Ron Friedman Interview on the Surprising Science of Workplace Bliss  – by Jonathan Fields of the Good Life Project Your workplace has a profound impact on not only the quality of your work, but also the quality of your life. Yes, even if you work alone. So, what really matters? We get the surprising answers

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To reach your true leadership potential, writes INSEAD professor Herminia Ibarra, push yourself outside your comfort zone. by Daniel Gross- Strategy + Businessmagazine: A native of Miami and veteran of Harvard Business School, Ibarra since 2002 has taught at INSEAD in Paris, where she is the Cora Chaired Professor of Leadership and Learning and heads

by Ryan Clements for ivyexec.com Is your career a bad fit? Do you want to make a change but you aren’t sure where to even start? I know that this can be very stressful because I have lived it. I transitioned out of a career (law) that I found disempowering to fulfill my entrepreneurial interests.

by Eric J. McNulty for Strategy + Business Magazine Mr. McNulty is the Director of Research at the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative and writes frequently about both leadership and resilience. “Leadership,” as we most often use the term, is not universal; it is an Anglo-Saxon concept dating to Carlyle’s Great Man Theory in the 19th

WHY BILLIONAIRES SUCCEED, by John Sviokla & Mitch Cohen Summary from Soundview Executive Book Summaries: It’s possible to become a millionaire, thanks to a high-paying job in the right industry. To become self-made billionaires, however, takes something more, write John Sviokla and Mitch Cohen in their fascinating new book The Self-Made Billionaire Effect: How Extreme