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February 2015 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

It seems that sports frequently provides an opportunity for leadership analogies! Beth Miller of Executive Velocity submitted If You Aren’t Revisiting Your Employees’ Goals, How Are You Helping Them Grow? Beth writes, “Organizations often have to shift their goals due to the rapidly changing landscape.

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The Ultimate Corporate Retreat Guide: 24 Destination Ideas and Tips

HR Digest

Whether it’s learning new skills or simply taking time to reflect on their work and career goals, a retreat can help your employees grow personally and professionally. Here are a few tips to help you choose the right location for your company’s retreat: Determine your goals. Focus on professional development?

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Dilbert Got it Wrong - The Truth about Empowerment

Building Personal Strength

It means giving people everything they need to do their best work - things like tools, equipment, supplies, technology, transportation, facilities, communication, personnel, information, and time. Focus on their personal goals, values, needs, interests, etc. True empowerment involves a lot more than giving away authority.

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When Roads Are Closed for Marathons, More Elderly People Die of Heart Attacks

Harvard Business Review

Our goal was to determine whether the road closures and traffic disruptions that occur during marathons could adversely affect elderly patients (not participating in marathons) trying to get to the hospital. We studied Medicare hospitalization data and ambulance transportation data from 11 U.S. of them died).

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NYC Transit Strike: Could Women Do Better?

Women's Leadership Exchange

The suburban railways that continue to run are overflowing and creating dangerous situations with people trying to find alternate transportation. So let's forget the sports metaphors and ask the question again, "Could women do better?" And it's freezing!!! Not only are people's livelihoods at risk, their lives are at risk.

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Why It’s Fair to Save a Parking Spot – For a Price

Harvard Business Review

Examples of this are in-demand sporting or music events that are routinely resold at higher prices through the scalper market. I don’t think so – I vote for jacking up meter prices and investing in public transportation improvements. Disruptive innovation Tech industry Transportation' A $3 fee secures, for instance, $1.25

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Pricing Lessons From the London Olympics

Harvard Business Review

The committee organizing the London 2012 Olympic Games faced an extraordinary business challenge: How to price 8 million tickets in a way that allows equitable access to 26 sporting events, meets revenue and attendance targets, and adheres to the explicit social objective of making the Olympiad "Everybody's Games.". Be proactive.

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