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19 Key Leadership Competencies & Behaviors from 29 Top Experts

Miles Anthony Smith

The most successful leaders I know are lifelong learners, open to new innovative ideas, they read the latest books, they are willing to explore and experience self-awareness and they use good accredited coach to support them in their successful leadership journey. Any other leadership advice you recommend for leading well?

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Workers, Take Off Your Headphones

Harvard Business Review

A drain on innovation. Headphones can operate as a visual "do not disturb, I'm working" signal for employees who, in open-plan offices, need solitude in order to execute their work. Something to think about before you decide to limit social chit-chat or put those headphones back on. Is there an upside?

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The Real Reasons Companies Are So Focused on the Short Term

Harvard Business Review

Some argue that profits are stagnant because of short-termism—that decades of focusing on current profits over long-run innovativeness has resulted, now, in companies that are hollowed out. One trend that has contributed to short-termism and lower innovativeness is the increased prevalence of outside CEOs.