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‘Soft Skills’ are the ones you really cannot learn
T/F: Anything can be taught. False. Big false. Lots of things can be taught, especially if we’re talking skills, but ‘soft skills’ are something you …
Inclusion: It’s about norms, not policy
The world is a very scary place. Being human is a very scary undertaking. There’s a lot that can go wrong out there. So we …
Why Employees Lose Their Motivation
Napoleon famously said, “Good morale is worth 50,000 men.” That’s another way of saying, in modern business parlance, motivation accounts for roughly 40% of a …
Your boss didn’t take the Culture Science© 101 Class…and it’s okay
Everybody has been talking about Digital Transformation for so long, it’s starting to feel a bit quaint. The process now feels inevitable. As everyone and …
Why you can make $1.2 million a year and still feel broke
There was an article in the Times about young Harvard Business School grads earning $1.2million a year and yet are still miserable. “I feel like I’m …
Want Some Great Advice?
A very successful business woman once said, “The people in your business matter far more than what specific business you’re in.” It’s the people who …
How to transcend the daily drudgery
This is why there’s religion. This is why there’s Star Wars. This is why there’s politics. This is why there’s Crossfit. And if you’re smart …
You wouldn’t ask Mozart what notes he’d use would you?
When you hire a world-class carpenter, you let him get on with it, his way. You don’t stand behind his shoulder, telling him which screwdriver …
There are only two ways to go
A few years ago, open offices became a thing. The public rationale was that this would make the office more “collaborative”, which would lead to …
The Financial Upside of Being an Optimist
Have you ever noticed how cheerful and happy successful people are? Annoying, isn’t it? “Yeah, but,” I hear you saying, “if I had their …
The Only Way to Win
In 2014, when Satya Nadella made one of his first speeches as the new CEO of Microsoft, we were in the audience in Redmond. The one big take …
Why people question your competency?
So it’s actually true. The more CONFIDENT you are, the more COMPETENT you appear to other people. My goodness. So “Fake it till you make …
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