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First Look: Leadership Books for February 2024

Leading Blog

We've traveled far and fast from the old world of business ethics, where black-and-white concerns about bribery and fraud could be addressed via rules and processes. And sit with an accomplished surgeon as he tries, and fails, to convince yet another cancer patient to opt for the less risky course of treatment.

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Charge Forth With Confidence: Exploring Power in the Workplace

HR Digest

Despite feeling like followers rather than doers, however, there are many different types of power in a workspace that allow for each employee to showcase their authority in innovative ways. Power can be defined as “the capacity or ability to direct or influence the behaviors of others or the course of events.”

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Are We More Likely To Trust Machines With Private Information Than Humans?

The Horizons Tracker

“For people who did not believe in the machine heuristic, it didn’t make a difference whether the travel agent was a machine or a human.” ” Of course, such inherent trust needn’t be used for nefarious ends, and the authors highlight how it could help developers create more user-friendly applications.

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Employee Recognition Ideas

Chart Your Course

Throughout the year employees nominate each other for five award categories: leadership, quality improvement, innovation, community involvement, etc. Join us for this 60-minute webinar where you and your colleagues will discover: Strategies to Boost Morale and Work Ethic Among the Front-Line Staff. Schreiber Foods, Inc.

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Employee Recognition Ideas

Chart Your Course

Throughout the year employees nominate each other for five award categories: leadership, quality improvement, innovation, community involvement, etc. Join us for this 60-minute webinar where you and your colleagues will discover: Strategies to Boost Morale and Work Ethic Among the Front-Line Staff. Schreiber Foods, Inc.

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The Transformational Leader: Compass to a New World, part 1

Strategy Driven

Just as the courageous, skillful sea captain of long ago took up a compass, charted a course, and led others across the unknown, so must today’s captains of business and industry. Innovate and build products and services customers love to use. How well do you know your employees’ skills, work ethic, and willingness to embrace change?

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What U2 and the US Navy Have in Common: Connecting with Core Employees

Michael Lee Stallard

In addition to the negative impact on decision-making, diminished communications from the lack of connection reduces the marketplace of ideas inside the organization, which in turn reduces innovation. Over the course of 2009, I (Michael) met with and interviewed Admiral Clark and several of the Naval officers who reported to him.

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