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Is it up to you? The Stoic Dichotomy of Control.
In today's business landscape, leaders often struggle with uncertainty and lack of control. The Stoic concept of "…
Frameworks/Mental Models
Someone should have told us but no one did. Important frameworks every leader should know.
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Circle of Control, Influence, and Acceptance: Where to Focus Your Energy
How do effective leaders maintain their composure when everything seems out of control? They’re adept at discerning what they…
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Assertive Inquiry
Can balancing advocacy with inquiry be implemented at an organizational level? Turns out, you can.
Roger Martin is one of…
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Ethos, Pathos, and Logos in Modern Leadership
The framework of ethos, pathos, and logos was developed in the 4th century BC by Aristotle. It’s a simple…
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The Systems Thinking Iceberg
The systems thinking iceberg is a useful thinking model for leaders when dealing with intractable problems that never seem to…
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Cognitive Distortions that Undermine Clear Thinking
Leaders are paid to think clearly. And a big impediment to clear thinking is what CBT/REBT calls Cognitive Distortions:…
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Ground rules for effective meetings
How can you run more effective meetings? One way is to study folks who are masters at running effective meetings,…
The Amazon Management and Decision Making System
Just as the Toyota Production System revolutionized manufacturing, Amazon revolutionized the world of e-commerce. But unlike Toyota's system,…
Creative Breakthroughs and Insights — Busting Common Myths and How to Get Better at It
Everyone recognizes the importance of creative breakthroughs, but it continues to be a misunderstood phenomenon. Our need for creativity and…
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Viktor Frankl’s Laws of Dimensional Ontology and The Fallacy of the Dominant Dimension
Viktor Frankl, a concentration camp survivor and the founder of Logotherapy, is most known for his classic book Man’s…
Conceptual vs Experiential learning
Do you consider yourself an effective leader? What about parenting? When you think of getting better at something, what'…
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How Double-Loop Learning Improves Performance
Our actions, and by extension performance, stem from thinking that is based on a set of hidden mental models. How…