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The People I Worked with on Amazing Projects

“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.” — Lao Tzu For Friday Reflection, I took a look back through the project teams I’ve lead through some big challenges and even bolder ambitions.  I listed out the people …

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How To Use Email Memos to Share Your Big Ideas Better

“Email has an ability many channels don’t: creating valuable, personal touches – at scale.” — David Newman Have you ever read an inspiring email or a memo from one human to another that helps you see a whole new world of possibility? I’m sure you’ve read lots of bad emails, too, just like there are …

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The Most Productive Teams Have These 5 Dynamics

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” – Mark Twain You can create a better stage for high performance teams if you know how.   The key is to know what dynamics actually underpin high …

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Example Narrative Memo: The Rise of the Business Evangelist at Microsoft

“What is coming is better than what is gone.” — Arabic Proverb Here’s an example of a memo I wrote to try and paint the vision and idea of business evangelism at Microsoft as a way to accelerate and de-risk Digital Transformation. Well, it’s really focused on the idea of building the business innovation capability …

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How Satya Nadella Outlined the Future of Microsoft in an Email

“A leader must see the external opportunities and the internal capability and culture—and all of the connections among them—and respond to them before they become obvious parts of the conventional wisdom.” ― Satya Nadella Down below is a version of Satya Nadella’s famous email that has been shared on the Web many times. I think …

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