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    How to Be A Good Egg
    John W Bailie, PhD
    • Jan 24
    • 4 min

    How to Be A Good Egg

    “A good egg is an egg that hatches.” – Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, Life is Worth Living. Many years ago, a few days after the...
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    Unequivocal Responsibility-taking
    John W Bailie, PhD
    • Dec 2, 2021
    • 2 min

    Unequivocal Responsibility-taking

    I take full responsibility for my behavior. This is what I did and my part in what happened. How has what I’ve done affected you? I am...
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    Liabilities Have Numbers. Assets Have Names.
    John W Bailie, PhD
    • Nov 19, 2021
    • 2 min

    Liabilities Have Numbers. Assets Have Names.

    An aging facility in need of environmental remediation, an overfunded unit producing a product past its prime, or a culture that prizes...
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    The Golden 5%
    John W Bailie, PhD
    • Oct 7, 2021
    • 2 min

    The Golden 5%

    The Golden 5% is that last bit of maximum contribution that is inside all of us. It’s the full expression of our ability, multiplied by...
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    Generosity as Strategy
    John W Bailie, PhD
    • Sep 16, 2021
    • 4 min

    Generosity as Strategy

    What if being generous was a better business strategy than clinging to control? Many years ago, one of my first entrepreneurial...
    162 views4 comments
    Great to Good
    John W Bailie, PhD
    • Jul 16, 2021
    • 4 min

    Great to Good

    Not all organizations that are great are good. But all organizations that are good, achieve a form of greatness. For further proof of the...
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    Kobayashi Maru
    John W Bailie, PhD
    • Jan 8, 2021
    • 3 min

    Kobayashi Maru

    How do you win when you’re in a position that is strategically unwinnable? A “Kobayashi Maru” is any situation in which all available...
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    Anti-Social Media
    John W Bailie, PhD
    • Jun 25, 2020
    • 5 min

    Anti-Social Media

    In the wake of the 2016 US election season, I did a lot of reflecting about online behavior – for myself and leaders in general. As I...
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    Your Bathrobe and the Post-Quarantine Business Environment
    John W Bailie, PhD
    • May 21, 2020
    • 3 min

    Your Bathrobe and the Post-Quarantine Business Environment

    In times of great upheaval, it’s important to remember that some things never really change. Human hardwiring, our basic needs, drives,...
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    Cancel the Apocalypse
    John W Bailie, PhD
    • Feb 25, 2020
    • 4 min

    Cancel the Apocalypse

    Nothing is inevitable. Success and failure have little to do with fate. They have everything to do with the ability to dream big, while...
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    You Are Not the Horse: Rules for Entrepreneurs
    John W Bailie, PhD
    • Feb 12, 2020
    • 4 min

    You Are Not the Horse: Rules for Entrepreneurs

    Doing something new isn’t only hard. It’s risky. Sure, there’s the risk of failure. However, the fear of failure itself isn’t actually...
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    The Survivor Bottleneck
    John W Bailie, PhD
    • Jan 23, 2020
    • 3 min

    The Survivor Bottleneck

    Is your organization led by the best, or by the “survivors”? There are many reasons certain people find themselves in positions of...
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    Laugh Off Your Resolutions
    John W Bailie, PhD
    • Jan 7, 2020
    • 4 min

    Laugh Off Your Resolutions

    New Year’s resolutions are boring. Most years, I simply pick something I should already be doing (or not doing) anyway. Eat more kale....
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    Nobody Roots for Goliath: How to Lead with Storytelling
    John W Bailie, PhD
    • Dec 19, 2019
    • 3 min

    Nobody Roots for Goliath: How to Lead with Storytelling

    Having a great idea is not enough. A great idea only comes to life when there’s an equally great story to go with it. In fact, your...
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    The Art of Following
    John W Bailie, PhD
    • Jun 6, 2019
    • 4 min

    The Art of Following

    A subscriber recently asked me, “How do you follow a bad boss?” The answer is, “The same way you follow a good one.” Great leaders are...
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    How to Get Fired for All the Right Reasons
    John W Bailie, PhD
    • May 22, 2019
    • 5 min

    How to Get Fired for All the Right Reasons

    A subscriber recently asked me during an event, “How do you know when it’s time to quit a job?” They faced some serious challenges with...
    240 views0 comments
    Grow or Go
    John W Bailie, PhD
    • May 7, 2019
    • 4 min

    Grow or Go

    Sometimes a colleague needs to decide: it’s time to grow, or time to go. In the previous article, Seek Problems, Not Solutions: Leading...
    224 views0 comments
    Lie To Me
    John W Bailie, PhD
    • Apr 9, 2019
    • 6 min

    Lie To Me

    Every month, the small alternative school for at-risk youth where I worked as a young man ran a “recovery” group. This group was for...
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    Compromise Kills Excellence
    John W Bailie, PhD
    • Apr 3, 2019
    • 3 min

    Compromise Kills Excellence

    Compromise is rarely the best resolution to an argument. Here’s an example. King Solomon was renown for his wisdom among the Hebrew...
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    How to Write a Scathing Email
    John W Bailie, PhD
    • Mar 21, 2019
    • 4 min

    How to Write a Scathing Email

    There are a few essential skills that every leader must learn on the job. These are the things that no one will teach you in school. One...
    898 views0 comments
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