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What Is Your Leadership Story?

Posted on30. Oct, 2011 by Shawn Murphy.

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What story do you want your leadership to tell? What story is told through your actions? Does your story illustrate what you believe or want? Leadership is an honor we all have the opportunity to show. My good friend Susan Mazza says leadership is a verb. It’s when we are in action that we show [...]

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On the Importance of Purpose and Passion for Leaders

Posted on10. May, 2011 by Shawn Murphy.

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Have you ever thought to yourself, “Where in the world am I going?” At one point it seemed merely a philosophical question about life that never needed an answer. Not answering the question wasn’t the first mistake; it’s not taking the question seriously and declaring the answer. Over the past four months the question has [...]

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The Shadow-Side of Passion

Posted on20. Apr, 2011 by Shawn Murphy.

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Can your passion be too much for people? I don’t mean this sexually, but in the interests you hold for your work and in your beliefs. I don’t like the answer, but yes. It can be. It can overwhelm. It can divide a team. It can be invasive. Sure, it can also be contagious. There’s [...]

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What’s Love Got to Do with Leadership?

Posted on22. Jun, 2010 by Alejandro Reyes.

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Today we invited Alejandro Reyes to share a video message about love and leadership. Alejandro is a passionate person about people. When I first met Alejandro he asked me, “Shawn, what are you passionate about?” Alejandro gets people and living a passion-driven life. He’s authentic and that comes through in his video message. I hope [...]

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3 Ways to Restore Optimism at Work

Posted on08. Jun, 2010 by Shawn Murphy.

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This is the second of 14 special blog posts in the Wake Up & Shake It Up Blog series. We’ve got 12 guest bloggers. Today I share my thoughts… I need you to do one thing before you read any further. I need you to silence the skeptic voice in your head. I’m asking you [...]

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Dan Heath on How to Write A Mission Statement That Doesn’t Suck

Posted on12. Mar, 2010 by Shawn Murphy.

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I loved this short video from Dan Heath on writing a mission statement that doesn’t suck. I loved it so much I had to put it on our blog. So full disclosure: We did NOT create this video. We are simply spreading the great work of Dan Heath and Fast Company. With the kudos for [...]

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Share Your Sentence

Posted on09. Mar, 2010 by Shawn Murphy.

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These days are flying by. The time slips faster in to the future, and I’m often left scrambling to accomplish those tasks that have made it to my To-Do list. It’s not a Honey-Do list, but an “I’m a contribution to this world and I have lot’s I want to-do-list.” And it’s this type of [...]