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Servant Leaders Outperform Because They Connect

Michael Lee Stallard

When Admiral Clark became the chief, first term re-enlistment didn’t meet the Navy’s goal of 38 percent. Within a matter of hours following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, aircraft carriers, Aegis destroyers, and cruisers were in position to protect America’s shores. Navy from 2000 until 2005. why is everyone smiling?

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What U2 and the US Navy Have in Common: Connecting with Core Employees

Michael Lee Stallard

To Boost Organizational Performance, Connect with the Core Michael Lee Stallard and Jason Pankau It is essential to every organization’s long-term success that employees align their behavior with organizational goals and give their best efforts. When Admiral Clark assumed the CNO role, the Navy was not meeting its sailor retention goals.

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Thank You For Your Service (My Proudest Guest Post Ever!)

Mills Scofield

Matthew Fritz is Director, Commander''s Action Group of NATO''s Air Training Command in Afghanistan. Training a newly formed Afghan Air Force is the epitome in complex continual change management. Afghanistan Air Force Culture Innovation Kabul Leadership Military Networking Service Strategy Switch and Shift USAF Virtues'

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2008 Quought for the Day #14 – Steve Shapiro | Rajesh Setty

Rajesh Setty

I will be posting answers (which will be Quoughts) one by one.This one is from Stephen Shapiro During his 15-year tenure with the international consulting firm Accenture, Stephen developed and delivered innovation training to over 20,000 consultants. Thus, his second book, “Goal Free Living: How to Have the Life You Want NOW!”

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Leadership Lessons from the Navy

Skip Prichard

After graduating from Princeton in 2001, Donovan Campbell wanted to give back to his country, engage in the world, and learn to lead. Our region consistently far exceeded all annual quality and workload goals and led the other two Navy Medicine regions in nearly all key performance indicators. What was the key to his success?

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It's Not All About Growth for Social Enterprises

Harvard Business Review

To address this, Cape Town-based NGO mothers2mothers employs and trains HIV-positive mothers as "Mentor Mothers" who work alongside nurses and doctors in clinics, providing psychosocial support to pregnant women and new mothers living with HIV. This innovation has impact. Yet, if scaling impact is the goal, these skills are essential.

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Make Agility Part of Your Process

Harvard Business Review

With increasing industry disruption, efficiency is fast becoming of secondary importance to innovation and agility. For example, in 2001, IBM set up a permanent transformation organization designed to anticipate and respond to the increasingly unpredictable changes in its markets. It's not just standardizing and streamlining.