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Using Underdog Narratives To Motivate Teams

The Horizons Tracker

Using the underdog Research from the USF Muma College of Business explores how the approach can play out and whether there are any potential potholes for managers to keep in mind. ” Fighting spirit For instance, consider Apple’s situation in 2001 just before launching the iPod, when the company was facing difficult times.

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Leaders Make Values Visible

Marshall Goldsmith

” There is an implicit hope that when people – especially managers – hear great words, they will start to exhibit great behavior. Enron is a great example. Before the energy conglomerate’s collapse in 2001, I had the opportunity to review Enron’s values. It didn’t really matter.

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Servant Leaders Outperform Because They Connect

Michael Lee Stallard

Here’s an example of a servant leader that brings the force of connection to life. Within a matter of hours following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, aircraft carriers, Aegis destroyers, and cruisers were in position to protect America’s shores. Retired CNO Admiral Vern Clark was formerly the chief of the U.S.

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Veterans Among the Best Civilian Leaders

Strategy Driven

What’s more, military personnel have soft skills that the private sector also values, problem solving, team building, crisis management, dealing with ambiguity, collaboration, and creative thinking among them. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate for this most recent group of transitioning service members is 5.8

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What U2 and the US Navy Have in Common: Connecting with Core Employees

Michael Lee Stallard

Leaders consciously or unconsciously lump employees into three categories: the “stars” consisting of those in management as well high potential employees, the much larger “core” made up of solid contributors, and the rest, employees whose contributions and fit with the organization are questionable. Connecting the U.S. Day in America.

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Five House Rules for Managing Risky Behavior

Harvard Business Review

As a recent example, a simple background check would have saved the Yahoo board the trouble of ousting Scott Thompson , the company's fourth CEO in five years, because he falsely claimed a computer science degree. a survey indicated that fewer than 60% of the Secret Service personnel said they would report ethical misconduct.

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More of Us Are Working in Big Bureaucratic Organizations than Ever Before

Harvard Business Review

Writing for the Harvard Business Review in 1988, Peter Drucker predicted that in 20 years the average organization would have slashed the number of management layers by half and shrunk its managerial ranks by two-thirds. Between 1983 and 2014, the number of managers, supervisors and support staff in the U.S. in 2001 to 16% in 2015.