almost as many definitions of leadership as there are persons who have attempted to define the concept.
—Ralph Stogdill, Handbook of Leadership: A survey of theory and research (1974, p.259)
I’m not going to add to the thousands of existing definitions of leadership. I believe that defining what leadership is—essentially, process that influences others to accomplish something—misses the point. What we need to understand first, is the purpose of leadership...
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#FAIL - nah, you don't want that label, it's shameful, awful, you might as well have a big "L" tattooed on your forehead, right?
Actually, fear of failure isn't such a good thing. It can paralyze you. For may years I wouldn't try anything new because of my fear of failure. Then I heard a wonderful quote that freed me. It was, "Anything worth doing is worth doing badly." Wow. I began to understand that to become good at anything, you have to be willing to be bad at it first. I started trying all kinds of thin...
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Last week Facebook launched three new enhancements. You can now Back-up Your Facebook Information, monitor your applications from the New Applications Dashboard, and create New Groups with enhanced functionality. This post will complete this trifecta by giving you my perspective on the new groups.
New Group Features
All of the Facebook groups in existence prior to this update are grandfathered - meaning they will operate exactly as they always have. The new groups provide new features tha...
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This weekend I was very excited to wake up to a surprise in my inbox - my advance copy of Google Wave. I have to be honest, Google Wave doesn't make much of a first impression. It is an uninspiring template that you have to learn to love. Here is my suggestion on how to do that.
Think of Google Wave for what it is - a playground.
I have wonderful memories of the schoolyard playground where we played basketball, kickball, dodgeball, and many other activities that we either learned or invented together - because ...
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