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"The Ultimate Question"-Answered
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| Our Amalfi Coast hike was overseen by Country Walkers. I'm busy writing my lengthy assessment. Views great, group great—chief guide awful, substance and style,* and I'm being generous, and hotels average to awful (Capri, view of stone wall—no shit) and food—in Italy!!!!—mediocre. |
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Nature vs Nurture
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| Thedrum beat continues over the remarks Lawrence H. Summers, president of Harvard University, made at a conference in January. Simply put, he questioned women’s aptitude for science and math compared to that of men’s. In fairness, he also spoke aboutdiscrimination and thedifferences in socialization of the sexes but it is his question of aptitude that keeps the subject alive anddebated. |
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Wising up to the world today!
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| “What the world needs now is wise leadership.”
These were the opening remarks of Peter Webb, Coach Psychologist Consultant, whose lecture I attended at a recent conference for leadership coaches. Move aside emotional intelligence! The next big thing to hit the work place is how to acquire wisdom.
Peter’s comments were both provocative and insightful. I should like to share some of them with you.
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Developing African Capital Markets
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| In his introductory remarks, moderator John Hanson, Managing Editor, Business & Financial Times, Ghana, noted that African development needed capital, yet capital is very scarce. The answer is for the continent to develop well functioning capital markets. There has been some progress, but not enough, due to many barriers. |
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How to Spend It: Making the Most of Aid
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| Africa can absorb and manage increased aid flows. That was the consensus expressed at the plenary session. In his introductory remarks, Graham Mackay, Chief Executive, SABMiller, United Kingdom; Co Chair of the Africa Economic Summit 2005, made clear his view that there is no realistic alternative to continuing aid, with a doubling of flows needed over the next three to five years. This, though, he warned, runs against the present current of declining flows. |
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Employee Motivation, Don Imus, and Team Building: Five Secrets of Motivated Teams
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| Don Imus, a shock jock (someone who shocks their listening audience by saying outrageous statements), was fired from his jobs on WCBS radio and MSNBC television for crossing the line of decency and making racist and sexist remarks regarding the Rutgers University women's basketball team. From a team building and employee motivational point of view, there are tidbits of motivational wisdom to be learned from this situation. |
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Rudeness at Work
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| How important is it to you that people be polite at work? A professor of psychology at West Chester University in Pennsylvania conducted a study all about rudeness in the workplace. Jennifer Bunk found that about 75 percent of workers say they’re treated rudely at least once a year. That can mean anything from being ignored by the boss or hearing snide remarks from coworkers. |
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Caught In the Act!
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| I have worked relentlessly to keep this Blog apolitical. For at least two reasons: (1) We are about enterprise management. (With a few VT farm pictures thrown in from time to time.) (2) When a Blog "turns political," then intemperate remarks become the norm—I have spent the better part of the last two months beating up people of every stripe over intemperate language used concerning our presidential candidates.
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What Is Inside Of You? Peace and Happiness? Or Stress and Turmoil?
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| Yesterday, I saw Jack LaLanne on a television program. Yes, the 94-year old fitness expert and inspiration to millions and millions of people is still going strong. In the closing remarks for the interview, Jack left his audience with the following thought. “You are responsible for everything you do - both on the outside and also inside of you.” |
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AHA Redux: A Matter of Leadership!
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| I began my remarks to the American Hospital Association last week with an outline of the situation as I saw it. I called the outline "Principal Management & Leadership (as opposed to Policy) Issues." |
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Swallowing your Anger
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| How do you react if someone over steps your boundaries or makes an inappropriate comment towards you? Do you feel anxious or awkward? Your body is a great compass and will usually highlight in some way, that you are being faced with inappropriate behaviour and that you may need to take some action towards the person who has made the snide remark, or an unsolicited criticism towards you.
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