Think of all the bosses you’ve had throughout your professional career. It’s actually a fun exercise to write them all down, so you see their…
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Hire the Best
Two questions Let’s say your organization is understaffed. Should you hire? Let’s say the most amazingly talented person shows interest in joining your organization. Should…
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What do you measure?
How do you know if you are doing a good job? It probably depends on what your job is. If you run a work station…
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Building a Winning Team
In school, I was never the smartest person in the class; I didn’t have the best grade and I was never the first to finish…
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Trust
What if you gave every employee a small cash fund and a few hours each month to spend as they wished – as long as…
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The Value of Time
Your project has a goal, and you lead the team that will achieve that goal. Is your team’s time valuable? Yes, for at least two…
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How Everything Works
Professor Cannon I mostly learned the basics of control theory from Professor Bob Cannon while I was in graduate school at Stanford. Every once in a while, Professor Cannon…
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T. Paine
The featured painting is “Thomas Paine” by my brother, Dean. Hi. Duane here, with some fun personal insights, mostly about how much I like what Thomas…
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Quick Q&A with Duane about a rocket launch
With such a dynamic voice and exciting telegenic presence like that, it’s no wonder I’m trying to write books. Watch the Ariane 5 VA235 rocket…
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Exercise: Quilt Sewing
Let’s do number stuff. Recall the Leadership Ratio and Multiplier Effect concepts In Leadership Is About People, we discuss the concept of the Leadership Ratio to structure thoughts in…
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