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Alisa cohn
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Startup & CEO Coach; advisor; author and podcast host of From Start-up to Grown-up; journalist; angel investor; Broadway investor; ENTJ ftw!
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Create real value and fund your operations by delivering what people want. Had to share this forthright moment from James Slezak, the CEO , when we were at the World Economic Forum in Davos!
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What a great, timely talk by Alisa Cohn. Increase your disagreement quotient by following the 3 strategies she identifies. Well worth a listen.
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I am super excited to announce that my @TEDx talk has been released! It's about how to increase your “Disagreement Quotient” - the ability to tolerate dealing with people who disagree with you. We need to listen to others and deal with their differences: youtube.com/watch?v=Dx4Fu3
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Thanks so much for sharing Fiona!!
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Superb @TEDx talk by @AlisaCohn . A must watch if you have ever disagreed with someone at work. Try This if You Hate Disagreement | Alisa Cohn | TEDxFiesole youtu.be/Dx4Fu3YjVTo
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Thanks so much for sharing!!
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I am super excited to announce that my talk has been released! It's about how to increase your “Disagreement Quotient” - the ability to tolerate dealing with people who disagree with you. We need to listen to others and deal with their differences:
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Consistency! No matter how you do it, finding healthy routines and rituals that you can do on a consistent basis will help you eliminate mental clutter. Here is a clip about that from part of the conversation I recently had with on his Office Hours show:
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This was such a great conversation - Nick shared his thoughts on risk and how to build confidence, making your business more efficient, and the benefits of bootstrapping your business.
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Already missing Davos! Last week was fantastic, talking with at Greek House about the tools that founders need to build their startups during an economic downturn, and discussing the future of decentralized leadership with @amymwilk and from !
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✔️ Companies are going to have to stay lean and be ruthlessly efficient. ✔️ Startups are going to continue to drive for profitability. ✔️ The fulcrum for all of this is the skill of the manager. ✔️ Great managers will get outsized results from their people.
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I am learning so much about the future of leadership in Davos this week! One thing I know for sure, it will always be a top priority for leaders to effectively communicate their vision. Here are five root causes I see where leaders drop the ball:
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Decentralized leadership is all around us - the wave of remote work has ushered in a new model where the former command and control concept of leadership does not work anymore. Here are 3 takeaways about how the framework for new leadership continues to shift:
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Here are 2 of my favorites: Super simple - what are you grateful for or what are you looking forward to this season? A bit deeper - what's a change in the past 5 years that you would never have dreamed of? How did it come about and how has it changed you?
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Anyone who knows me knows I love table questions! They elevate the conversation, they give everyone a chance to talk, and we always emerge knowing each other better.
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It was such a joy to learn from Jon and the equally precious ! So meet your heroes, and if there's a practice you may have let fall by the wayside, today could be a perfect day to pick it back up. You don't know where it could lead you!
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Since then I've been on and off with my mindfulness practice. I was invited to this special retreat with Jon and leapt at the chance to learn directly from him. Warm, wise, and witty, Jon embodied the two wings of a meditation practice: wisdom and compassion.
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They say "Be wary of meeting your heroes." Not this time. Long ago I read a remarkable book - Full Catastrophe Living - by . It was my first exposure to meditation and to a wise perspective of the richness of life.
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Chip shared SO much wisdom in this conversation! Learn about how to use regret as fuel, the importance for founders to shift identities, how to manage people older than you, and his favorite interview question, which you can get a preview of in the included clip!
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No matter what your level in your organization, you can always outperform by being an energy amplifier. I don’t mean toxic positivity to pretend everything is ok or shy away from difficult discussions. I do mean figure out how to be positive in every situation. For example:
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