Category: Team & Culture
Authenticity in the Age of Transparency
The old saying "Never put anything in writing that you're not prepared to see on the front page of the newspaper" is more true today than ever. Now they tell…
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Appreciating Appreciation: Jones Family Farms
The owners and staff at the Jones Family Farms in Shelton, CT get it. People go there to take advantage of the farms' 200-acres of harvest-your-own Christmas trees (or berries…
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What do you want and what are you willing to give up to get it?
It's an indelible image - 2008 drummers performing as one to open the Beijing Olympics. Moments like that do not happen by chance. They are the result of a vision…
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"My Team" is an Oxymoron
The two words don't go together. "My" is first person possessive, referring to personal ownership by the speaker. "Team" is a group working together with a shared purpose. The moment…
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Not the right tool for you
Guy walks into a high-end auto repair shop with his very old car needing repairs. The mechanic takes a look at the car and says "We're not the right tool…
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Thankful for the American Culture
During a conversation about the bleak state of the US economy at the last CEO Boot Camp, one of the non-US CEOs was clear that he was betting on the…
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Harvard’s Marco Iannuzzi: Difference-maker
What do you want and what are you willing to give up to get it? The answer was clear for Marco Iannuzzi. He wanted to play football for Harvard and…
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When your way and their way don’t match
US Army Colonel Randy Chase spent 10 days on a navy ship for cross-training. On his second day, he ran out of toothpaste so went over to the ship's store…
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Going all-in for "The Game" (Harvard-Yale)
This weekend is the Harvard-Yale game. For any associated with those schools in any way, this is "The Game". Nothing else matters. All year long, these two teams have known…
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