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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

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It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits. Good news always comes quickly, bad news takes time to simmer. China is indelibly an important part of the future of the global technology system. Write things down. I knew what this meant. Be gracious.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits. Good news always comes quickly, bad news takes time to simmer. China is indelibly an important part of the future of the global technology system. Write things down. I knew what this meant. Be gracious.

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Embrace Losing

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It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits ;-). We helped the write out their requirements for a system. And then the news came. A woman named Trish Hannon called me with the good news that we had won the project. We met everybody in the organization.

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How to Make Better Reference Calls

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I would start by asking the candidate, “How did you decide on these five people” as part of your review process. Most people delay reference calls until that point both due to expediency of time (why make phone calls unless you think you might hire the person?) You expected no less. Having an accomplice.

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