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Hi !
Welcome to this week's issue of Executive Insight.
In honor of tax day, I wanted to make sure you saw the clever parody of a tax form created by Sam Potts this week in The New York Times. The Mastermind Experience My friend Cynthia made an excellent observation last week when she commented about the brain trust of a group. She talked about how she had struggled for hours over an issue. When she had a short brainstorming session later with a small group of colleagues, not only did the struggle end, but she had new ways of looking at her challenge that were exciting and provocative. This happens all of the time. You get an idea; it spins around in your head; it gets stuck. And the outcome? You get frustrated. Human beings benefit from collaboration with the right people. It's important to know who is a good collaborator, because it's different for different situations. In general, though, it makes sense to gather a group that can help you work through an idea or solve a problem or create a concept. If you don't have colleagues who can fulfill that role, create a group that works for you. When each person devotes time to help the others in the group, the outcome is a mastermind. Napoleon Hill first wrote about mastermind groups in his classic book, Think and Grow Rich. He identified the mastermind as the "secret ingredient" of successful millionaires. Each person commits to the others in the group, and powerful results abound. What can you change in your life by amassing the right mastermind to help you extract those gems that are haven't yet been mined in your mind? Have a great week! Copyright 2010 Lisa M. Aldisert
Lisa Aldisert is the president of Pharos Alliance, Inc., a management consulting firm that works with organizations in the areas of strategy, business development, and organizational/leadership development. Give us a call at 212-332-3242 to see how we can help you create strategies that make sense for your organization, and result in increased revenue and profitability. |
 Issue #55,
April 15, 2010 ISSN 1947-2889
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Leadership and the
Bottom Line
"Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things."
- Peter Drucker April 15 Trivia
The IRS sends out 8 billion pages of forms and instructions each year. Laid end to end, they would stretch 28 times around the earth. On this Day in History Andrew Johnson became the 17th president of the U.S. following the death of Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
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