The Japanese concept of musha-burui has no easy English translation as it’s the excited, anticipatory trembling that a samurai has before entering battle. Yet we’ve all experienced this feeling. In the West we might call it stress, jitters, or pre-game...
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“Management by objective works – if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don’t.” – Peter Drucker – The fifth principle of the U.S. Army’s “mission command” philosophy is “Use mission orders.” The Army further defines this as “directives...
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Where do you go for inspiration and invigoration? One of my places is Vistage Chairworld where I invest four days with 700 Vistage Chairs from 21 countries. This year I saw old friends, made new ones, and was educated, inspired...
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