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A Mirror as a Leadership Development Tool

Kevin Eikenberry

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe A Mirror as a Leadership Development Tool by Kevin Eikenberry on October 27, 2010 in Influence , Leadership , Learning We look in them each day, research says, more often than we realize. We check our hair and our smile.

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Five Reasons Stories are a Powerful Communication Tool

Kevin Eikenberry

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Five Reasons Stories are a Powerful Communication Tool by Kevin Eikenberry on October 11, 2010 in Leadership , Leadership Communication , Learning We all grow up with stories.

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The Best Motivational Tool We Love to Hate

Terry Starbucker

That was 2009. All we have to do to show how valuable deadlines are is to put ourselves in situations where they don’t exist. For example, take yours truly. After a few years of writing this blog I decided that I wanted to write a book. That “decision” was one without a deadline. That is, until I had a deadline.

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Virtual Working Can Be Stressful – How To Do It Right

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Research from Gallup suggests that workers were the most pessimistic about their living standards since the company started measuring this in 2009, with around a third experiencing anger, stress, and sadness at work. “But there are still various things associated with these tools that humanity hasn’t adapted to.”

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Can AI Help Us Understand Whether To Bail Out Banks?

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The decision to bail out banks en masse in 2009 was widely adopted yet far from uncontroversial. The researchers developed an AI tool that assesses whether such an approach will yield a good return for taxpayers, while also providing a recommendation for the level of investment in the bank and whether a bailout is a good idea or not.

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How Generous Unemployment Support Helps The Economy

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Congress turned to a familiar policy tool to revive the US economy during the pandemic: extending jobless benefits. The model was applied to the Great Recession of 2007-2009, examining 13 US policy moves on unemployment insurance from May 2008 through December 2014.

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Understanding Team Needs in Leadership: A Guide to Need Theories

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McClelland’s Need Theory: A Tool for Effective Leadership McClelland’s Need Theory, known for its empirical backing, categorizes needs into Achievement, Authority/Power, and Affiliation. Stuart-Kotze, 2009) This type of person is a team player and wants to be respected and liked.