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Become a Great Leader – Harness the Power of Primal Emotions

Up and Running

When team members experience heartfelt emotion, their creative ability ratchets up a notch. Rather than waiting until a team reaches burnout to pep them back up, primal leaders incorporate play and laughter into their daily leadership practices.”. That’s why primal team leaders try to deepen team emotion.”.

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Thriving In A World Of Constant Change

Duct Tape Marketing

Key Takeaway: Being adaptable and flexible have always been hallmarks of effective leadership and living a fulfilling life. And it's also from a leadership perspective, for sure. I think more broadly I am walking this fine, but beautiful line between having written a book that is, you know, business it's for leadership, it's for teams.

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Lessons Learned: The hacker's lament

Startup Lessons Learned

Without requiring a lot of meetings, it changes the perspective of the team (and its leadership) from fire-fighting to prevention. It also helps ratchet down the pressure, since so many of the interruptions that plague the typical hacker are actually the same bugs recurring over and over.

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Think Global, Act Local

OnlyOnce

We ratcheted that up a lot in the last year, which is why we added the following statement in as one of our 14 Core Values : Think Global, Act Local. Think Global, Act Local. At Return Path , we have always had a commitment to community service and helping make the world around us a better place.

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Raise Capital With The Skin You’re In: Blunt Truth from Don Charlton, CEO, The Resumator

David Teten

Yes, you like hip-hop, “urban” clothing and “ ratchet television”, but all that sinks you deeper into stereotypes. This gives potential investors a chance to see you in a leadership role and can dramatically accelerate your fundraising process. Feign familiarity if you must.

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Economics In Asia In The Trump Era

YoungUpstarts

White House advisers warned that additional trade measures related to steel, aluminum and other products from China could be coming, a signal that Mr. Trump is ratcheting up the protectionist policies he has long espoused as part of his “America First” approach. billion) globally from January through November 2017, according to customs data.

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The Coming Chip Wars

Steve Blank

The lack of an effective American response to these events has shown Chinese leadership the unwillingness of America to forcefully engage in Asian affairs. There’s a high probability Taiwan will still refuse despite all of this, so China would then ratchet up the pressure. This will embolden China’s next move.

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