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Where Fox News & CNN Both Failed

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Yesterday, Fox News TV fired Tucker Carlson and CNN fired Don Lemon. Both were leading TV personalities for their respective networks. Both decisions surprised their colleagues, media experts, and viewers. Neither company immediately explained the logic for these critical leadership decisions. Nature abhors a vacuum ― Aristotle In failing to explain their decisions, both Fox and CNN gave opponents all the fuel necessary to flame the fires of their opinions and misinformation.

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What Will You Stand For?

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What will you stand for? What will you stand for? A little story of one time I made a stand, paid the price, then reaped the reward… If looks could kill, the CIO would have assassinated me on the spot. “If you stand for nothing, you will fall for anything.” I was done falling for anything. The CIO had a large ego and surrounded himself with yes men and (very few) women.

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Training Program ROI Calculators – New Resource Available

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Do you need to calculate the Return On Investment (ROI) for your leadership development program? Then we have the tools for you. These tools make it easier than ever to forecast the anticipated benefits of leadership training. The four leadership development program benefit calculators use several research studies to make your ROI clear. The four Leadership Development Program ROI Calculators are based on the following benefits: Simple (ROI) Model Talent Acquisition Reducing Turnover Productivit

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Scott Adams Racist Rant: 5 Lessons for Every HR Professional & Business Leader

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When Scott Adams , creator of the popular comic Dilbert, went on a horrifically racist rant recently, many people were shocked. As a result, most major media outlets carrying the comic dropped his work. From this incident, Human Resource professionals and business leaders should take away 5 important lessons: A lack of diversity results in group think Diversity should extend well beyond the workplace Immediately disavow racism and racists in and beyond your organization Own your failures and apo

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Leadership Lessons in Southwest Airline’s Fall From Grace

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There are leadership lessons in Southwest Airline’s fall from grace. The company has been a servant-leadership darling since it’s inception and co-founder Herb Kelleher applied the principles for decades before stepping down as CEO in 2001. Often, following transitions in leadership, the principles of the predecessor are abandoned. However, internal successors were found and they retained servant-leadership principles for many years.

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How to Celebrate and Motivate Your Team at an End of Year Event

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Do you want to celebrate and motivate your team at an end-of-year celebration, a new year kickoff, or both? These events can be tricky. However, if you plan it right, your team can be encouraged by results and excited for new challenges. My (much) better half and I recently attended the I Am Academy Black Gala Masquerade. This served as an end-of-year celebration, non-profit fundraiser, and new year kickoff.

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Black Eye for FIFA Leadership: Enabling Hate Over Love

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FIFA Referee Gives Shocking Yellow Card VALENCIA, SPAIN - SEP 19: Felix Brych shows a yellow card at the UCL match between Valencia CF and Juventus FC at Mestalla on September 19, 2018 in Valencia, Spain. FIFA just threatened to penalize any team wearing an armband showing support for LGBTQ and other marginalized communities in the World Cup. This is a black eye to FIFA and the global soccer community.