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0619 | Jean-Philippe Vergne

LDRLB

His ongoing research on the global arms industry received the inaugural Grigor McClelland Doctoral Dissertation Award in 2011. He is an assistant professor of strategy at the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario. In this interview, we discuss how pirates and misfits preserve the spirit of capitalism.

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The Leader's Role in Crisis - a Guest Post from John Baldoni

Kevin Eikenberry

McClelland was a general without any sense of timing or engagement. George McClellan, commander of Union forces was an officer who prided himself on preparation and drill. Trouble was he was reluctant to put his well-drilled forces into action. He hung back when he should have attacked and he failed to pursue when he should have pursued.

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The Leadership Vacuum | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

This tracks the "drives" theory of David McClelland. A simple survey can identify, within barbershop chapters, whether the group is mostly interested in a) socializing or in b) performing at a high level. And it addresses the "Who or what we are" and "How we are?"

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