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Unexpected Leadership Lessons that Mobsters Can Teach Lawful Leaders

Leading Blog

We discovered through a rigorous analysis applying 70 years of Nobel-prize winning economics that Mobsters have leadership teams and structures that enable their success despite continuous efforts to disrupt them. Relentless offers five transformative leadership lessons that leadership training programs must incorporate and promote.

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How External Board Evaluation Can Support Board of Director Recruitment

N2Growth Blog

The truth is that bringing on a new board director can be powerful and transformative because they will reshape the composition of the board, bring new skills to the boardroom, and has the potential to contribute diverse insights that pull the organization’s future forward.

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Using Underdog Narratives To Motivate Teams

The Horizons Tracker

The use of underdog narratives is a popular leadership tactic that has been proven effective in motivating teams and organizations. Leaders in various industries, such as telecommunications and sports, often employ these narratives to create a compelling story of overcoming adversity and achieving success against the odds.

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The Optimal Margin of Illusion

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Robert Bruce Shaw : Research into the psychology of leadership highlights the benefit of being more confident than you should be. The above approaches will help you identify and manage the blindspots that all of us have. Robert holds a Ph.D. degree in organizational behavior from Yale University.

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StrategyDriven Welcomes Ruth Todd, PhD

Strategy Driven

A highly experienced nuclear power consultant, Ruth leads StrategyDriven's information technology and cyber security services. "We nuclear power plants report operational performance and event related information that is then securely transmitted to the appropriate regulatory and industry oversight organizations.

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Thoughts That Make You Go Hmmm on…. the Power of Expectations

The Practical Leader

That positive expectation proved powerful: The LPs began to do better on every front, receiving fewer punishments, showing better overall performance, even improving their personal appearance. “Time and time again, studies have shown that manager’ expectations have profound effect on the productivity of their staff.

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The Danger of Denial

Marshall Goldsmith

In the 1980s, I appeared on a videotape that was widely distributed as part of a leadership development course for IBM managers. On the tape, I suggested that small computers – more powerful than existing mainframes – would soon be on desktops everywhere and that they would cost less than $5,000. He’s right.