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Comment on Are Hackers Our Future Heroes? by How Using Facebook Helps Leaders

How Using Facebook Helps Leaders — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 01:04:08 +0000

[...] a cue from leading management author, Gary Hamel, I have suggested previously that hackers are our future heroes, and that elements of hacker culture may help spur new forms of innovation and competitive [...]

Comment on Learning to Lead by Five Leadership Tips to Keep Your Eyes on the Prize

Five Leadership Tips to Keep Your Eyes on the Prize — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:00:55 +0000

[...] Learn from bad leadership. We will all, at some stage, have experienced bad leadership. How did it change us? What did we learn from it? And what would we do better? These questions are vital for any leader – for we will all find ourselves in challenging situations from time to time. How we respond, our ability to learn and our agility to continue to move forward is the mark of our leadership. Make sure to learn from bad leadership. [...]

Comment on The Buck Stops With You by Five Leadership Tips to Keep Your Eyes on the Prize

Five Leadership Tips to Keep Your Eyes on the Prize — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:00:23 +0000

[...] is vital. Leaders must push themselves to tell the truth and to act upon their words, after all, the buck stops with you. Follow-through is as essential to leadership as [...]

Comment on It's Time for the Do-able Strategy by Five Leadership Tips to Keep Your Eyes on the Prize

Five Leadership Tips to Keep Your Eyes on the Prize — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:31:13 +0000

[...] go and go long. Leadership is action – and creating a do-able strategy can help you remain focused. There will be challenges and there will be problems along the road to [...]

Comment on Be a Leader, Not a Boss by Pivot Your Leadership Aspirations

Pivot Your Leadership Aspirations — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:11:41 +0000

[...] Don’t just be a boss, be a leader. This means uncovering and understanding your own sense of purpose. As a leader you will [...]

Comment on The Life of the Intrapreneur by Are You an Entrepreneurial Leader? Back Yourself and Unstealth Your Idea

Are You an Entrepreneurial Leader? Back Yourself and Unstealth Your Idea — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:33:42 +0000

[...] have discussed the life of the intrapreneur in the past – those folks with entrepreneurial spirit operating within a larger organization. [...]

Comment on About by Five Ways to Accelerate Your Career Advancement in 2013 » Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:12:48 +0000

[...] Nina Simosko, Senior Vice President of SAP’s Global Premier Customer Network, agrees, “Politics are a reality and one must not ignore them or do so at their own peril. I am not a fan of politics, but I have learned that ignoring them can have negative consequences. So, I do believe that we all must understand the nature of the politics within our respective companies and participate to the extent necessary.” [...]

Comment on What Leaders Can Learn from “This” Woman by Be Happy Now! | NinaSimosko.com

Be Happy Now! | NinaSimosko.com — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 22:55:16 +0000

[...] for an extended period of time will surely drag you down. For reference, I shared a tale about Oprah Winfrey that really demonstrates that you can only control your reaction to circumstances, rather than [...]

Comment on Comfortable Misery by Be Happy Now! | NinaSimosko.com

Be Happy Now! | NinaSimosko.com — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 08:19:48 +0000

[...] written about a very similar topic a few years back, but as today’s job market surely shows, “comfortable misery” persists. This is often what most of us struggle with first when in career transition. Staying [...]

Comment on About by Ask Jo: Why You Can’t Afford to Ignore Office Politics » Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 16:34:46 +0000

[...] you must engage in office politics in order to be considered successful?” The guest executive, Nina Simosko, Senior Vice President of SAP’s Global Premier Customer Network, responded, “Politics are a [...]