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Should a Woman Act More Like a Man to Succeed at Work?

Great Leadership By Dan

New DDI research explores leadership differences between men and women and makes the case for gender diversity in the workplace. DDI’s High-Resolution Leadership study reviewed true assessment data from 10,000 global leaders and found no difference in the battle of the sexes for leadership skills.

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Case Study: The Expat Dilemma

Harvard Business Review

As the senior HR executive in charge of managing overseas assignments, Anton Danois made a point of spending time with Streuvels Chemicals' expatriate employees and their families. But managing European chemical plants was what he knew best, not overseeing an international mobility department. An expat in the Labyrinth.".

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Sears Has Come Back from the Brink Before

Harvard Business Review

This is disturbing coming from a company so adept at cutting-edge customer analytics that it’s selling analytics services and has refused to divulge the names of its tech staff at Hadoop conferences to prevent them from being poached. Competition Leadership Retail' A company’s age may count against it, but it’s no guarantee of failure.

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The Big Picture of Business – Achieving the Best by Preparing for the Worst: Lessons Learned from High-Profile Crises, part 4 of 4

Strategy Driven

My client (a different chemical company) later had a similar explosion. At a later news conference, OSHA announced that it was assessing its smallest fine, as a result of the forthright way in which my client had handled the crisis. This causes loss of employee morale and, as a result, company productivity. Running the business.

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How Learning and Development Are Becoming More Agile

Harvard Business Review

Each year 40 high potential young leaders from around the globe come together and work in teams on projects like “How do we grow our business in the chemicals industry?” When treated as a full member of the team, rather than as outsiders, the productivity and satisfaction of the freelancer grows, as does project performance.