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Don't invent if the answers are all around you | How mastering your passion could elevate your career | Read more from Steve McKee on SmartBrief on Leadership Created for {EMAIL} | [{NAME}]( at [{NAME}]( [For more relevant content - Update Your Profile]( | [Web Version]( August 5, 2021 CONNECT WITH SMARTBRIEF  [LinkedIn]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [SmartBrief on Leadership]( [SmartBrief on Leadership]( Innovative Ideas. Ahead of the Curve. [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [SHARE](  [] Leading Edge [] [Don't invent if the answers are all around you]( The answers to seemingly new or unique problems are often available if we only stop to look, writes Frank Sonnenberg. "When you reinvent the wheel, you lose the chance to build on the strengths of prior efforts and to identify their weaknesses," he writes. Full Story: [Frank Sonnenberg Online]( (8/3) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [How mastering your passion could elevate your career]( The idea of a "monger" can have a bad reputation, but "someone who has unusually deep expertise combined with a love of their calling" is a desirable trait for companies and for people looking to improve themselves, Steve McKee writes. He shares stories of meeting cheesemongers and asphaltmongers and the delight in learning from such people. Full Story: [SmartBrief/Leadership]( (8/4) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Read more]( from Steve McKee on SmartBrief on Leadership 3 Keys to Succeeding With Remote Work After more than a year of pandemic, learn how both employees and employers have shifted their views of remote work and discover three keys to succeeding with a remote or hybrid model in the future. [Download Redefining the Rules of Remote Work](. ADVERTISEMENT: [] Strategic Management [] [What are resilient boards focusing on now?]( Workforce capabilities, cybersecurity and changes in technology are three issues being prioritized by boards that made effective pandemic-era "changes to their structures, processes, and interpersonal dynamics" -- and less likely to be prioritized by other boards, according to McKinsey data. Many successful boards increased their focus on high-level geopolitical, economic and political risks since the pandemic began. Full Story: [McKinsey]( (8/4) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Smarter Communication [] [4 steps for accepting feedback]( Treat feedback as a gift by saying "thank you," restating the message to confirm your understanding and announcing what you'll change because of the feedback, writes David Burkus. "You're growing, changing, and improving all the time -- and to do that you'll need more feedback," he writes. Full Story: [David Burkus]( (8/4) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [What is listening leadership?]( There is scientific backing for greater emphasis on listening in our conversations, in our writing and teaching, and in our reading, says Nicole Furlonge, professor and director of the Klingenstein Center at Teachers College, Columbia University. "For me, the price of not listening is that we fail to practice ways to be in community with each other, in network with each other, which is essentially what citizenship is," Furlonge says. Full Story: [EdSurge]( (8/2) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] In Their Own Words [] [Microsoft CEO looks inward while setting wide policies]( Microsoft CEO looks inward while setting wide policies Nadella (Brad Barket/Getty Images) Microsoft is committing to hybrid work models, has delayed office reopenings and will mandate vaccines for anyone entering its buildings, with CEO Satya Nadella saying the company wants to be "very data-driven" in its policies and decisions. "How do I change even my own leadership approach to be able to accommodate for what are the expectations and needs of people that I work with?" Nadella says. Full Story: [CNN]( (7/29), [CNN]( (8/3) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Daily Diversion [] [Giant ball invades Wis. town, and they love it]( A 4-foot tall, multi-color inflatable beach ball that showed up on a Stoughton, Wis., street last month has been adopted by residents, who have named it Rolie Polie Ole. Alderman Greg Jensen says the ball has become "kind of like the pet" as it travels around the community. Full Story: [WISC-TV (Madison, Wis.)]( (8/2) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Editor's Note [] More insights from SmartBrief SmartBrief publishes [original analysis and insights]( in addition to its more than 200 [free email newsletters](. Here's what you might have missed: - [Better decision-making can come from patience]( - [Q&A: How next-gen technologies are shaping finance]( - [What the Google cookie delay means for the ad industry]( - [How the pandemic has reshaped the future of restaurants]( [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] About The Editor [] James daSilva James daSilva Hi, it's your SmartBrief on Leadership editor! Thank you for reading and subscribing. I know you don't need to read SmartBrief on Leadership. Rather, you're here because you're on the lifelong journey of being a better leader, communicator and thinker. 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