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Insights for the Class of 2024

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton Graduates, as you start to search for a job, I want to share some guidance about how to choose an organization that aligns with your values to enhance your work experience and likelihood of success.

Class 195
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Top of the class: How better management boosts education

Chartered Management Institute

And their parent body is on side as well, so they’re managing all those stakeholders.” From 2017–2023, an average 30% of UK schools and colleges received an Ofsted rating of “inadequate” or “requires improvement” for their leadership and management. But if those are the “very best schools”, what of the rest?

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Culture is the Way: 5 Steps to Building a World-Class Culture

Leading Blog

Whether an organization has a world-class culture or a toxic one, its future depends on how much attention and focus it puts on growing its culture,” writes Matt Mayberry, the author of Culture is the Way: How Leaders at Every Level Build an Organization for Speed, Impact, and Excellence. Everyone must see the culture in the same way.

Class 326
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How Social Class Affects Entrepreneurship

The Horizons Tracker

One of the soldiers remarked that they had managed to make a successful return to base upon finding a map. Those who are born in upper-class echelons are likely to remain in the upper class, and high-earning entrepreneurs disproportionately originate from highly educated, well-to-do families,” the researchers explain.

Class 100
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Social Class In The C-Suite

The Horizons Tracker

It’s fair to say that class plays a significant role in whether people get into the C-suite or not. Indeed, research shows that workers from working-class backgrounds are over 30% less likely to be recruited into a managerial role than their middle-class peers.

Class 106
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Overcoming The Class Ceiling At Work

The Horizons Tracker

A couple of years ago I wrote about the value of having a workforce with a high degree of class diversity. This is far from easy to achieve, however, not least as Yale research shows that class bias can emerge as soon as we open our mouths. Overcoming the class ceiling. ” Emerging early. Advantages beget advantages.

Class 137
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Strategic Leadership 2021: Lessons from Strategy Class

Lead Change Blog

When I taught a college course in strategic management, the notion of strategy as a fluid process rather than a static document created confusion for some of my students. The post Strategic Leadership 2021: Lessons from Strategy Class appeared first on Lead Change.

Class 270