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The Servant-Leadership Times They are a Changin

Modern Servant Leader

I was living in New York City when I first sought opportunities to work with companies focused on servant leadership. He went on to explain his experience turned up few – if any – companies that were serious about servant-leadership in the greater New York area.

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Sell Your Product Before It Exists

Harvard Business Review

While most startups who set up pages on Kickstarter, Indiegogo or a host of other crowdfunding sites are looking to hit a specific goal and then get started making their project a reality, a new crop of businesses are using the platform for as a wholly different business model: selling their product before it exists.

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Traditional Strategy Is Dead. Welcome to the #SocialEra

Harvard Business Review

The companies thriving today are operating by a new set of rules — Social Era rules. Companies like REI, Kickstarter, Kiva, Twitter, Starbucks — they get it. The #SocialEra ebook releases today , and discusses this shift in focus, which has profound implications for business and for how all of us work and lead.

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More than One Way to Organize a Business

Thin Difference

With more than one way to organize a business, why don’t we see other models used more? Other business models exist. Different business models can create more activating dynamics for individuals and teams within companies and organizations. Employee-owned Companies. More than 7,000 U.S.