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Month: March 2019

Seven tips for when you have to speak truth to power

Managing up is part of peoples’ jobs. Being able to respond to superiors when you don’t agree with their position is a key skill. Many organizations foster this sort of feedback – particularly those that recognize the importance of radical…

Three Growth Mindset Tips from Old People at Swimming Pools

One of my lifetime goals is to cultivate an unbreakable and everlasting growth mindset. This is on display in swimming pools. Especially with senior citizens. Watching an elderly person dive off the 10-meter platform into the pool (or just to…

Four Leadership Lessons from Show Me a Hero

Show Me a Hero is an HBO mini-series classic. Based on a book by New York Times writer Lisa Belkin and written by David Simon and William F Zorzo, the series explores the political career of Nick Wasicsko, the youngest…