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Tricky problems must be shaped before they can be solved. To start that process, and stimulate novel thinking, leaders should look through multiple lenses.

Content: Article | Authors: Mihnea Moldoveanu, Olivier Leclerc | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development, Productivity / Work Tips

I often say that life is like an apple—it falls into your hands. But it won’t fall into your hands unless you stand under the tree. You have to find the orchard, find the tree, and then something may happen.

Content: Quotation | Author: Charles Handy | Source: Leader to Leader | Subjects: Personal Development, Wisdom

We all know networking has the potential to dramatically enhance our careers; making new connections can introduce us to valuable new information, job opportunities, and more. But despite that fact, many of us are doing it wrong.

Content: Article | Author: Dorie Clark | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

The cofounder of unconscious thought theory explains how taking a break and distracting the mind can lead to higher-quality decision making.

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Ken Favaro, Loran Nordgren | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Demographics, Management, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development, Productivity / Work Tips

Smart organizations ignore the urgent. Smart organizations understand that important issues are the ones to deal with. If you focus on the important stuff, the urgent will take care of itself. A key corollary to this principle is the idea that if you don’t have the time to do it right, there’s no way in the world you’ll find the time to do it over. … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Seth Godin | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Attention, Decision Making, Management, Personal Development, Time Management

Superstition is merely the confusion of correlation and causality. Any human (in fact, any animal) tends to repeat behavior that is followed by positive reinforcement. The more we achieve, the more reinforcement we get. One of the greatest mistakes of successful leaders is the assumption, “I behave this way, and I achieve results. Therefore, I must achieve results because I behave this way. […] One … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Marshall Goldsmith | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Personality / Behavior

Here are five lessons to a dramatically more successful life from a renowned Wharton professor.

Content: Article | Author: G. Richard Shell | Source: ChangeThis | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

In my experience, the more true we are to our own creative gifts the less there is an outer reassurance or help at the beginning. The more we are on the path, the deeper the silence in the first stages of the process. Following our path is in effect a kind of going off the path, through open country, there is a certain early stage … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: David Whyte | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Personal Development

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Is it more important to say the right thing or act the right way? Professor Gruenfeld provides compelling research about how we perceive power in our relationships, examining the words we use, non-verbal cues and the ways in which we communicate. She shares how we can most effectively get our message across.

Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Deborah H. Gruenfeld | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Career, Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

By seeing the seed of failure in every success, we remain humble. By seeing the seed of success in every failure we remain hopeful.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Attitude, Success / Failure

Research about cognitive bias has shown that decision makers are often unduly influenced by their starting points—how their thoughts about a topic are initially framed. Once you’ve defined the problem, don’t focus on the current process or product you want to improve. Instead, says Jim Goughenhour, “imagine what the ideal end state would look like, then work back to put in as much of it … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Loren Gary | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Decision Making, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development, Personality / Behavior

The thing that Oprah Winfrey talks about all the time is that we do things either with love or fear. If you’re afraid, you can really mess up. If you just love what you’re doing, whatever happens you’re moving ahead.

Content: Quotation | Source: Context Magazine | Subjects: Achievement, Attitude, Career, Fear / Doubt, Personal Development

To be successful, you have to put your time in and be centered and humbled enough to observe other people. Stravinsky used to say observation is the key responsibility for creative people. He thought it was important to watch the forces of nature… I think all the answers to our questions are out there in the universe if we just can slow down enough to … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: Context Magazine | Subjects: Achievement, Attention, Personal Development, Success / Failure

The basic thing you need for a long and varied career is to have a core love or interest that you can really develop so that you have confidence and really know what you’re doing. You need to learn one thing well before you start branching out. Everything else relates to the approach you take with your basic core skill.

Content: Quotation | Source: Context Magazine | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

In this interview, Keith Ferrazzi talks about the importance of making a people plan; how to learn to become more generous with those around you, and what to do when your generosity is met with skepticism.

Content: Multimedia Content | Authors: Adam Grant, Keith Ferrazzi | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

As to methods, there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Competence, Leadership, Management, Skills

The work you do while you procrastinate is probably the work you should be doing for the rest of your life.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

Nothing fails like success because we don’t learn from it. We learn only from failure.

Content: Quotation | Author: Kenneth Boulding | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Achievement, Learning, Success / Failure

Giving feedback is one of the most difficult things a manager has to do. But Carole Robin says “if you do it right, the other person also feels cared for, valued, and closer to you.” Here’s how.

Content: Article | Authors: Carole Robin, Deborah Petersen | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Human Resources, Management, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development