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Corporate Bravery: May 2015
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Monday, May 18, 2015. Weekly Roundup - May 18. This is our latest installment in our weekly series on fear in the marketplace and specifically how to be Brave in business decision making. Each week we post a few reads along with a synopsis of a few current business stories and how executives and managers are letting fear play out in decision making. 1 Recently Bud Light ended up with a black eye and controversy on its hands with a beer label. 2 In the lead-up to the NFL Draft. And how the position has ev...
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Corporate Bravery: March 2014
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Thursday, March 20, 2014. Book Recommendation - Overwhelmed by Brigid Schulte. I recently had an opportunity to interview Brigid Schulte, author of the new book Overwhelmed: Work, Love and Play When No One Has the Time. In our discussion we covered a few topics that you will likely find interesting - take a listen to the following excerpts of our conversion. Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Protecting Broken Business Models. While Apple has been a disruptive force in multiple industries for the past decade, Te...
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Corporate Bravery: July 2015
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Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Corporate Politics - Good or Bad? Often the phrase corporate politics leads to emotional reactions. It could be greeted with eye rolls or a sinking feeling inside your gut. I have embedded a slideshare below and I would love to hear your personal stories, feedback on the approach or other ways you have seen corporate politics play out in a good way. The comments section is below. Corporate Politics - Turning a Negative Into a Positive. Wednesday, July 22, 2015. This is relevant ...
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Corporate Bravery: Jerk Bosses and Their Successes (or failure?)
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Wednesday, July 22, 2015. Jerk Bosses and Their Successes (or failure? I recently came across one of my favorite news articles of the year in the Atlantic. The article, entitled "Why It Pays to Be a Jerk" is a long read and includes some great photos like the one below:. The article looks at scientific (and unscientific anecdotes) evidence regarding jerk-ish behavior - primarily in the workplace - and its impact on your ability to have success in the short and long-term. Grant argues that many takers are...
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Corporate Bravery: Weekly Brave Roundup - Blackberry, Steve Kerr and Soundcloud
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Wednesday, July 1, 2015. Weekly Brave Roundup - Blackberry, Steve Kerr and Soundcloud. 1 I am a sucker for a good sports analogy and this article about Steve Kerr and his leadership of the Golden State Warriors this year is a great read. Even the title of the article speaks to his fearless leadership of the team to a title - " The Risk-Taking General Who Led the Golden State Warriors to Victory". Outside of Gregg Popovich’s Spurs, this just doesn’t happen. Video assistants don’t get...But that single dec...
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Corporate Bravery: May 2014
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Thursday, May 8, 2014. Fear of Failure is Hurting America's Entreprenuerial Standing. As Americans we are hard wired from generations dating back to Ellis Island to be a part of the opportunities that America created. We were risk takers, crossing the Atlantic against all odds in the search of a better future. But our sudden and startling transition to a market based on fear was driven home by a headline in the USA Today in December 2013 - “. Is too little market fear something to fear? In 1997 as a joi...
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Corporate Bravery: August 2015
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Wednesday, August 26, 2015. The Point of the Amazon NY Times Article. There has been a lot of conversation about the recent New York Times piece on Amazon.com. While there has been some negative backlash from Bezos and insiders at Amazon, it appears, based on other accounts that the author's perspective on the culture at Amazon is closer to reality than fiction. But as this Fast Company article points out. Why has this article about work culture in the tech industry created so much buzz? This is the kind...
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Corporate Bravery: Weekly Roundup - Auditors, Regulation & Disney
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Wednesday, June 10, 2015. Weekly Roundup - Auditors, Regulation and Disney. This week's roundup doesn't really include any brave examples, rather some recent stories that represent some common themes from my upcoming book on Corporate Bravery. 1 The May 2015 issue of Fast Company profile's Disney's attempt to completely reinvent the guest experience. Franklin managed to get some teams to collaborate well on the project, but most describe the internal politics as fierce.". Other divisions expressed themse...
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Corporate Bravery: December 2014
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Thursday, December 18, 2014. Fear Should Never Be Our Compass. On the night that Sony cancelled their movie "The Interview" because of terrorist threats from North Korea I stumbled across an article from a website named the Under 30 CEO. The article is entitled " How to Use Fear As Your Compass and Fuel for Growth. How about replacing fear as our compass with things like courage, integrity or passion? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Subscribe to our mailing list. View my complete profile. We live in an era i...
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