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April 2020 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Bill Treasurer of Giant Leap Consulting contributed Now That the Conflict Is Over, How Do I Recover? Lisa Kohn of Thoughtful Leaders Blog shared How to lead Thoughtfully in these times of fear and uncertainty. Mary Ila Ward of Horizon Point Consulting shared 4 Keys to Leading through Crisis. Here are a few thoughts to consider.”

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Leadership Insights for Moving from Burnout to Breakthrough

Great Leadership By Dan

Job uncertainty haunts many dreams. Even before COVID-19, The Boston Consulting Group had a standard practice that NO email was to be answered on the weekend. When we laugh together, we bond. Output to prove productivity has skyrocketed, leaving employees exhausted and tense. Help employees create work/life boundaries.

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Lead With Your Heart, Not Just Your Head

Harvard Business Review

Have you noticed that in dangerous jobs, good bosses tend to have deep bonds with their workers? Do you have that kind of bond? Or have you been taught to manage by objectives and metrics to monitor performance, and that bonding with your team members will be seen as a distraction at best or weakness at worst?

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Don’t Start a Company with Your Business School Pals

Harvard Business Review

All too often, MBA students’ previous work experiences center on investment banking, private equity, financial services, consulting, etc – in fact, about 56 percent of Wharton’s 2015 incoming MBA program participants fall in these categories. That especially is true in times of business uncertainty, which is omnipresent in start-ups.

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Even Senior Executives Need a Side Hustle

Harvard Business Review

Even senior executives who want to stay in their corporate jobs should strongly consider developing at least one side income stream, whether it’s consulting, speaking, coaching, or creating some other product or service. Hedge against uncertainty. Here are five reasons it can make a dramatic difference for your career.

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A Short History of Golden Parachutes

Harvard Business Review

The junk bond market made financing large takeovers possible and even the biggest among the Fortune 500 firms were no longer safe from a forced acquisition. They weren’t initially designed to reward an executive who simply chooses to walk away or is forced out in the wake of scandal. By 1986 about a third of the largest 250 U.S.

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Is Overwork Killing You?

Harvard Business Review

Each time we ponder, in essence, whether senior management, banking, consulting, entrepreneurship, and statesmanship are compatible with human life. This loosening of long-term bonds has brought more uncertainty to all workers, and more freedom to a fortunate few. I (Over) Work Therefore I Am. The Passion of the Worker.