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Patricia Ward Biederman • Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration

1. Think about people in your life you view as mentors, or role models, or whom you simply most admire. Which specific qualities of theirs come to mind? 2. Imagine one of your children—or a person to whom you are especially close—describing you to others. What are the qualities you’d hope he or she would cite?

Tony Schwartz, Jean Gomes, Catherine McCarthy • The Way We're Working Isn't Working

If you are in a leadership position, make sure you have a circle of people who can tell you the truth, and to whom you can speak the truth. Bring others into shared leadership with you, and/or collaborate with other formations so you don’t get too enamored of your singular vision.

adrienne maree brown • Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds

the most visionary and effective leaders I've worked with have two seemingly disparate skill sets 1/tastefully guiding strategy and pointing attention towards the right things ta the 30k foot level 2/meticulously getting in the weeds to edit/perfect at the 1 inch level

Brie Wolfson

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CEO Excellence: The Six Mindsets That Distinguish the Best Leaders from the Rest

Vikram Malhotra

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I used to think that if you cared for other people, you need to study sociology or something like it. But….I [have] concluded, if you want to help other people, be a manager. If done well, management is among the most noble of professions. You are in a position where you have eight or ten hours every day from every person who works for you. You hav... See more

Clay Christensen • How Will You Measure Your Life?

Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0

Jim Collins

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As an individual, get really good at being intentional with where you put your energy, letting go as quickly as you can of things that aren’t part of your visionary life’s work. Then you can give your all, from a well-resourced place, when the storm comes, or for those last crucial miles.

adrienne maree brown • Emergent Strategy

“Imagine yourself fifteen years from now. What do you think will be most important to you then?” and “Can you think of someone whose life inspires you to be a better person? Who? Why?” When I carried out Bill’s exercise,46 I realized that the person in my life who, more than anyone, has shown me the beauty of other-centered purpose is my mom.