A leadership guide to developing people, building strategy, and fixing culture
There were 30-ish doctoral candidates standing on a street corner just outside of Washington DC. For all of us, except one, this was the first time in our lives that we’ve been at this location. I’m being generous with the “one”, as you’ll see in a minute. We were there
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When was the last time you thought about, or had a discussion with a spouse, co-worker, or friend about how to move up. Sometimes the conversation is about someone who moved up too quickly, or someone who didn’t move up fast enough. Sometimes it’s just a colleague or friend wanting
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Leadership Truth Being in management, does not make you a leader. Being a leader does not require a formal title. Being in management does not make you a leader My team and I were all in data engineering-type roles, and had been for quite some time. All of the development
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Over the past two decades I have had the incredible experience of leading people and changing culture. I have led people through both mundane and extraordinary circumstances. I have learned from and been inspired by other great leaders either through their books or through personal interactions (Check out my reading
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BA Times and other sources suggest it was Ben Franklin who said, “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” Over the past 13 years, I’ve had a 10-15 year plan that is complete when one or both of the two following goals: 1) become a c-level executive in
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“Develop your intellect” was a phrase my English Literature professor said in every class during my Junior year of college. It seemed obvious and a little bit over-stated at the time. After all, we were in college doing just that. Nearly 20 years later, I want to share with you
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This week I had the privilege of attending the 2019 Gartner Catalyst Conference in San Diego, CA. The venue is the Grand Hyatt, and the conference is a technology conference covering topics like advanced analytics, machine learning, information security, and many more. But the conference itself is not the topic
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Find out how to come up with a reading list that works for you, and take a look at what Josh has been reading.
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