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Did Austerity Politics Lead To A Rise In Crime?

The Horizons Tracker

Rising crime The research looks at the impact of austerity politics on crime in England and Wales between 2011 and 2015. The austerity politics introduced by the UK government saw a considerable fall in public spending, with particular reductions in many welfare programs. “What we know is that the areas hit by austerity 1.0

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Leadership & Political Correctness | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

OXYMORON …Great leaders are not politically correct, but they are politically savvy – there is a difference. Putting political agendas and peer pressure aside (as great leaders do), leaders should not make their choices based upon public opinion. Their responsibility is to be correct; not politically correct.

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The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do

Lead Change Blog

In the years since The Secret originally appeared on bookstore shelves, over 500 thousand copies have been sold to leaders and learners around the world, and several additional books have been published in this leadership series, including The Secret of Teams (2011), Great Leaders GROW (2012), and The Heart of Leadership (2013).

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The January Leadership Development Carnival: Best of 2011 Edition

Great Leadership By Dan

This month's edition is a special "Best of 2011" collection of leadership development blog posts from many of our regular Carnival contributors. Reason: "This was our most read piece of original content published in 2011". It was also one of The People Equation’s top five most-read posts from 2011.".

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What Has 2011 Taught You About Business and Leadership?

Tanveer Naseer

As this is the last week of the year, many of us are understandably looking back at the past 12 months and discussing what we consider to be the significant events of 2011. From natural disasters to political uprisings, there’s no question this year has placed our collective humanity within the frame of adversity and unimagined change.

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Common Themes In The “Grammar Of Anger”

The Horizons Tracker

Each slogan is designed to convent both an expression of anger and a political message. “Over the years, I’ve noticed a rise in generational discourse, in which young people directly accuse previous generations of unfairly leaving them a grim social, economic, political and environmental legacy,” the researcher explains.

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Sone Thoughts Prompted by the book NAFTA and the Politics of Labor Transnationalism by Tamara Kay

First Friday Book Synopsis

Yesterday, at the Urban Engagement Book Club for CitySquare, I presented a synopsis of this book: NAFTA and the Politics of Labor Transnationalism (Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics), Cambridge University Press, 2011, by Tamara Kay I present synopses of business books every month (at the First […].

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