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November 2020 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the November 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Development. Business leaders need to embrace the ideals of social entrepreneurs.

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March 2020 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the March 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Beverly Crowell of Designed Learning shared Developing Flawless Clients. Development.

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The Importance Of Place For Entrepreneurship

The Horizons Tracker

Location plays such a fundamental role because so much of our social capital is location specific. So-called regional social capital emerges from the repeated interactions we have via voluntary associations, such as professional associations. Social capital. Bringing people together.

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Encouraging Rural Entrepreneurship

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Encouraging rural entrepreneurship is commonly seen as crucial to help areas develop. A recent study from the University of Texas at Arlington explores how it can be encouraged in rural Texas. The authors propose that fostering entrepreneurship represents a viable avenue for driving economic growth in rural regions.

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Is There A Sweet Spot For Digital Connectivity To Work After Hours?

The Horizons Tracker

After a month had passed, they then completed a questionnaire that was designed to measure social capital development at work. The results suggest that after-hours connectivity can help to develop more social capital, and therefore improve the performance levels of employees, but this only works up to a point.

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Do We Prefer Our Colleagues To Be Friendly Than Competent?

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There was a particular focus given to the signaling of human capital, which is concerned with their competence and ability to do tasks well, and also their social capital, which concerns itself with things like one’s trustworthiness and friendliness.

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The Challenges Immigrant Entrepreneurs Face

The Horizons Tracker

There are particular weaknesses, for instance, in the generation of the social capital that is so important to startup success. Other institutions could also do more to help immigrant entrepreneurs develop the social capital they will need to succeed. Making improvements.