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‘To reckless courage in incurring dangers he united the greatest judgement when in the midst of them,’ wrote Livy. This is the difference between leadership and plain bravery. From Hannibal by Ernle Bradford and, of course, Livy. While there’s a difference between just being brave and showing leadership, this has me wondering how I might…
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I came across this recent video from Vicky Zhao last week and loved her brief summary of how she grew in her ability to clearly articulate ideas on the spot by getting to the point, using story structure from improv, and forcing specificty in sharp, boilerplate phrasing with clever mental models. Highly recommended watch. I…
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Huang prefers an agile corporate structure, with no fixed divisions or hierarchy. Instead, employees submit a weekly list of the five most important things they are working on. Brevity is encouraged, as Huang surveys these e-mails late into the night. Huang communicates to his staff by writing hundreds of e-mails per day, often only a…
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You are a manager and a leader because you cannot do everything yourself, and your impact is going to increase dramatically as you work through your team. The process of achieving impact through others and increasing that leverage by growing the ability of others to execute and add to the direction you are providing is…
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One of my recent favourite reads has been Leadership Agility: Five Levels of Mastery for Anticipating and Initiating Change by William B. Joiner and Stephen A. Josephs. I found it “accidentally” while looking for management books on how to effectively delegate. It’s not about that at all but a comment from a Goodreads reviewer that suggested it…
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