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Add Talent Scout to Your Leadership Competencies

August 10, 2010 at 7:44 pm
by Cathy Carmody

To survive in this topsy-turvy economy, successful leaders will include the role of Scout on their list of competencies.  Most often the role of scout rings of “American Idol” or some other entertainment show where talented people are discovered and recruited.  What I mean by talent scout is the role of the person who finds [...]



Aging is Inevitable, Maturing is Optional

June 15, 2010 at 12:19 pm
by Cathy Carmody

Like the slogan that advertises “aging is inevitable, maturing is optional,” no guarantee exists that advancing one’s age chronologically means advancing one’s personal development. Mark Zuckerberg, the twenty-something CEO of Facebook, has been under fire  for a message sent when he was 19 that critics are using to show the company’s lack of concern for [...]



How Has Your Personal Intellectual History Shaped You?

April 26, 2010 at 9:48 pm
by Cathy Carmody

We’ve completed painting in the house, and I have been culling through boxes of books, deciding which ones to put back onto the shelves.  Like many of you, I have been carting books from house to house since college.  I am determined to give up some of these fading treasures to make space for other things. It started as [...]



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