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Unexpected Leadership Lessons that Mobsters Can Teach Lawful Leaders

Leading Blog

L EADERSHIP is a broad term, and it applies to those who you might not have a positive perception of — including mobsters. All organizations, lawful and unlawful, face the same corporate governance problem: how to attract, retain, and motivate a self-interested workforce to achieve the organization’s mission and strategy.

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Where Will You Be in Five Years?

Harvard Business Review

Saying you want P&L responsibility in five years when you have no such ambitions may land you the job, but ultimately will you be happy? Case Study #1: Know where you thrive. My motivation in taking this job was to work alongside and learn from Dennis." Case Study #2: Be honest about the future.

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Three Diversity "Best Practices" That Hurt Women

Harvard Business Review

This is not the best motivator of men that I know. Our annual Global Gender balance Scorecard shows that 63% of the women sitting on Executive Committees of the top 100 US companies are in support functions, not P&L roles. This election has just given us a case study of the tangible returns of gender bilingualism.