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A leader fills the spaces

Persuasive Powerhouse

In 2011 when our state chapter of coaches was looking ahead to 2012 and a new board chairperson, the chair-elect became severely ill. I remained resistant until the question, “what would a leader do” shook me up. Ethics: What common sense ethics are being ignored? Where is integrity lacking?

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Building a Software Start-Up Inside GE

Harvard Business Review

CEO Jeff Immelt declared in 2011 that GE needed to become a software and analytics company or risk seeing its hardware products become commodities as information-based competitors took over. Bill Ruh was selected in 2011. GE started on one floor of a large office building in 2012 and has grown to take over all five floors.

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When Did the U.S. Stop Seeing Teachers as Professionals?

Harvard Business Review

Since March, schools in West Virginia , Oklahoma , Kentucky , Arizona , Colorado and North Carolina have either been shut down or turned into sites of resistance. Disinvestment in schools has also been central to teacher strikes that have occurred since 2011, in Jersey City, Philadelphia, Chicago (twice), Seattle, Portland and Wisconsin.