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Leadership, Management Lessons from the Performing Arts
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Augment Your L&D Program the Pokemon Way

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Hit Factors? Lure Modules? Gyms? It’s a Pokémon Go world out there and we are all a part of it. Since the game launched in July 2016, it has generated millions; more than $500 million by one estimate. So what makes Pokémon Go different from any other app that is on the market?
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Personal Branding Advice From Jerry Maguire

Personal Branding Advice From Jerry Maguire | Performance Project | Scoop.it
Whenever I’m explaining the concept of personal branding, I always end up talking about Jerry Maguire. Where's the connection, you ask? Find out.
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Learning From the Legacy of Johnny Cash

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3 Success Lessons from the Man in Black. Interview with John Carter Cash about his book House of Cash, and about his parents Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash.
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5 Things Leaders Can Learn From Olivia Pope, Scandal’s Fixer

5 Things Leaders Can Learn From Olivia Pope, Scandal’s Fixer | Performance Project | Scoop.it
Do you want to be a fearless leader? Here are a few leadership lessons you could learn from Olivia Pope, Scandal's most powerful fixer.
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Teamwork Lessons From The Little League World Series

Teamwork Lessons From The Little League World Series | Performance Project | Scoop.it
There’s a good message for job seekers on effectively presenting their team accomplishments. Here are teamwork lessons from the little league world series!
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The Little League World Series, after a one-year COVID absence, ended yesterday.  Another series of excellent examples of the teamwork lessons I originally wrote about several years ago.  There's an updated copy of this article posted on my LinkedIn page.

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7 Ways Pokemon Can Help You Motivate the Workforce

7 Ways Pokemon Can Help You Motivate the Workforce | Performance Project | Scoop.it
The recent news is filled with outrageous stories about what is happening to the Pokemon Go players. I’ll admit, I’m not a gamer, but I’m baffled by the behavior of the players. It’s as if they shift into a hypnotic state once starting the game. A good phrase I heard was, “Zombie aPOKEalyspe!” It’s a
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Team Building and the Art of the Swing

Team Building and the Art of the Swing | Performance Project | Scoop.it
After Satya Nadella became CEO of Microsoft in 2014, he referenced the book, Boys in the Boat, a memoir about the Olympic quest by the 1936 University of Washington men’s rowing team, in a memo to the entire company. He said, There is a thing that sometimes happens in rowing that is hard
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What Pokemon Go Taught Me About Talent Management

What Pokemon Go Taught Me About Talent Management | Performance Project | Scoop.it
This past week, I joined the 7.5 million people who downloaded the Pokémon Go mobile game and began my journey to catch all 151 original Pokémon monsters. Pokémon Go has more downloads in its first week of existence than popular dating app Tinder has had in its entire four-year existence, and is expected
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Doing the Tough Stuff: What Managers Can Learn From (Gulp!) Kim Kardashian

Doing the Tough Stuff: What Managers Can Learn From (Gulp!) Kim Kardashian | Performance Project | Scoop.it
It's troubling what passes for management wisdom these days, so I've learned to not be picky and simply take it where I find it. And believe it or not, this
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This Legendary Rock Band Knows How to Hire Better Than You

This Legendary Rock Band Knows How to Hire Better Than You | Performance Project | Scoop.it
Hiring for skills and cultural fit is important, but there's another critical element to finding great people who function well in a corporate environment: bringing on team players.
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Chess For Progress: How A Grandmaster Is Using The Game To Teach Life Skills

Chess For Progress: How A Grandmaster Is Using The Game To Teach Life Skills | Performance Project | Scoop.it
Grandmaster Maurice Ashley travels across the U.S. to teach students to play chess and apply its tactics and strategies to their lives. A former student reflects on the lifelong lessons he taught her.
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Popular TV and Films Love to Hate HR

Popular TV and Films Love to Hate HR | Performance Project | Scoop.it
TV shows and movies are notorious for portraying HR managers and consultants as villainous, frosty, conniving, deceptive, ineffectual and bumbling.
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Yes, Most of Your Employees Don’t Want to Put Up With Office Politics

