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Traditional male-dominated careers still find few takers in women

HR Digest

Sports and associated careers. There are more female athletes and member representatives in sports bodies and associations, but these are just token representation or an anomaly, it is still not the general rule. Of course, women’s basketball, football, and similar leagues have women administrators and coaches.

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Why Leaders Need to Think More Like Professional Gamblers

Leading Blog

We tend to see situations in one of two ways: either events are certain and can, therefore, be managed by planning, investment, and reliable budgets; or they are uncertain, and we cannot manage them. Ankersen’s insight was this: soccer is one of the world’s unfairest sports. Let’s consider a few examples.

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Highlights – 27 March

Chartered Management Institute

Article: Highlights – 27 March Wednesday 27 March 2024 Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email Why the trend of ‘Quit-Tok’ is a viral wake-up call for managers. Ann Francke astutely highlights why managers need to be paying attention, far beyond any dopamine or distraction.

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Situational Leadership®: Strong Management and the Employee Experience

The Center For Leadership Studies

This is a challenging decision for most 17- to 18-year-old kids that I believe is made more difficult if the kid in question aspires to play a sport professionally. the same courses that professional golfers played on the PGA Tour). Situational Leadership ® is a language of performance management. Regular Coaching and Feedback.

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Mastering your Inner Game of Leadership

Great Leadership By Dan

But in the very best leaders McClelland discovered three critical characteristics that acted as controls on their use of power and control that made all the difference – greater emotional maturity, high self-management and a participative, coaching leadership style (think of great professional sports coaches).

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Can Phil Jackson Build “the Yankees of Basketball”?

Michael Lee Stallard

Will Jackson end his career in a blaze of glory or will the Knicks and New York City reduce him to smoldering ashes? Over the course of eight years, the Chicago Bulls won six world championship titles. Furthermore, he will try to build more than a great team. In his new role, he is responsible for building a broader organization.

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How Great Leaders Simplify Decision-Making (And Just Get Stuff Done)

Terry Starbucker

Back in 1987, when I was hired by Jack Kent Cooke at the ripe young age of 27 to be the COO of a cable TV company, he wasted very little time to initiate me into the world of executive management. At the time Cooke was a very successful serial entrepreneur, in the media and sports arenas. Which one will you be?”. Decision made.

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