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Which Traits Predict Success? (The Importance of Grit)

Which Traits Predict Success? (The Importance of Grit)
What are the causes of success? At first glance, the answer is easy: success is about talent. It’s about being able to do something – hit a baseball, play chess, trade stocks, write a blog – better than most anyone else. That’s a fine answer, but it immediately invites another question: What is talent? In recent years, however, the pendulum has shifted. That’s interesting, right? The ability to ask these questions, to peel away layers of explanation, is one of the reasons I’m drawn to the psychological sciences. The first thing Duckworth, et. al. discovered is that deliberate practice works. But that still begs the question: Why were some kids better at drilling themselves with note cards? There are two interesting takeaways from this study. The second takeaway involves the growing recognition of “non-cognitive” skills like grit and self-control.

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Are You a Rebel or a Leader? - Nilofer Merchant - The Conversation by Nilofer Merchant | 12:17 PM January 25, 2011 Everyone was being so agreeable. The CEO nodded, the VPs agreed, the Directors were polished in their reviews. We were in a meeting to review the roadmap for the company’s new product. I wanted to accept the consensus as a sign that the company had rounded the corner on its 3-year slog to be more relevant in their market. But just then, the CEO interrupted and asked the product managers in the back row of seats, “What are the weaknesses with this roadmap?” Some long seconds passed. And then this small voice, untraceable for a moment because it was so small, started to explain how this plan would put the company in 2nd place in almost every aspect of innovation or time to market. You might think that the room celebrated this passionate voice. But they didn’t. Perhaps you can think back to your own “rebel” situation in your organization. To rebel is to push against something. Most leaders we celebrate today didn’t start out perceived as such.

The Future of Women Leaders in the Middle East When Sheikha Lubna Al Qassimi stepped into a role as head of IT strategy for transport services company Dubai Ports World, she was an anomaly in many ways. She was an engineer working on a complex, technical initiative that required a great deal of interaction with the members of the C-suite; a local from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) working with a large number of expatriates; and a female executive in the male-dominated maritime industry. “I was the first senior woman coming on board, and it was a tough challenge,” she says. “I would have to explain to executives how I was going to deliver, and there was always a question: ‘How much can I rely on you?’” To build the needed trust, she says, she learned the terminology of the maritime industry and learned how to present IT projects to senior executives in a way that showed the project’s value to the business. The political developments in the Middle East this year have focused the world’s attention on the region.

Social - Learn How to Fail 9Share Synopsis Failure is only a word that means you have produced some other result instead of your original goal. This article has some of the more famous failures in history and how they learned to succeed through failing. When people speak of a "fear of failure," they are really describing a hazy free-floating malaise and feeling of worry or discontent which induces lethargy and explains lack of effort. • Albert Einstein: Most of us take Einstein's name as synonymous with genius, but he didn't always show such promise. The artist genius of the ages is Michelangelo. Tags: creative geniuses, creative process, creative thinking, imagination, learning, practice, thought, work

Le digital fait naître de nouveaux types de leaders 01Business le 28/06/13 à 07h00 Gérald Karsenti, PDG de HP France Nouveaux comportements de consommation, nouvelle répartition mondiale des puissances économiques, crise sans précédent, autant de facteurs qui obligent notre continent ? la France en particulier ? à se réinventer pour mieux s'adapter. Depuis une dizaine d'années, j'ai l'intime conviction que nous ne pourrons sortir du tumulte actuel qu'avec l'émergence de nouveaux leaders, des talents plus aptes à relever les défis et à redonner du sens à notre action collective. Longtemps, les dirigeants d'entreprise ont considéré l'informatique comme une conséquence de la marche inéluctable du progrès, la cantonnant dans un pré carré de spécialistes recrutés pour faire en sorte que cette discipline ne fasse pas parler d'elle. C'est sur ce dernier point que tout s'est vraiment accéléré. Plus de vingt ans et quelques inventions numériques plus tard ? "La technologie favorise l'émergence de nouveaux décideurs"

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