Success
The 3 Secrets to Conflict Resolution
Good leaders are great at resolving conflict. Great leaders keep conflict from arising in the first place. Here’s how they do it.
Who Is August Turak?
In this private letter to a friend; the branding guru: Dean Crutchfield, August Turak explains who he is and what he is teaching.
6 Leadership Tips from Jim Collins
Though it has been more than 25 years, the leadership lessons I learned from Jim Collins remain pivotal to my life. Ordinarily, as Huck Finn might say, I don’t take much stock in “tips.” Human beings prefer the concrete to the abstract… However, there are exceptions to every rule, and Collins passed on a number of highly practical tips that I feel no qualms about passing on to you.
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.
Charlie Munger’s Valentine: Why Finding True Love Is Like Picking Great Stocks
What I found in my extended attempts to complete my stunted education, was that, plugging along with only ordinary will…my ability to serve everything I loved was enhanced far beyond my deserts. – Charlie Munger
The Prisoner’s Dilemma: The Key to Creativity
Obviously, education, training, prior experience, financial rewards, and traditional ways of measuring intelligence don’t account for all this creative achievement. So what does? More importantly if great leaders are creative leaders, what can we learn from prisoners?
Job One for Leaders
As CEO I always told job applicants that my primary job was increasing pressure while decreasing stress. Most people equate pressure with stress, but they are actually not synonymous. So what is the difference between pressure and stress?
