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

Michael Lee Stallard

Stars typically feel connected to the organization because they have power or influence. 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. U2’s mission is to improve the world through its music and influence.

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The Swedish CEO Who Runs His Company Like a CrossFit Gym

Harvard Business Review

This hasn’t gone unnoticed by some leaders, and a new generation of CEOs taking a cue from this last bastion of the Protestant work ethic. But are Bunge and other like-minded fitness executives really correct to assume that office work is comparable to sports, or that they can positively influence one another?

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Women in Power: Leadership Differences By Gender

Women on Business

A few of the most important and valuable leadership traits are: honesty, intelligence, work ethic, decisiveness, ambition, compassion, and creativeness. Women exceeded men on three transformational scales: the attributes version of idealized influence, inspirational motivation, and individualized consideration. 2001, December).

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Lessons to be Learned from the Enron Scandal

Strategy Driven

The Enron scandals of 2001 and 2002 focused only upon cooked books audit committees and deal making. Enron did not demand enough accountability, fairness, ethics and operational autonomy from its outside auditor. Corporate arrogance and ego, based upon power and influence (as well as money). Executives never stayed long.

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Research: Opposition to Federal Spending Is Driven by Racial Resentment

Harvard Business Review

We began by calculating each state’s ratio of spending to taxes, dividing the average amount of federal money received by each state per year from 2001 to 2010 by the average taxes paid by each state per year over that decade. We tackled this puzzle by first analyzing noneconomic influences on individuals’ fiscal attitudes.