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Why Is Dignity the Essential Role for Leaders in Highly Charged Emotional Events?

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The most common and consistent leadership failure I have observed in the workplace is when executives dismiss a negative reaction to a policy decision by subordinates as “ just emotional.” . The implication is that there is no rational basis for their discontent; therefore there is no reason to re-think the policy.

Policies 165
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Violent Leadership

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Political policies and mandates. Be a force for change, disrupt, innovate, energize. Ferocious competition. Technological advances. Generational differences. Cultural diversity. Economic uncertainty. Constant change. . These are the facts of business today.

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Lead with Humility

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For business leaders, this means never use your position of leader for selfish reasons, to make yourself accessible to your employees with either an open door policy or a cubicle instead of an office, and to stop excessive, needless spending at the office on items like lunches at expensive restaurants and extravagant holiday parties.

Open-book 157
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Hiding Your True Self at Work

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The authors hope their research will encourage the general public to be accepting of people with diverse backgrounds and become allies to them and encourage employers to implement policies that foster a positive organizational culture. . "I All of these measures will continue to change the landscape and diversity of our workforce." .

Diversity 121
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Structural Economic Shift and Unemployment

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If the problem were a lack of demand, policies that boost demand--fiscal stimulus, aggressive monetary policy--would help. A big chunk of current unemployment is structural, not cyclical: resurgent demand won't make it go away. But if unemployment is mainly structural, there's little we can do about it.

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Gay Executive Silence

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Brooke, a global vice chair of public policy, some top executives are tiptoeing out of the closet about their sexuality. So last year, while preaching openness in a company-sponsored video for the "It Gets Better" campaign , she rewrote the script. I'm gay," she said, looking straight into the camera. Like 53-year-old Ms.

Execution 102
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Leaders have Freedom to Transform Education

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They''re bad because they''re secondhand goals, defined for you by policy makers and test developers. Cage-busting requires clarity on what you''re trying to do and what you think a great school or school system looks like. Saying "Raise test scores" or "Make AYP" are bad responses here.

Education 112