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9 Best Articles in 2021
The New York Times
What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect TeamThe New York Times
20+ min read · From 2017 · New research reveals surprising truths about why some work groups thrive and others falter.
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If a company wants to outstrip its competitors, it needs to influence not only how people work but also how they work together.
The researchers eventually concluded that what distinguished the ‘‘good’’ teams from the dysfunctional groups was how teammates treated one another.
First Round
Radical Candor — The Surprising Secret to Being a Good BossFirst Round
10 min read · From 2015 · Kim Scott cut her teeth as a manager at Apple and Google, and now helps create great leaders as an author and coach for companies like Twitter. Here's the secret that's made all the difference for her.
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James Clear
Forget About Setting Goals. Focus on This Instead.James Clear
5 min read · From 2013 · When it comes to getting things done and making progress in the areas that are important to you, there is a much better way to do things.
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Fast Company
How to train your brain to be more presentFast Company
3 min read · Jan 4th · This temptation to multitask has only gotten worse in the work-from-home era. But there are ways to fight it.
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TED Talks
Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire actionTED Talks
From 2015 · Simon Sinek has a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership -- starting with a golden circle and the question "Why?"  His examples include Apple, Martin Luther King, and the Wright brothers ...
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Harvard Business Review
How to Spot an Incompetent LeaderHarvard Business Review
5 min read · 2020-03-11 · We have the tools, we just don’t use them.
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The Atlantic
New Zealand’s Prime Minister May Be the Most Effective Leader on the PlanetThe Atlantic
~15 min read · 2020-04-19 · Jacinda Ardern’s leadership style, focused on empathy, isn’t just resonating with her people; it’s putting the country on track for success against the coronavirus.
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Harvard Business Review
How to Stop Overthinking EverythingHarvard Business Review
5 min read · Feb 10th · Five tips to save you from yourself.
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lifehack
danielstillman.com
Your next meeting should be silentdanielstillman.com
3 min read · Apr 20th · Your next meeting should be silent Here’s how to change the conversation Meetings can be completely sidelined in the first 30 seconds. There’s one in every group: the guy who opens his mouth first.…
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This silence, paradoxically, allows us all the same amount of time to speak our mind….except we’re doing it in our heads first, and on a shared canvas second. Everyone’s voice can be heard equally in this way.
People respond instead of think.When someone shares their first thoughts and opinions on a particular idea, we frame what we say next based on a response to what the first person said. We agree or we don’t. We offer a “Yes and…” or a “No, but…”
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147 Logical Fallacies: A Master List With Examples
TeachThought
If You’re Too Busy for These 3 Things, Your Leadership Is Probably on Life Support
Inc.
The Coach Behind the Coinbase and Robinhood CEOs
The Information
This Former New York Times Columnist Interviewed Hundreds Of CEOs And Discovered The Cornerstone Of Leadership: Simplifying…
Forbes
Better Meetings Make for Better Days — 20 Tactical Ideas to Try Out With Your Team
First Round
The Real Difference Between Leadership and Management, And Why Most People Struggle to Make the Grade
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Fast Company
How to be decisive while not making costly mistakesFast Company
4 min read · Jul 16th · Remind yourself that waiting for perfect gets you nowhere.
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First Round
Better Meetings Make for Better Days — 20 Tactical Ideas to Try Out With Your TeamFirst Round
20+ min read · Jul 29th · We're spending more time in meetings than ever. The sharpest folks we've interviewed share their best tips for making sure this time is well spent.
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Dan Rockwell
Curiosity – Remarkable Practices, Unexpected BenefitsDan Rockwell
1 min read · Jul 14th · Where would we be without curiosity? Curiosity is: Enthusiastic “not knowing”.Willingness to be wrong.Drive to make sense of things.Delight in surprises.Dissatisfaction with the status quo. Curiosi…
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Zapier
Not everyone wants to be a leaderZapier
6 min read · Jul 24th · Leadership tends to be the expectation. If you want to move up in the world, you have to be a leader. But that's not the case—and here's why it's important to understand that.
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These meetings involved everyone, and everyone had a voice and gave input. It didn't matter if you were a leader who'd been at the company for five years or an individual contributor who just started the day before. Everyone had a voice because these decisions would impact everyone. 
Forbes
This Former New York Times Columnist Interviewed Hundreds Of CEOs And Discovered The Cornerstone Of Leadership: Simplifying…Forbes
6 min read · Jul 26th · In writing The CEO Test, I teamed up with Kevin Sharer—former CEO of Amgen, board director, leadership professor at Harvard—to tap into his experience as well as the breadth of all my interviews to…
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Entrepreneur
The Real Difference Between Leadership and Management, And Why Most People Struggle to Make the GradeEntrepreneur
3 min read · Jul 23rd · Understanding the transition will help increase your chance of actually making it.
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Level three is the expert leader. This leader is still hands-on to some extent, helping to shape the project, leading from the front, and guiding the team with their subject manager expertise and knowledge. Level four is the engaging and enabling leader. At this stage, leadership changes. It's not about your contribution to the results; it's about your ability to engage teams, build teams, and set them up for success even if they work in a field outside your expertise.
Each level has its own challenges and difficulties, but the biggest and most difficult transition is from expert leader to engaging leader. In all the other transitions, it's just about doing more of the same but on a bigger scale, but the jump from level three to level four requires a change of skillset.
yourthoughtpartner.com
8 Tips for Leadership When Communicating During Tough Timesyourthoughtpartner.com
2 min read · Jul 20th · In tough times, we need leadership more than ever. Here are some tips and strategies to help leaders communicate during these setbacks.
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TeachThought
147 Logical Fallacies: A Master List With ExamplesTeachThought
Jul 31st · A logical fallacy is an irrational argument made through faulty reasoning common enough to be named for its respective logical failure.
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Inc.
If You’re Too Busy for These 3 Things, Your Leadership Is Probably on Life SupportInc.
2 min read · Jul 26th · They may not be for every manager but studies indicate that they are effective in leading others.
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The Information
The Coach Behind the Coinbase and Robinhood CEOsThe Information
1 min read · Jul 23rd · Matt Mochary was on a high. AngelList CEO Naval Ravikant had just told the leadership consultant and former startup founder that their 90-minute session had solved a problem Ravikant had been…
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