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Seize the Moment, not the Day
We have all heard the phrase Carpe Diem. Seize the day. In Choose Hard, M.J. DeMarco offers a subtle but important shift. Don’t seize the day. Seize the moment. We don’t make decisions in days, weeks, months, or years. We make them in moments. Every conversation. Every email. Every purchase. Every difficult discussion we avoid.…
better decisions, business growth, business strategy, continuous learning, critical thinking, Decision-Making, executive leadership, Leadership & Practice, leadership development, leadership mindset, management, organizational effectiveness, organizational leadership, strategic alignment, Strategic thinking -
Complete Fearlessness Is a Recipe for Ruin
Yesterday I wrote that cynicism is not wisdom. It is often fear wearing the mask of intelligence. Today, I’d like to explore the opposite extreme. Complete fearlessness. We often celebrate fearless leaders, fearless entrepreneurs, and fearless decision-makers. Yet complete fearlessness is not a virtue. In business, it can be be a recipe for ruin. Fear…
better decisions, business leadership, business strategy, courage, courage vs fear, critical thinking, entrepreneurship, fear, fearlessness, Leadership & Practice, leadership development, leadership mindset, organizational learning, resilience, risk management, Strategic Alignment Journal, Strategic thinking -
The Leaders We Have Vs. Leaders We Need
One of the defining strategic challenges of this decade is the widening gap between the leaders we have and the leaders we need. This is not simply a leadership shortage. It is a leadership mismatch. Organizations continue to promote people into roles that were designed for yesterday’s problems while expecting them to solve tomorrow’s. The…
adaptive leadership, business strategy, change management, continuous learning, executive leadership, future of leadership, future of work, Leadership & Practice, leadership design, leadership development, leadership mindset, organizational culture, organizational development, Strategic Alignment Journal, strategic leadership, systems thinking
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