Each week, I compile the resources related to leadership, personal growth, and professional development I shared on social media the prior week, with the accompanying quotations.
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Charles Roxburgh, in a McKinsey Classic:
“The use and abuse of scenarios” (11-1-09).
“We tend to dismiss the mavericks. Scenarios are there to make room for them. Maverick scenarios have the virtue of being surprising, which makes people think. If a company’s scenarios are all completely predictable …, they are not going to be valuable. The best scenarios are built on a new insight.”
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Ivan Misner:
“Don’t Show Off, Show Interest” (9-20-25).
“Go to networking events with the intention to build a business relationship. Don’t try to dazzle people with your brilliance. …. Stand out from the crowd and impress them with your genuine interest in them. Not your interest in selling to them but your genuine interest in them as a person.”
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John Spence:
“The Leadership Skill You Need Right Now” (3-23-26).
“At its foundation, [Adaptability Quotient] revolves around four skill sets.
• Voracious learning
• Fast unlearning
• Innovation
• Resilience”
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David Burkus:
“Difficult Conversations Don’t Have to Be So Difficult” (3-2-26).
“When you label a difficult conversation as ‘difficult,’ you’ve already primed your brain for conflict. ….
Jean François Manzoni, a professor at INSEAD, offers a reframe worth adopting: think of it not as a difficult conversation, but as a conversation about development.”
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Laura Hambley:
“Toxic bosses are a global issue with devastating consequences for organizations and employees” (8-21-24).
“While they are often referred to as ‘toxic leaders,’ the term ‘toxic bosses’ is a more appropriate term. Leadership implies guiding and fostering growth in others — qualities that toxic individuals lack. Instead, I prefer to call them ‘toxic bosses’ because they exert power and control in ways that harm, rather than help, their teams.”
