18. Managing in the Moment: How to Get Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable

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257. Move Your Audience: Lessons From MLK You Should Use

Why it’s not about being born a great communicator, but becoming one.The greatest communicators aren’t always great from the start. As Lerone Martin knows, even the great Martin Luther King Jr. had to practice before he could persuade.Martin is the Martin Luther King Jr. Centenni ...  Show more

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256. Be Kind: The Most Overlooked Driver of Success

Why being kind is the best investment.Can kindness be a company’s competitive advantage? Bonnie Hayden Cheng says yes — and she’s got a business metric to prove it: return on kindness.Cheng is a professor of management at City University of Hong Kong who researches how workplace ...  Show more

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