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Hay Group's 2010 Best Companies for Leadership

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Hay Group, a global management consulting firm, released its 2010 Best Companies for Leadership Study and Top 20 list. The study ranks the best companies for leadership around the globe and examines how those companies develop current and future leaders. See the complete PDF summary.

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Speak Your Truth So That Others Can Hear It

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You may value the team and company putting time and resources into successful projects, but don’t want to see the company waste money on failing ones. Making sure this project is successful is important to me, and I think it’s critical that the company makes good use of limited resources.

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Best Leadership Books of 2011

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Practically Radical : Not-So-Crazy Ways to Transform Your Company, Shake Up Your Industry, and Challenge Yourself by William C. Related Interest: Best Leadership Books of 2010. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. Take the Lead : Motivate, Inspire, and Bring Out the Best in Yourself and Everyone Around You by Betsy Myers.

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Learn or Die

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Ray Dalio and Bridgewater got onto Hess’ radar after Dalio published his Principles in 2010. (It It’s part of their company-wide feedback loop. Ray himself is included in the process and is subject to evaluation by anyone in the company. At Bridgewater everyone knows everyone else’s strengths and weaknesses.

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Loyalty Beyond Reason Defined

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Researchers in Australia recently had an opportunity to explore the idea of brand devotion, identifying companies such as Nike, Volkswagen, Harley-Davidson and Louis Vuitton as having generated "cult-like" followings. Loveworks follows Brian''s books Basics: Online Marketing (2010) and Basics: Marketing Management (2011).

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4 Lessons from the Toyota Crisis

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It’s about the actions that have been programmed into the individuals and teams that make up a company before the crisis starts. Toyota Under Fire deals with not only the massive recall of 2009-2010, but also Toyota’s response to the oil crisis and recession. Hold fast to your core values and your vision for the company.

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Who’s the Real Leader in Your Office?

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But when the Deepwater Horizon exploded in 2010, his leadership faced a stiff challenge. Just six months after filling a key position, the company had to terminate its new hire and start a search all over again. In addition, the company hired a search firm that conducted extensive background referencing, and all signs were positive.