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December 2015 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the December 2015 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! David shares, “Debra Jason gives us the Eight Secrets for Succeeding in Business along with amazing practical advice that let you grow your business today in her book Millionaire Marketing On a Shoestring Budget. Let’s Get Started.

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Society Needs a Leadership Paradigm Shift

Leading Blog

But what has become abundantly clear is that disregarding the science of leaders’ character has led to incredible dysfunction for organizations and society as a whole. The anatomy of character explains the persistence of toxicity in organizations — and these are matters of character, not matters of competence.

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The Support That Helps Refugees Find Work

The Horizons Tracker

The challenges refugees face in the labor market are well known, whether due to a lack of connections, an unfamiliarity with how labor markets work, or the unrecognized status of their credentials. Between them, these countries received nearly 2 million asylum applications between 2015 and 2018.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2015

Leading Blog

It is a way of thinking about people that applies to any organization. Team Genius : The New Science of High-Performing Organizations by Rich Karlgaard and Michael S. Frequently unconventional, the ideas do resonate and beg to be tried in your organization. Lean is a culture. It’s not a directive. It’s a way of thinking.

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How Operational Excellence Attracts and Retains Talents

Strategy Driven

The Significance of Talent in Modern Business High performers are crucial to any organization’s success. Gallup reported that over 50% of employees surveyed in 2015 were not engaged, and 17.2% Market Reputation : Operational excellence contributes to a positive market reputation. were actively disengaged.

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3 Reasons to Automate Your Business in 2015

Strategy Driven

But we’ve got some thoughts on why you should at least consider ways to automate business processes in your organization and be more efficient in 2015. Then go forth and do more in 2015. You just finished reading 3 Reasons to Automate Your Business in 2015 ! Reason 1: To Err is Human. It’s Also Expensive.

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Innovation Relies Upon Cooperation With External Partners

The Horizons Tracker

The last decade has seen a gradual rise in the practice of open innovation, such that recent data suggested nearly all organizations engage in at least some form of it. The researchers compiled survey data from 2015 and 2018, with the surveys measuring innovation activity in manufacturing companies across Russia. .

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