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How Sabbaticals Help Our Careers

The Horizons Tracker

A survey conducted by the recruitment platform Applied last year revealed that while around a third of employees had taken a career break of six months or more, the majority felt reluctant about disclosing that fact to potential employers during the recruitment process. What’s more, this figure rose to over 75% among executives.

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First Look: Leadership Books for February 2024

Leading Blog

We've traveled far and fast from the old world of business ethics, where black-and-white concerns about bribery and fraud could be addressed via rules and processes. Uncommon Greatness is the key many leaders have been searching for their entire career. Former Vice President of High Performance Leadership at Chick-fil-A, Inc.,

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May 2021 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Julie Winkle Giulioni shared What Does a Career Look Like Today ? Linda Fisher Thornton of LeadinginContext contributed Ethical Thinking: Sifting For Values. Linda shares: “ While we may think about ethics from time to time, ethical thinking is different. The same is true for your leadership career. Engagement.

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From The Pez Outlaw

Joseph Lalonde

The Pez Outlaw, Steve Glew, would travel overseas to Europe, where he would buy the Pez dispensers straight from the factory. If you have a good product, people will want it: The movie is about a quirky man who travels overseas to get Pez dispensers not licensed for sale in the United States. He didn’t like to travel.

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First Look: Leadership Books for September 2020

Leading Blog

Kilimanjaro and spent more than a decade traveling the world. In writing The Grit Factor , Polson made it her mission to connect with an elite pack of tough, impressive female iconoclasts who shared with her their candid stories of combat and career. She went on to reach the summits of Mt. Rainier and Mt. Where are we going?

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Be Different! The Key to Business and Career Success

Skip Prichard

The Key to Business and Career Success. Effective leaders set the right tone at the top, which becomes the organization’s ethical standards. Employees trust and want to work for an organization with high ethical standards, and work for a leader who lives by those standards. Trust is built on honesty, ethics and integrity.

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October 2020 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Joel Garfinkle of the Career Advancement Blog shared Tips to Radiate Executive Presence on Video Conference Calls. Marcella considers: “ Engage – travel guide for change adventurers, is a great book for anyone looking at organizational change. ” Connect with Marcia on Twitter at @marciareynolds.