The Road Not Taken
By Rajneesh Bhandari When I talk about leadership, often I remember the poem “the road not taken” by Robert Frost. Frost tells it all, that leaders do take less travelled way. Two roads diverged in …
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27 archived articles
The Diary of a Stoic
Take care that you are not made into a Caesar, that you are not dyed with this dye, for such things happen. Keep yourself then simple, good, pure, serious, free from affectation, a friend of …
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OF ROADMAPS & POSSIBILITIES
When was the last time you were moved by something you watched? I remember mine. It was one unassuming night when I had nothing better to do except watch a documentary that I had heard …
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“Say, Tom, let me whitewash a little.”
My leadership journey started when I was four years old and I told my parents that I wanted a baby sister. About a year later, my twin brothers were born. They worshipped me from day …
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LEAPER, NOT LEADER
So much can be said or written about leadership. There is no dearth of literature on this topic: Are you a leader? What makes you a leader? How to be a good leader? Millenial Leadership. …
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One of the first days of class, I remember Dr. Bill asking us to define what kind of leader we are. I remember being completely confused at the time, because I didn’t really consider myself …
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Becoming a Calculated Risk-Taker
This class has been quite the journey for me. As we’ve gone through this class, I’ve made an effort to step outside of my comfort zone. In a way, taking this class in the first …
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Personal Leadership
When Ross Perot’s employees were arrested in Iran in the 1970s, he went to get them. And he got all of his men out. Perot, when he saw a problem many people would think of …
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“The Tipping Point” and little ways we can create big change
By Sarah Jarvis Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point illustrates — through a multitude of anecdotes, surveys and experiments — how the slightest adjustments in any given process bring about huge, industry-changing effects. What causes the …
“The Tipping Point” and little ways we can create big change Read MoreTraveling through the stars
Alla Nadezhkina All my life I like the new, all my life I look to the future, it is always interesting for me! Maya Plisetskaya (Russian ballerina, the legend of world ballet) It’s no secret …
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