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Favorites of 2012: Images Used in Team Building, Leadership, Innovation Workshops & Speeches

Mike Cardus

With the end of the year approaching, this week is great to share some of my favorites of 2012. Favorite Images Used in Workshops and Speeches 2012. With more travel, conferences and organization development, team development, consulting and coaching work supplied me with more ideas and inspiration to work with.

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The May, 2012 Leadership Development Carnival

Great Leadership By Dan

I once heard Tom Peters saying that if you are a business traveler, you learn the most not from the corporate executives but from the cab drivers. In this post, the author discusses problems with the my way or the highway mentality and introduces ways for leaders to avoid stifling creativity and innovation in those they lead.

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Shutting Schools Can Accelerate The Gentrification Of Black Neighborhoods

The Horizons Tracker

The authors explain that school closures are often framed in terms of their impact on the education of students, who are forced to travel to other schools and often suffer from larger class sizes. The researchers combined several national datasets to understand the impact every urban school closure had between 2000 and 2012.

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Leading in a New Direction - 3 Techniques for Thinking up New Business Ideas

Great Leadership By Dan

Here's a guest post from entrepreneur Duncan Murtagh," an Irishman living in Taiwan, who has been to New Hampshire several times": How can we move past the tough times of 2011 to a more profitable 2012? Renters will travel to a central location where DVDs are stored -renters will come to the DVDs. ?

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Leadership Lessons from Outward Bound

Skip Prichard

This project was born out of a workshop created by Kohler called “Innovation for Good,” which provides associates with the opportunity to harness their individual skills and collective knowledge to make the world a better place. I would rediscover this when I joined the leadership team of The Grappone Automotive Group in 2012.

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The Aim Should be the Best Life – Not Work v. Life Balance

Curious Cat

The desire for a life embedded in other cultures and for travel drove decisions about work. Hunter: An Innovator and Catalyst for Quality Improvement. We took the summer on the way to Nigeria traveling in the UK and East Africa and on the way back from Nigeria traveling through Europe. outside of work.

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China’s Economy, in Six Charts

Harvard Business Review

Its gross domestic product has surged from less than $150 billion in 1978 to $8,227 billion in 2012 (see “China’s GDP” chart below). percentage points in 2003-2012. Since China opened up, the nation has travelled through different stages of development. China, too, needs more technological innovation.

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