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Should a Woman Act More Like a Man to Succeed at Work?

Great Leadership By Dan

New DDI research explores leadership differences between men and women and makes the case for gender diversity in the workplace. DDI’s High-Resolution Leadership study reviewed true assessment data from 10,000 global leaders and found no difference in the battle of the sexes for leadership skills. Wellins, Ph.D.,

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Leading Job Growth in the Digital Economy

Harvard Business Review

In most countries, both developed and developing, private employment and median family income have stopped growing at the same pace as labor productivity and real GDP per capita—mostly due, they argue, to technological advances. With the right leadership, I think so. So what are we to do? Can other countries follow this model?

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The Case for Investing More in People

Harvard Business Review

In the decade between 2005 and 2015, labor productivity in the US as measured by GDP per labor hour was less than 1% for 7 of the 10 years, according to the OECD. Managed by Q, a cleaning and office services company in New York City, decided to pay employees higher wages than the prevailing market rate. And wages are stagnant.

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The One Type of Leader Who Can Turn Around a Failing School

Harvard Business Review

Soldiers like efficiency and order. By background they are normally Information Technology or Chemistry teachers (95% in our study), who have often moved out of the classroom to manage support staff early in their career. In a profession that prioritizes teaching and often thinks schools can’t, or shouldn’t, be managed.

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The New New International Economic Order

Harvard Business Review

There is a much more important change in the global distribution of power underway, and the play for leadership of the World Bank signals that emerging markets will be increasingly bold in asserting their views about the management of the global economy. And apparently not in the fight over leadership of the World Bank.

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If You Were the Next Steve Jobs.

Harvard Business Review

Until you ask yourself: how often, despite billions spent on "service," "creativity," "innovation," "changing the game," "motivation," "leadership," and assorted other magical buzzword-incantations, has something like the preceding happened to you, anywhere — ever? Now, this might sound entirely trivial. So what was James getting?

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One (Relatively) Easy Way to Improve U.S. Health Care: Expand Medicare Advantage

Harvard Business Review

GDP spent on health care continues to rise, reaching 17.9% From the beginning, if a hospital was efficient in a low-cost market, the Medicare payments were much lower than those made to high-cost inefficient hospitals in high-cost markets. There is no evidence, however, that bigger means higher-quality, more-efficient care.).