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How Successful People Create Their Own Future

Great Leadership By Dan

Every time you learn something new, your mind physically and chemically changes.” – Joe Dispenza Where we place our attention and focus defines who we are. His new book is Small Acts of Leadership: 12 Intentional Behaviors That Lead to Big Impact, (2016). Please visit www.shawnhunter.com for more information.

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We Need to Ask How We Can Make Economic Growth More Inclusive

Harvard Business Review

That is, they do for creative problem-solving what catalysts do in chemical processes: they dissolve barriers and accelerate progress down more productive pathways. ” A top prizewinner for 2016 was a company not too far from MIT geographically — but in an industry that seems 100 years distant.

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What Neuroscience Reveals About Creating Better Leaders In Today’s Organizations

Tanveer Naseer

The results of these studies, captured from subjects operating under real or near-real conditions, has put the nature vs nurture debate on leadership to rest. Better leadership is emerging as the defining quality that governs the ability to attain positive outcomes and get the best performance possible out of teams.

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The More You Energize Your Coworkers, the Better Everyone Performs

Harvard Business Review

In one case, two operational leaders at Kelly Services, a workforce solutions firm, created a Business Resource Group to promote leadership development and increase employee engagement. In a large petro-chemical company, for example, we found a lot of de-energizing relationships — and most of them emanated from the leaders.

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10 Sustainable Business Stories Too Important to Miss

Harvard Business Review

And Lego just announced its intention to use 100% renewable energy by 2016. Walmart is phasing out 10 toxic chemicals in the products on its shelves, and HP set a carbon reduction goal of 20% for its supply chain. Executives at Unilever credit their ranking to the company’s known leadership on sustainability.

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9 Sustainable Business Stories That Shaped 2016

Harvard Business Review

Then came 2016. In 2016, two dwarf the rest: the election of Donald Trump and significant action on climate change. For most of 2016, the world moved quickly on climate. Big themes are great, but periodically a specific example of leadership seems worthy of extra attention. It was a productive 12 months, to say the least.

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A Board Member’s Guide to Corporate Political Spending

Harvard Business Review

The 2016 U.S. Experts predict it will surge even more in 2015-2016. Too typical, however, is the situation described by a senior executive at a chemical company. election cycle is on track to break political spending records — and corporate contributions will be a large part of that. Consider what Aetna faced in 2012.