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January 2015 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

This Leadership Development Carnival is the first of 2015 and the first since the Lead Change Group has taken the reins from Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership. Since the first Leadership Development Carnival in July 2008 , our community has grown, evolved, and thrived. Try committing to improving the way you lead in 2015; here’s how.”

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How Should Change Leadership and Common Good Intersect?

Thin Difference

Common Good: Dignity and Ethics. Price (2008) argues how rule-breaking behavior should meet a higher standard, meaning the ends are morally better than what exists. Price (2008) argues how rule-breaking behavior should meet a higher standard, meaning the ends are morally better than what exists. Dignity plays a key role, too.

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More of Us Are Working in Big Bureaucratic Organizations than Ever Before

Harvard Business Review

in 2001 to 16% in 2015. In the University of California’s sprawling network, the number of managers and administrators doubled between 2000 and 2015, while student enrollment increased by just 38%. Notice how rapidly the thicket of bureaucracy grew back after being pruned in the wake of the 2008 recession.

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The Leadership Blind Spots at Wells Fargo

Harvard Business Review

Although roughly 1,000 employees had been fired each year since 2011 for these practices, the board only became “very active” on the issue in 2015. It was yet another two years before Stumpf brought in consultants in 2015 to investigate the full scope of impact on consumers. ” Deterrents to speaking up. Why risk it?

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Like It or Not, “Smart Drugs” Are Coming to the Office

Harvard Business Review

” Back in 2008 the narcolepsy medication Modafinil was labeled the “entrepreneur’s drug of choice” by TechCrunch. billion in 2015. Because these drugs are — for the most part — safe, effective, and easy to get, they pose several ethical challenges for both workers and organizations.

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Leading Job Growth in the Digital Economy

Harvard Business Review

On a recent trip to Africa I was greatly impressed by the African Leadership Academy (ALA), an extraordinary institution founded in 2008, which offers a highly selective two-year pan-African pre-university program. Out of 4,000 applicants per year, only 100 are chosen.) The theme: Claiming Our Humanity — Managing in the Digital Age.

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A Board Member’s Guide to Corporate Political Spending

Harvard Business Review

Experts predict it will surge even more in 2015-2016. Making these decisions requires that directors have expertise, exercise informed judgment, and be guided by an ethical compass. million in the 2006 off-year cycle to more than $300 million in the 2012 presidential cycle. Consider what Aetna faced in 2012. million to the U.S.