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Share this with Your CEO

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Written by Tony Schwartz

Tony Schwartz is the president and CEO of The Energy Project and the author of Be Excellent at Anything. Become a fan of The Energy Project on Facebook and connect with Tony at http://twitter.com/tonyschwartz  http://twitter.com/energy_project

Recently, I was giving a talk to 160 senior executives at a large bank. As part of the talk, I asked them to fill out something we call “The Energy Audit,” as a way of assessing how well they are managing their own energy. It happened that they had access to individual polling devices, so we were able to aggregate their answers and show them on the screen in the front of the room. Continue reading →

Turn Your Career into a Work of Art

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Written by Gianpiero Petriglieri, MD, He is visiting associate professor of business administration at the Harvard Business School and associate professor of organizational behavior at INSEAD. Find him on Twitter at @gpetriglieri.

 

Whose life am I living? I’m sure you ask yourself that kind of question from time to time. What am I really good at? What is the purpose of my work? These are not new questions. Sooner or later, we all seek answers to them.

Up to three or four decades ago, most people struggled with such questions once or twice in their lives. When they chose their line of work, or when they resolved to break from the expectations of their family. Continue reading →

It’s All About the People, All the Time…

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Written by Larry Janis, Managing Partner, Integrated Search Solution Group, LLC

An example of this was certainly reflected in the recent NFL Draft held in New York.  The Colts got the number one draft pick and chose Andrew Luck to lead their team as quarterback. The picked him because according to scouting reports: “He is tough, durable and willing to step into a throw with oncoming rushers breathing down his neck.”  The team I happen to root for, the 49ers, went in a slightly different direction:  they picked wide receiver AJ Jenkins because he is quick off the ball and gets to top speed quickly. If he gets a free release, the defensive corner-backs will have a tough time staying with him. Continue reading →

Stop Blabbing About Innovation And Start Actually Doing It

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Wriiten by Aaron Shapiro, CEO, Huge and author of Users, Not Customers.

These days, every established company is at risk of having its industry–and its own business–disrupted by a startup. Cognizant of this, companies devote a lot of time to talking about how important it is to innovate. But here’s the truth: most companies can’t innovate because everyone is paid to maintain the status quo.

This is the single biggest reason companies fail to do anything new or exciting. You and everyone else are maxed out making sure your company is doing what it’s supposed to do; innovation is what the weekends are for. Continue reading →