I bet you can’t guess who this is straight away:Age 23: lost a jobAge 23: was defeated in bid for state legislatureAge 24: failed in a business ventureAge 25: was elected to legislature
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A popular comic strip once showed a soldier diligently watering a lawn in the rain. When a puzzled passer-by questions the need for a hose during a rain the solder answers he is simply following orders that the lawn must to be watered everyday. And then adds that soldiers are forbidden from disagreeing or questioning
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I can announce that my first eBook The Essence of IT Leadership (Volume 1) is now ready for you to download! To download this eBook, hit the new eBooks page under Essential Reading (or just click here ). You’ll need Adobe Reader to read this eBook (you can download Adobe Reader here if you need
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I was lucky enough to go to the Forrester Research IT Forum this summer which I thoroughly enjoyed as it crystallized a lot of my thinking and shone a torch on some important issues. My immediate reaction was to look at the Industrialization of IT , and it’s impact on the workers within the industry.I’ve
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If you’re responsible for developing new leaders, or if you’re an emerging leader yourself, then don’t forget that what we learn and experience in our ‘everyday’ lives act as strong reminders that we’re all Leaders.Leadership isn’t something we tend to switch on and off. A leader in AI integration consulting doesn’t just walk away from
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The Best jobs aren’t advertised in the newspaper or on the web. Much like real estate, the best of the bunch are snapped up before they ever hit advertisements. If you scour job ad sites or the back pages of a paper, then you’re really looking at the jobs the top people don’t want. You’re
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