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The Leadership Gene

Success

It was the summer of 2001. I had just started my career as a business coach for some big companies like Johnson & Johnson and Bear Sterns. I returned to my coffee and magazine in the waiting area until the receptionist ushered me into the vice president’s office for my big interview. I learned one thing today.

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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

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“We believe that a more inclusive workforce makes us a stronger company,” he said. I want them to have an equal chance to run a company like Intel one day,” he told a reporter from Bloomberg Business. The idea wasn’t to simply learn how to make IBM more attractive to minority talent. Diversity doesn’t happen by accident.”

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How I Lost $3 Million in 24 Hours and Bounced Back

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I had been working on a massive deal for 18 months and if everything panned out, my company would make just over a million dollars. It all started in 2001 when I launched a service business based on just an idea. It was 2010. I was waiting for the most important call of my life. And then the phone rang. It was my partner.

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How Badly Do You Want the Life You Dream About?

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You just haven’t learned how to access it. I know this because I’ve spent much of my life learning how to find my courage and rise above the fear that can so easily rob us of our freedom and hold our happiness hostage. And, like all skills, it can be learned and mastered. Think of courage as a muscle. Trust your capabilities.

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How to Protect Your Personal Brand When Your Company's Reputation Sucks

On The Job

Even if you quit your job and interview at another company, that corporate brand will stick to you like glue.” employees, who saw their own company go through a similar reputation nightmare in 2001 when the company filed for bankruptcy and some executives ended up in jail for financial misdeeds. Schawbel agrees.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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With a focus on the intersection of mindset, strategy and wellness, her Believe-Own-Learn-Design (B.O.L.D.) Prior to this role, she served as a senior executive for diverse segments, representation and inclusion at Wells Fargo & Company. Framework is your map to the “bold” life. With the U.S. Network Inc.,

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29 Beautiful Stories That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity

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In 2001 Mary Parry was homeless and living in a tent in Pennsylvania when she began befriending hikers along the roughly 2,190-mile Appalachian Trail. Janet has given me pep talks for job interviews and has helped me when I have forgotten my train pass. The need is so great for people to learn how to give.”. And he did.

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