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Great Leaders: Neither Born nor Made… Rather, Unlocked

August 3, 2011

Are great leaders born? Are they made? How’s this: great leaders are unlocked. Some are great right from the start because their talents are already unlocked at birth. For others, those skills are unlocked during learnings or experiences picked up through life. What experiences unlock that leadership potential? Who knows. Despite an entire human capital [...]

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You Can’t Fake It. Stop Trying.

March 11, 2010

Years ago, while living downtown in Chicago, I got one of those white noise makers that you can set to “waterfall” or “river” or “rain forest” and have shut off automatically after 90 minutes. I bought it because I was interested in drowning out my usual nighttime sounds, which included “city bus,” “screaming crotch rocket” [...]

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