Leadership Lessons from Dr. Adam Grant

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Last December, I [Dr. Adam Grant] asked my students at Wharton to nominate and vote on topics for our final class. The runaway top choice was leadership lessons from Elon Musk. It’s become a hot topic among the corporate elite, too. 

As an organizational psychologist, I’ve long admired the boldness of Mr. Musk’s vision, the intensity of his drive and the impact of his innovations in cars and rockets. But the way he deals with people would fail the leadership class I teach at his alma mater.  

Read the entire Opinion in The New York Times here.

Great Minds Don't Think Alike

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Adam Grant believes that great minds don’t think alike—they challenge each other to think differently. His weekly show explores new thoughts and new ways of thinking – from revealing hidden potential, to the future of creativity, to understanding the pendulum swing of global power.  Check it out here. 

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Love These Books for Altering Your State of Mind in 2022

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Love, love, love these books.  I hope you take the time to read them during your holiday break.

1. How to Change – find out what's standing between you and success.
2. Chatter – how to harness the hidden power of our inner voice to combat anxiety and deepen our relationships with others.
3. Think Again (my fav) – build the intellectual and emotional muscle to unlearn and relearn, which requires choosing courage over comfort.