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The Best Leadership Book
May 22, 2009 | 
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Randy Pausch wrote his book The Last Lecture partly as a way to leave a legacy to his children when he knew that he would not live to see them grow up. Ironically, had he not had the pancreatic cancer that took his life, most of us would never have known this computer science engineer and professor whose fame was mostly within the computer science community.
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The Power of Now Strikes Corporate America… Maybe
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It’s rare that good ideas from popular culture make it into the board room. For some reason, they seem un-businesslike, maybe sometimes a little “woo-woo.”
Reading from my January 2009 Fastcompany (yes, very behind), I noticed some quotes from the CEO of Cisco, John Chambers. “Focus on what we can influence, and not over- or under-react to things we cannot. It’s a question of living in the world as it is, not the way we want it to be.”
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Too Fat to Get a Job
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I was waiting at the bar before a networking event, a man and a woman walked in. They were talking about his job search, loudly enough for me to stop reading my Kindle and look up. (This sounds like a bad joke. WIsh it was.)
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“I Have Too Much to Do, and I’m Bored”
Every heard that?
I used to say something along those lines to my mother, except that it used to start with an “I’m bored” and then she’d list all the unpleasant things I could be doing, like cleaning my room.
This is not a good thing when it happens consistently at work. Many of you are probably rolling your eyes. There’s that Carolann, master of the obvious.
Bad Manager – The One Question You Can Count On To Tell You That You Have a Serious Management Problem
The top reason people leave their company when they are temporarily dissatisfied is because of their direct supervisor. If we think about it, it probably isn’t news. Most of us probably quit a job or two or three because the “The Boss is stupid.”
The direct supervisor is the day-to-day representation of the organization. This also means that person is the most influential when it comes to employee engagement.
The Simplest Step in Creating an Inspired Workplace
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Creating an Inspired Workplace, by definition means that the environment has to be someplace where people want to work.
A few years ago, I had a business in the same office building where I’d worked a few years before that. As I was driving into the parking garage, going over the first speed bump, I felt my insides tighten up and my breathing become shallow. I’d hated that job. For sure, I’d been a part of the 75% of people who aren’t engaged in their work.
Uncover Hidden Opportunities in Challenging Times
Besides keeping your winning mindset, the overriding theme in my “Replacement For Outplacement Bootcamp” is uncovering hidden opportunities and taking a systems approach to doing that. These same concepts apply to all of us, as things change.
So, how do you uncover opportunities in these times?
