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The Unspoken Role of Confidence in Leadership

Great Leadership By Dan

The latter, because of its lack of position power, implies the ability to influence without it. An even better distinction comes in the differences between transactional and transformational leadership – a term brought to prominence by James McGregor Burns in the political sphere and then adopted in business.

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The Impact Of Leaders On Personal Transformation

Tanveer Naseer

The term was coined by James McGregor Burns, the Pulitzer Prize winning author and historian. For example, consider the story of a middle manager whose boss, one of the most respected people in the company, gave him some tough feedback that most people wouldn’t have the courage to give.

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Could Target Have Prevented Its Security Breach?

Harvard Business Review

In any case, the inaction allowed what''s described as "absolutely unsophisticated and uninteresting" malicious code to wreak havoc on the company''s reputation and customers'' lives. There may have been some skepticism about the system, because it was new to Target.