A productive morning can support a productive life

A good leader shares the credit | Technology cannot replace everything about a leader | Debunking the myths of company growth Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version] ADVERTISEMENT November 14, 2016 CONNECT WITH SMARTBRIEF  [LinkedIn] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Google+] [SmartBrief on Leadership] [SmartBrief on Leadership] Innovative Ideas. Ahead of the Curve. [SIGN UP] ⋅ [FORWARD] Leading Edge [A good leader shares the credit] [A good leader shares the credit] (YouTube/John Baldoni) A good leader has the temperament to discuss the accomplishments of the team rather than his or her achievements, John Baldoni says in this blog post and [video]. Teams want "a leader who is confident in his or her own intellect to make the right call after the smart people have shared their ideas and their counsel," he says. [SmartBrief/Leadership] (11/11) [LinkedIn] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Google+] [Email] [Technology cannot replace everything about a leader] Despite the value of artificial intelligence and other technologies, CEOs will remain key business decision-makers, writes Judy Olian, dean of the UCLA Anderson School of Management. While the amount and quality of data have increased, Olian notes, that won't change the fact that "today's CEOs will increasingly have to make tough, interpretive judgment calls." [Zocalo Public Square] (11/2) [LinkedIn] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Google+] [Email] FREE EBOOK: The Smart App To succeed in today's competitive app economy, marketers and product teams need to define success and ROI at the beginning of a project—not the end of it. [The Smart App] explains how to use mobile analytics to guide your app development from day one. ADVERTISEMENT Strategic Management [Debunking the myths of company growth] "Efficient growth" companies from the past 20 years appear to have invested differently from the majority of their peers, writes Casey Kobilka. They tend to have less exposure internationally, fewer strategic partnerships and joint ventures, and take on less debt relative to equity. [CEB Blogs] (11/8) [LinkedIn] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Google+] [Email] Get with the flow. How payment processing affects cash flow. Cash flow is the lubricant of business. Without a healthy cash flow, business dries up. It stops. It can't function. Which is why it is vital to keep the revenues coming in as the expenses go out. But there's one aspect of cash flow that many of us are not aware of. It is how managing credit cards and other such non-cash payments affect cash flow. Turns out it has a huge affect. [Download the free guide today]. ADVERTISEMENT Smarter Communication [Silence can be a gift] A moment of silence after receiving deep or difficult questions can do more for gaining insight and discovering good solutions than a quick answer to fill the empty space, Dan Rockwell writes. [Leadership Freak blog] (11/9) [LinkedIn] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Google+] [Email] Smarter Working A weekly spotlight on doing more without working longer [A productive morning can support a productive life] Having a full and productive morning routine can bring sustained success throughout your work and relationships, writes Benjamin Hardy. Activities he recommends includes eating food with a combined 30 grams of protein, taking a cold shower, exercising, or listening to or reading uplifting content. [Inc. online (free registration)] (11/10) [LinkedIn] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Google+] [Email] [Experts are made with time and opportunity] Experts normally share two characteristics, Shane Parrish writes: They have specific backgrounds or opportunities, and they dedicate a significant amount of time to deliberate and meaningful practice of their craft. [Farnam Street] (11/7) [LinkedIn] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Google+] [Email] In Their Own Words [The value of leading by example] Elena Hansen held multiple newly created corporate roles before founding Swim Social and finds she learns the most from taking the lead and demonstrating her value and leadership. "I've read numerous books on leadership -- how to be a better leader, how to get respect from others -- but there is no better manual than what you learn from leading by example," she says. [The Huffington Post] (11/10) [LinkedIn] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Google+] [Email] Daily Diversion [Happy rats respond to tickling with giggles] Researchers have identified a region in a rat's brain that is activated when the rat is tickled, but mood plays a part, according to findings published in Science. Happy rats respond to tickling and play, emitting high-pitched giggles, even when researchers stimulated that area of the brain without tickling, but anxious rats did not respond. 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