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How To Lead Through Personal Tragedy

Lead Change Blog

In 2015, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s husband died unexpectedly. The enormity of being in leadership itself can be stressful. What culminated in the time afterwards was an incredible story of leading while suffering a personal tragedy. I myself have been through such times.

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Be a Millenial Who Shines at Work

Nathan Magnuson

2015 was a big year for Millenials. workforce in 2015. I recently shared my thoughts on Eric Jacobson’s leadership website about how managers can engage their Millenial employees. Don’t change your mindset, but take the time to listen and ask questions before proposing sweeping changes in new environments.

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Challenging Thought-Terminating Clichés: Strategies for Organizational Change

Mike Cardus

Drawing inspiration from metaphorical applications of guerrilla warfare and coup d’état strategies, this paper proposes a series of approaches to empower individuals and collectives to challenge and overturn these clichés (Roberts, 2019). Rhetorical Tools in Organizational Culture. Culture and Communication , 15 (4), 350–366. RationalWiki.

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Overpaid CEOs a Huge Red Flag for Company Stability, Shareholder Advocacy Group Says

HR Digest

For each of As You Sow’s yearly reports dating back to 2015, the shareholder advocacy nonprofit discovered that CEO remuneration does not often connect with prior stock return success, and that instead, companies with the 100 most overpaid CEOs underperformed the equal-weighted average S&P 500 company.

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Trait-centred Leadership vs. Servant Leadership

Strategy Driven

Much of what is written about leadership falls into the category I call ‘trait-centered leadership’: someone deemed ‘at the top’ who uses his/her personality, influence, and charisma to inspire and give followers – possibly not ready for change – a convincing reason to follow an agenda set by the leader or the leader’s boss.

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Trait-centered Leadership vs. Servant Leadership

Strategy Driven

Much of what is written about leadership falls into the category I call 'trait-centered leadership': someone deemed 'at the top' who uses his/her personality, influence, and charisma to inspire and give followers – possibly not ready for change - a convincing reason to follow an agenda set by the leader or the leader's boss.

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Taking a Step Back Doesn’t Always Move You Forward

In the CEO Afterlife

Many were already in leadership positions or on a fast track to a higher rung on the corporate ladder. We, on the other hand considered ourselves polished professionals taking great pride in doing things right – conducting research, analyzing options, composing eloquent brand plans and business proposals. How to Slay Goliath.

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