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8 Things Collaborative Leaders Know

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

The need for collaboration is driven by the issues arising from the current economic crisis and supported by the opportunities afforded by advances in technology, specifically Web 2.0. In their 2012 global workforce study, Towers Watson found 46% of workers are not engaged. Technology has created the opportunity to know.

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Culture Counts

Leading Blog

Results from a seven-year study conducted by the Workplace Research Foundation and University of Michigan investigator Palmer Morrel-Samuels, as reported recently in Forbes , confirmed that, as employee morale improves, a firm’s stock price enjoys higher returns. General Business'

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Identifying Root Causes Beats Quick Fixes Every Time

Frank Sonnenberg Online

A 2012 article in The Atlantic talks about the concept of “mismatch” and how, “The student who is underprepared relative to others in that class falls behind from the start and becomes increasingly lost as the professor and his classmates race ahead. Additional Reading: You Deserve It, But… Moral Character Matters.

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Why You Need Both Knowledge and Wisdom

Strategy Driven

New technologies and new leadership styles are needed to succeed and win. Bad company corrupts good morals. Drew Hiss launched his outsourced payroll and HR technology solutions company, Checkdate Solutions, in 1994. Dan Cooper co-founded ej4, a video-based online training company, in 2003, and was its CEO until selling in 2012.

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Leadership Matters – We Must Build Capacity

The Practical Leader

New world, new leadership skills : Technological change, globalization, workforce internationalization, flatter organizations, economic uncertainty, and changing employee and customer expectations are only some of the changes that demand a whole new set of leadership skills and competencies.

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Silver Linings for 2012

Harvard Business Review

And I predict that leaders who get the whole story, and act on it, will reap unexpectedly better workplace morale in 2012, despite all the uncertainty and volatility of the global economic realities. His firm grew explosively during the 90s and right up through 2008, constructing offices and high-end homes for the technological elite.

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What Happens to Mental Health at Work When Our Devices Know How We Feel?

Harvard Business Review

One recent global research survey of employee assistance programs found that, combined, employee anxiety, stress, and depression accounted for over 80% of all emotional health cases in 2014, compared with 55% in 2012. But as wearable and mobile technology becomes more attuned to our moods, will that still be true?

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