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4 Skills Every Leader Needs Now (from Inc Magazine)
There is no shortage of advice on the topic of how to be a successful leader–from top 10 liststo actual formulas to entire books. But after four years of research, one MIT professor says what you really need to be successful can be boiled down to four must-have skills. Deborah Ancona, professor of organization studies at MIT Sloan School of…
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Guiding Leadership Principles of Successful Entrepreneurship
By: Fran Tarkenton, Founder & CEO, GoSmallBiz.com (Originally Published: 24 July 2013) No matter what type of business you’re in, there’s one thing that’s certain: the life of an entrepreneur is ridden with challenges. It is easy to get caught up in the rise and fall of the larger macroeconomic environment or the successes and failures of…
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The Charity That Just Gives Money To Poor People
DAVID KESTENBAUM and JACOB GOLDSTEIN August 23, 2013 3:24 AM There’s a charity called GiveDirectly that just gives money to poor people in Kenya. There are no strings attached. People can spend the money on whatever they want, and they never have to pay it back. The idea behind this is straight out of Econ 101: Poor…
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What Inspires Me: Game-Changing People Everywhere (posted on LinkedIn by Richard Branson)
My professional inspiration has no separation from my personal inspiration: it is people who will stop at nothing to make a positive difference to other people’s lives. I am fortunate to come across quite a few of these game-changing people, and the desire to help (and keep up with them!) is what drives me. As…