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Mary Lippitt

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Dr. Mary Lippitt, award-winning author, speaker and consultant, founded Enterprise Management Ltd. in 1985 with the purpose of providing leaders with practical and effective solutions to navigate a changing business climate. Known for her pioneering work linking leadership and goal achievement, Dr. Lippitt is recognized as a leader in executing change, leadership effectiveness and strategic thinking.

Dr. Lippitt released her book Brilliant or Blunder: 6 Ways Leaders Navigate Uncertainty, Opportunity and Complexity in 2014 to update her 2004 book The Leadership Spectrum which won the Bronze Award for the best business book from Foreword Magazine. She is a co-author with Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey and Brian Tracy of Discover Your Inner Stren ...more

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The Physics of Resistance

Why are we surprised by resistance to new ideas? It’s predictable. Isaac Newton observed in 1687 that objects at rest stay at rest, and objects in motion stay in motion – unless acted upon by force.

Too often, leaders interpret “force” as pressure, reiterate the business case, and push harder, mandate faster, override objections. That misses the point. Newton defined force as mass and acceleration,

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	Situational Mindsets: Targeting What Matters When it Matters by Mary Lippitt (Goodreads Author), David M.R. Covey (Foreword) 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brilliant or Blunder: 6 Ways Leaders Navigate Uncertainty, Opportunity, and Complexity 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Discover Your Inner Strengths 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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I Cheerfully Refuse

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How Great Ideas Happen: The Hidden Steps Behind Breakthrough Success

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“Abraham Maslow observed that when you only have a hammer, everything appears to be a nail. Indeed, such a limited view is mistaken, but so is the other extreme of attempting to focus on everything. Not everything warrants immediate attention. Judgment is vital.”
― Mary Lippitt, Situational Mindsets: Targeting What Matters When it Matters

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“The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise — with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew.” — Abraham Lincoln”
― Mary Lippitt, Situational Mindsets: Targeting What Matters When it Matters

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“If you love what you do and are willing to do what it takes, it's within your reach. And it'll be worth every minute you spend alone at night, thinking and thinking about what it is you want to design or build. It'll be worth it, I promise.”
― Steve Wozniak

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