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More on 10 Leadership Lessons from the IBM Executive School
But failure was not an option for Mobley, and after many a dark night of the soul he hit upon the answer that turned IBM into the fastest growing and most admired corporation in the world…
The Zen Kitchen
I am at the end of my rope. I am nauseated by life; it is insipid, without salt and meaning. If I were hungrier than Pierrot I would not choose to eat the explanations people offer. One sticks a finger into the ground to smell what country one is in; I stick my finger into [...]
Zen Leadership: Serenity in a Blizzard
How I survived a Near-Death Road Trip with My Hillbilly Zen Master Turak’s 1963 day-glo green Ford Econoline van I was 21 years old. And for the first and only time in my life, I was sure I was about to die. I was in the passenger seat of my 1963 day-glo green Ford Econoline van [...]
The Business of Nonverbal Communication: How Signals Reflect Your Brand
Information is infinite and time is very finite. We are all looking for little poker “tells” that will give us an accurate appraisal of another’s character and motivations in the shortest amount of time.
What Motivates Greatness?
Your work profoundly moves me. In fact, it has motivated me to try and guest work at a Trappist monastery next year as you did. Thanks for putting such good idea out there!
5 Ways that Steve Jobs, Steve Denning, and Peggy Noonan are Dead Wrong
I’m a fan of Steve Denning and this column has repeatedly praised Steve Jobs. I religiously read Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal. But as another hero of mine, Popeye, would say, I’ve had all I can stands ‘cause I can’t stands no more. It’s time to right some wrongheaded thinking about why great companies die.
NC State University Fall Self Knowledge Symposium
The North Carolina State University Self Knowledge Symposium presents August Turak and Five Years with a Zen Master. This is the talk that has been most widely requested at AugustTurak.com and this fall we are dusting off the posters and preparing to bring back this fan favorite.
