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Hot Seat: Jeff Immelt at GE

Leading Blog

I N SEPTEMBER 2001, Jack Welch was a tough act to follow. And in 2001, the economic tailwinds that Welch enjoyed were about to shift. Much of what needed to be done at GE were long-term propositions. Immelt states in Hot Seat: What I Learned Leading a Great American Company : The best leaders absorb fear.

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Leadership Lessons in Southwest Airline’s Fall From Grace

Modern Servant Leader

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. In servant-leadership terms, this is a failure of the principle, THOROUGHNESS. To be thorough means putting long-term results ahead of short-term gains.

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Researchers Are Encouraged To Produce Quantity Rather Than Quality Research

The Horizons Tracker

The study shows that ahead of each REF deadline in the analyzed period (1996, 2001, 2008, and 2014), UK researchers produced a significantly higher number of papers. However, these tended to be published in lower-impact journals, which resulted in fewer citations and a higher likelihood of retraction. .”

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Leadership Lessons in Southwest Airline’s Fall From Grace

Modern Servant Leader

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. In servant-leadership terms, this is a failure of the principle, THOROUGHNESS. To be thorough means putting long-term results ahead of short-term gains.

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Using AI To Better Manage A City’s Waste

The Horizons Tracker

Recent research from the University of Johannesburg explores how AI can give waste managers a helping hand in forecasting the landfill requirements of their city in the medium to long-term. million between 1996 and 2001. The researchers used machine learning to forecast solid waste in a large African city. million to 3.22

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The Rise In Portfolio Careers

The Horizons Tracker

Once upon a time the portfolio career was seen as pretty sexy and came to typify the “free agent nation” spoken about by Dan Pink way back in 2001. But this status offers no protection and – in the long term – it is disastrous, both for workers and for society as a whole.”.

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Generational Differences in the Workplace: Understanding and Embracing Generational Diversity

HR Digest

Baby Boomers are also known for their loyalty to their employers and tend to stay with the same company for long periods. Generation Z (2001-2020) The youngest generation in the workforce, Generation Z, is just beginning to enter the workforce. They value hard work and dedication and tend to be more competitive than other generations.