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A successful basketball coach was telling me about the difference between making plays and running plays, and how the best players do both. Sports teams have set plays – we’ve all heard the term “playbook” – and they practice them. These are about scoring. For the play to work during a game…
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I grew up thinking of trying hard as being “a good thing”. Now, I realize that trying has a substantial dark side, and can be downright negative as a mindset. As a result, I am in favor of ceasing to “try” and starting to “do”. Here’s my thinking.
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Year: 2011 Do you get to play to your best strengths at work? For two-thirds of us, the answer is “no” (see the last few...
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Beyond the amazing innovations he has brought to our world, there are three lessons I have learned by observing Steve Jobs, the leader, from afar. And the good news is that these don’t require being an inventive genius to be useful.
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Year: 2011 I have been at the European National Championship Basketball tournament this week, rooting for the Great Britain...
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Year: 2011 Fencing is a lot like business, and perhaps even life in general. I learned this yesterday at the British Youth...
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Year: 2011 I wasn’t sure what to expect from the YouTube video link that my daughter recently forwarded to me (“we watched this...
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Month: March 2011 Sometimes, it is not clear whether a company is referring to a women’s initiative such as forming a women’s...
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Creating New Business Compensation is a tricky topic in banking these days. It is unpopular (and many have argued even unjust)...
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promotion This is a continuation of my earlier article on how to make it to the top of the tree in an investment bank. As I...
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promotion Making Managing Director is in part an art, and definitely not a science. There is no set formula for achieving this...
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promotion There is no guarantee that having embarked on the journey toward “MD-ship” that one will make it. That having been...
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