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Leadership Lessons from Outward Bound

Skip Prichard

Reprinted with permission from the book, Outward Bound Lessons to Live a Life of Leadership by Mark Brown, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. This concept of service that [Outward Bound founder] Kurt Hahn felt was so important,” said Laura Kohler, senior vice president of human resources, stewardship, and sustainability for Kohler Co.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Jim Kim (President of the World Bank), Peter Drucker (founder of modern management), Paul Hersey (noted author, teacher, and personal mentor of mine), and Warren Bennis (one of the world’s greatest leadership thinkers of his time). Has been recognized as the World’s #1 Leadership Thinker. Co-founder Partners in Health.

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Leaders: Build Your Pre-Resilience for Times of Crisis

Strategy Driven

We explored those questions while researching for our recent book, Navigating an Organizational Crisis : When Leadership Matters Most , (available on Amazon) and came away with some insight about how leaders might ready themselves. How can leaders prepare, knowing disasters are becoming commonplace? We call it “pre-resilience.”

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Lisa Esparza on The Road to Inclusive Excellence

HR Digest

Providing opportunities for my team members to take on leadership roles and contribute towards achieving our shared goals is a cornerstone of my approach. I’m proud of the initiatives we’ve undertaken to attract and develop Associates across all levels of the organization.

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Should a Woman Act More Like a Man to Succeed at Work?

Great Leadership By Dan

New DDI research explores leadership differences between men and women and makes the case for gender diversity in the workplace. DDI’s High-Resolution Leadership study reviewed true assessment data from 10,000 global leaders and found no difference in the battle of the sexes for leadership skills.

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Changing an Organization’s Culture, Without Resistance or Blame

Harvard Business Review

So when we faced such a challenge at Lear Corporation, a Fortune 200 automotive supplier with 136,000 employees worldwide, we knew the odds were against us. In order to make our success sustainable, we decided to roll out a new “leadership model” for our middle- and upper-level managers.

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Companies Should Take the Lead in Fixing the Middle-Skills Gap

Harvard Business Review

Unlike Germany, Singapore, and the United Kingdom, the United States has generally failed to develop widely accepted skills standards for particular sectors. public workforce-development system do. Here's one that's appropriate for nonunionized businesses. Sector-Based Regional Initiatives.

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