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Leading New Ventures with Andrew Parish from Dublin, Ireland

Andrew is the Chief Commercial Officer, IDLF Investment Fund with experience as an entrepreneur, founder, CEO, investor, board member and business mentor. Audio version: Leading New Venture with Andrew Parish...
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Team Trust During Difficult Times

Audio Version: https://soundcloud.com/jan-rutherford-585145694/team-trust-during-difficult-times I welcome Candice Frost and Tim Cole to discuss the foundation of any meaningful human relationship - trust. Candice brings the perspective of a career...
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General (Ret.) Martin Dempsey with Self Reliant Leadership® (June 2, 2020)

Audio Version: https://youtu.be/7wn3TaXZfrU Jan Rutherford:       I'm here with General Martin Dempsey. For those of you who don't know who he is, he was one of Time Magazine's most influential...
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The One Sure Way to Know You’re on the Right Track

I was riding my bike up a mountain recently and my wife met me halfway with food and water. She asked, “Are you having fun?” Without hesitation, I replied, “Fun?...
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Most of My Posts Are On LinkedIn These Days…

To view my activity, please view my LinkedIn posts and articles where I publish most of my content these days. Use this link:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/janrutherford/detail/recent-activity/shares/ Thank you for reading, and I...
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Innovation

It was a privilege to part of an outstanding panel discussion on Leading by Innovating today at the PorterShed as part of InterTradeIreland’s All-Island Innovation Programme. Thanks to John Breslin for...
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Stamina

The class (now a team) traveled to the Cliffs of Moher today. We didn't discuss business, but they learned a lot about Dry Stone Walls... I think the lesson of...
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Kindness

This is the 7th class I have brought to Ireland, and a stand-out attribute that I've observed is how kind and inclusive there are to one another.  At the beginning,...
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Clever

"...quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas; intelligent." Clever is a word you hear used often in Ireland. Clever versus Smart seems like a growth mindset versus fixed...
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Listening

First - a poignant (and must read) post from my friend, Michael Simpson at Pairin: Listening: A genuinely human quality. And listening is what the day was all about as the...
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