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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. Bono calls it “the spark.”

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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

As women progressively enter leadership roles and management positions in organizations that traditionally used to be held by men, many pose questions about leadership styles and gender. A few of the most important and valuable leadership traits are: honesty, intelligence, work ethic, decisiveness, ambition, compassion, and creativeness.

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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. It was very ‘old school’ (a management style that was 40 years obsolete), though it pretended to be ‘new school.’ It charged too much money and got away with it (because mid-managers but brand names of firms).