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On the Edge: Leadership Lessons from Mount Everest and Other Extreme Environments

 By Alison Levine Alison Levine takes lessons learned from accomplishing the Adventure Grand Slam – summiting the highest peak on every continent and skiing to the both the North and South Poles (something only 43 people have ever done) and applies them to everyday business challenges for managers at all levels. The advice she provides…

Beginning of the Journey

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Mindful Work

By David Gelles Want a guided tour of the expanding world of contemplative practices in business? This is your book. From the corporate offices and executive experiences of General Mills, Ford, Target, Google, Green Mountain, Aetna, Newman’s Own, Huffington Post, Twitter… and many, many more… to the conference rooms of Wisdom 2.0 and the classrooms…

Rising Strong

By Brene Brown Just to get this out there, I think I officially have a crush on Brene Brown. I loved Daring Greatly and Rising Strong is even better. Yes, her TED talks have set records in viewership. Yes, she was brilliant on a recent Tim Ferris podcast.  Does everything this Ph.D. researcher touch turn to gold? No…