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Leaders Who Lust

Leading Blog

I N 2004, Barbara Kellerman wrote that “the idea that some leaders and some followers are bad, and that they might have something in common with good leaders and followers, has not fully penetrated the conversation or the curriculum” on leadership. Success : the unstoppable need to achieve. The answer, of course, is no.

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Lead Change like a Slinky®

Lead Change Blog

The workshop was a success. The course it takes once it begins is entirely unpredictable. Adjust course as you listen and learn. Align your team as you stay the course of change. So much so that you begin to believe that your successful, Slinky ® style change could climb a staircase! Repeat as necessary.

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How Employees Respond When Activist Investors Get Involved

The Horizons Tracker

The hypothesis was tested using data collected on American companies between 2004 and 2015. Institutional investors, such as hedge funds, are increasingly active in terms of their attempt to influence the direction of the firms they invest in. Talent loss.

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Building a Thriving Work Culture: Eloiza Domingo

HR Digest

We tripled diversity training, with employees completing more than 106,000 IDE courses last year, including a 257% increase in optional courses. Since 2004 we have tripled our annual spend with diverse suppliers to $4.7 Our staff is training, learning and living into our shared purpose.

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Growing Entrepreneurs And Entrepreneurship: Lessons From Estonia

The Horizons Tracker

Of course, it’s well known that most startups fail and that being an entrepreneur is by no means easy, so any help that can be provided must surely be welcomed. The country has attempted to engage with this significant, often highly educated, and well-connected population through its Compatriots Program, which was launched in 2004.

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The Glass Cliff: Opportunity or Threat for Rising Strategistas?

LDRLB

But of course, they’ve overcome one obstacle only to face another. In 2004, Michelle Ryan and Alex Haslam, two professors from the University of Exeter, coined a new, more accurate term that describes a challenge that modern Strategistas face: The Glass Cliff. One step in the wrong way may prove fatal.

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Soft Skills Are Vital If Low Skilled Workers Are To Thrive

The Horizons Tracker

At a firm level, this is usually translated into higher wages for employees at the most innovative firms, with new research from the London School of Economics showing that over 12 years, from 2004-2016, the typical worker in a non-innovative firm in the U.K. was paid around 20% less than their peers at one of the most innovative firms.

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