership by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner

Please click mon this link for The Truth About Leadership Book Summary. The Truth About Leadership – Book Excerpts The Truth About Leadership By James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner Book Excerpts Introduction – The Ten Truths The first truth is that you make a difference. It is the most fundamental truth […]
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be different Resources

Blog Posts

Leadership Thought #254 – Don’t Be Like Everyone Else; Be Different

Recommended Reading

Life Design Workbook

Reflections on the Art of Living: A Joseph Campbell Companion

Managing Oneself

Favorite Articles

Leading under pressure

McKinsey Technology Trends Outlook 2024

Kickstart Your New Hire’s Success by Connecting them to the Right People

Leadership Interviews

Noah Berk, Co-President of obo – Leadership Interview

Helpful Websites

KPI.org

Center for Creative Leadership

McKinsey & Company – 100 Articles on Generative AI

Video Favorites

Powerful and Instructive Leadership Scenes From The Movie Invictus

The Eight Rules of The School of Life

Paulo Coelho’s Quotes I Learned in Youth to Avoid Regrets in Old Age

Reading Excerpts

Principles By Ray Dalio

A Sense of Urgency – John Kotter

The Truth About Leadership by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner

Interested in learning more about leadership?

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