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Drive to Succeed and Lead Others to Success
Steve Jobs had an uncompromising drive toward excellence. Our CEO Bob Rosen speaks in detail about Jobs as a leader in his book, “Grounded: how leaders stay rooted in an uncertain world.” Jobs’s leadership, specifically his vocational health, was so extraordinary he transformed seven different industries – from personal computers
Authenticity – One of Your Best Leadership Tools
Steven Levitt, co-author of the best-seller “Freakonomics,” talks about being authentic in a recent video about brands and authenticity. After getting feedback on his personal brand and speaking style, he shares why he will … never wear a tie never stand behind a podium, and continue to be his bumbling
What Science Tells Us about Leaders’ Brains
“This is your brain on drugs” public service announcement first appeared in the late 1980s and is one of the top 100 TV ads ever. From “Breaking Bad” to Amanda Bynes, it continues to be relevant in pop culture. But we’ve come a long way from drugs that simply fry
Get Comfortable with Authentic Self-Promotion
In our society, we’ve institutionalized an acceptable form of boasting. We call it “bragging rights.” We give people permission to brag about real accomplishments. Not surprisingly, bragging rights are most often used with sports achievements. But today, we often see it on social media sites, like LinkedIn. People have begun

Great Leaders are Masters of Psychological Contracting
A few years ago, Ally Bank did a series of clever commercials with children. They all demonstrated how powerful and important expectations are and how we manage (or don’t manage) them with customers, employees and each other. The commercial with the pony captures the essence of psychological contracting. What is
Develop Your Intellectual Health
There’s been debate for some time (some say started by Lisa Simpson in a 2001 Simpson episode) that smart people are not as happy as those with lower intelligence. If Lisa is correct, then can we jump to the conclusion that ignorance is bliss? Nobody knows. This hypothesis has yet
The Key to Better Decision-Making
Social and behavioral scientists want to know what makes leaders successful. In “Grounded,” Bob Rosen’s research clearly reveals that personal mastery, self-awareness and openness to feedback are healthy roots embedded in successful leaders. Everyone has the capacity for personal mastery because it is a function of attitude, not DNA. So
Learn the Value of Interdependence with Reality TV and Video Games
If you are a leader working in an organization today, you are constantly riding the competition-cooperation seesaw. You must simultaneously cooperate (to get and keep clients, to get work done) and compete (for internal resources). Leaders who struggle with the competition-cooperation see-saw face constant anxiety, frustration and often career-ending jobs.
When and How Gossip Benefits Executives
If you work in or consult to an organization, you have to be deaf not to hear the whispers, the innuendo, the gossip. Gossip is a natural part of the social fabric, a pervasive part of our human society. And it does serve important social functions. Gossip in the workplace
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