Engage Your Brain

Tom Peters uses an example from Dan Coyle's book, The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How. to show how much more effective you are when you're engaged with what you're doing. 

Sounds simple, but the example provides an argument for adding challenges to your work.

Engage Your Brain

The Complicated Lives of Today's Leaders: Why Being at the Top Is Harder Than Ever

“You can get advice from a hundred places but the decision to make the call is yours. The buck stops with you." -- Sandilya Vadapalli, a Global Leadership Fellow at the World Economic Forum

The business world has grown massively more complex in recent years, but most companies are still stuck with management models that evolved in simpler times, a conversation with fellows at the World Economic Forum suggests. A more team-focused approach to leadership is needed if companies are to continue to thrive, argues Sandilya Vadapalli, one of the fellows. "The structures under which leaders operate have not changed with the times. You still have one person trying to deal with things that are too complex for one person," he says.

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The Complicated Lives of Today's Leaders: Why Being at the Top Is Harder Than Ever