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LEARN to be that Somebody

General Leadership

Throughout my own career I have made it a priority to seek out bosses, coworkers, mentors and assignments that would help me grow. When Jorge Mario Bergoglio was selected as the 266th pope of the Catholic Church in early 2013 he immediately showed the world his leadership style would be different than those before him.

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Recommended Resources – AMA Business Boot Camp

Strategy Driven

AMA Business Boot Camp : Management and Leadership Fundamentals That Will See You Successfully Through Your Career. Reilly is a reader’s digest of fundamental management and leadership skills. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. edited by Edward T. About the Book. Benefits of Using this Book.

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Recommended Resources – AMA Business Boot Camp

Strategy Driven

AMA Business Boot Camp : Management and Leadership Fundamentals That Will See You Successfully Through Your Career. Reilly is a reader’s digest of fundamental management and leadership skills. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. edited by Edward T. About the Book. Benefits of Using this Book.

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Six Paradoxes Women Leaders Face in 2013

Harvard Business Review

Easing into the New Year, one big hope we have for 2013 is that women continue to bridge the gender gap in terms of pay equality and access to leadership positions. But career choice does not fully explain The Pay Paradox. Unfortunately, it also leads many of us wonder if the struggle for career parity is truly worth it.

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Why Women Stay Out of the Spotlight at Work

Harvard Business Review

Yet when women try to make themselves more visible, they can face backlash for violating expectations about how women should behave, and risk losing their hard-won career gains. In 2013 we embedded ourselves in a women’s professional development program at a large nonprofit organization in the U.S. to find out.

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Why Women Stay Out of the Spotlight at Work

Harvard Business Review

Yet when women try to make themselves more visible, they can face backlash for violating expectations about how women should behave, and risk losing their hard-won career gains. In 2013 we embedded ourselves in a women’s professional development program at a large nonprofit organization in the U.S. to find out.

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14 Principles that Made Amazon

Skip Prichard

Steve Anderson spent his career in the insurance industry focused on risk and business growth. Failure comes part and parcel with invention” (Bezos 2013 letter). As you studied Jeff Bezos, his letters, and Amazon, what struck you in terms of his leadership style that others should emulate? Jeff Bezos.

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