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Never Say Never: The Importance of Word Choice in Leadership Communication

Leading Blog

For example, “Pat is just our assistant,” “You need to just figure it out,” or “Just wondering if you’ve looked at the proposal.” Ethic, cultural, racial, or religious idioms that were accepted and used in the past may no longer be appropriate today. This word becomes problematic when we use it in the context of people.

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Trust Is Key For Performance Management When Working Remotely

The Horizons Tracker

New research from Lynda Gratton’s consultancy firm HSM highlights how important it is for this new world of work to be viewed as just and equitable. It sees the legal, social, and business literature assessed to try and propose a new model that fairly compensates us for any work we do outside of traditional hours.

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The Leadership Lab

Coaching Tip

Based on consultations and interviews with hundreds of global leaders from business and government, and highlighted with the authors' insights and thought leadership; the book holds that today's leaders need to develop 'situational fluency' with the technical, cultural, economic and geopolitical world in which they work.

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14 Leadership Studies – Quick Overview of Leadership

CO2

That’s the basis behind this early 20th century theory proposed by Thomas Carlyle. Likert proposed several types of leadership styles including exploitative authoritative, benevolent authoritative, consultative, and participative. GREAT MAN THEORY. Do you believe that some people are just born to lead? Rensis Likert in 1967.

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The January 2013 Leadership Development Carnival: Best of 2012 Edition

Great Leadership By Dan

This is my favorite because it addresses fear, a huge negative (and silent) driver that keeps leaders from speaking up against injustice, lack of ethics, morality issues and other things that damage individuals and people in our organizations. He proposed 6 things we must do to "be" a genuine leader.". We can't simply act the part.

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The 7 Most Common Negotiating Mistakes

Strategy Driven

They can be modified if you simply propose an ethical, viable and mutually beneficial alternative solution. Much useful information can be gleaned during casual conversation, including what they value in life, what motivates them, what annoys them, their ethics, etc. However, even rules are negotiable! Get personal.

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The Ethics of Using Paid Content in Journalism

Harvard Business Review

But what are the ethical lines this paid-for content should not cross? The public relations and communications company Edelman definitely has a horse in this race, but it has issued a useful paper on the relationship of paid content and journalism, which ends with "An Ethical Framework" that makes some unexpected points.

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