Yes, Most of Your Employees Don’t Want to Put Up With Office Politics | Performance Project | Scoop.it
I have just recently gotten into House of Cards. I didn’t think I was going to enjoy it as much as I do, but I am. As I have shared with my friends, it is
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The Jimmy Fallon Effect: 10 Qualities Of Great Networkers

The Jimmy Fallon Effect: 10 Qualities Of Great Networkers | Performance Project | Scoop.it
What qualities can you leverage to build a strong network? Look no further than Jimmy Fallon. Here's why he's one of the a great networkers.
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3 Things a Competitive Video Game Taught Me about Virtual Teams

3 Things a Competitive Video Game Taught Me about Virtual Teams | Performance Project | Scoop.it
As strange as it may seem, a virtual workplace team can learn a lot from online competitive video games.  For both, team members have set roles, clear and shared goals, and a designated action plan to achieve those goals. And also for both, communication is absolutely paramount. One such game that is wildly popular is…
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6 Steps to Building a Winning Team

6 Steps to Building a Winning Team | Performance Project | Scoop.it
(Based on a recent article written by Pat DiDomenico for Business Management Daily.) Put your players in the right positions, but don’t be afraid to shift them around. Play to your employees’ strengths, but recognize that shaking up the status quo and giving employees opportunities to shine in different capacities can yield big
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Power Up Your Personal Brand To Land Your Dream Job

Power Up Your Personal Brand To Land Your Dream Job | Performance Project | Scoop.it
What do Sir Richard Branson and Lady Gaga have in common? Here are some tips to power up your personal brand like they have.
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Want to Find Your Passion and Become Massively Successful ? This True Olympic Story Will Inspire You All Week

Want to Find Your Passion and Become Massively Successful ? This True Olympic Story Will Inspire You All Week | Performance Project | Scoop.it
Gwen Jorgensen won a gold medal in Rio, and demonstrated how the Rule of Good Enough can help you achieve success.
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The Power of a Leader’s Apology

The Power of a Leader’s Apology | Performance Project | Scoop.it
Yesterday, I was re-watching the movie Star Trek Into Darkness, and I arrived at one section toward the end where the crew of a crippled USS Enterprise was facing imminent destruction. Despite all of Captain Kirk’s pleading, the enemy continued to charge up their weapons. Faced with defeat, Captain Kirk turned to his crew and…
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7 Ways Pokemon Can Help You Motivate the Workforce

7 Ways Pokemon Can Help You Motivate the Workforce | Performance Project | Scoop.it
The recent news is filled with outrageous stories about what is happening to the Pokemon Go players. I’ll admit, I’m not a gamer, but I’m baffled by the behavior of the players. It’s as if they shift into a hypnotic state once starting the game. A good phrase I heard was, “Zombie aPOKEalyspe!” It’s a
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Are You Wasting Your Talent?

Are You Wasting Your Talent? | Performance Project | Scoop.it
Chazz Palminteri wrote the wonderful screenplay, a favorite of mine, A Bronx Tale. The film is set in the 1960s and chronicles several life events of a youn
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What to Do With the Occasional Rock Star Employee

What to Do With the Occasional Rock Star Employee | Performance Project | Scoop.it
My new high-end coffee brewer drives me absolutely insane. It brews the absolute perfect cup of java – hot nectar of the gods – about every third day. T
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Some interesting parallels here to the writing I've been doing on the Performance Project

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Weekly Wrap: What Logical Lessons Managers Can Learn From Mr. Spock

Weekly Wrap: What Logical Lessons Managers Can Learn From Mr. Spock | Performance Project | Scoop.it
Mr. Spock has died. He lived long, and prospered. Of course, Star Trek's Mr. Spock, the character, will still be around because fictional people never really
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Practice for Tough Situations as You’d Practice a Sport

Practice for Tough Situations as You’d Practice a Sport | Performance Project | Scoop.it
Move beyond scripted responses.
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How to Hire Like 'Star Wars' Director J.J. Abrams

How to Hire Like 'Star Wars' Director J.J. Abrams | Performance Project | Scoop.it
You may not be making blockbusters, but maybe you should hire like someone who is.
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