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Are Your Employees Mad As Hell and Not Going to Take It Anymore?

Tanveer Naseer

Understand your employees are part of the solution, not the problem One thing that is clear in these instances where people end up quitting in such a dramatic fashion is that the employer in question treats their employees more like liabilities rather than assets that are vital to their organization’s survival.

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10 Remarkable People on Having a Career That Matters

Harvard Business Review

Every year, HBR interviews 10 people who’ve had fascinating careers. British fashion designer Zandra Rhodes has never been afraid to stand out. My career would not have been the same had the crash not occurred.” We asked her how she knew when a dramatic career move was the right one. I know Des Moines.

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Jerks, narcissists and psychopaths… oh my. When working for a.

Roundtable Talk

They seem to be everywhere these days, but after watching Anna Wintour of Vogue in the fascinating movie The September Issue , I began to wonder if there were any career benefits to working for an abusive boss. Certainly, Wintour has been a star performer for Vogue and carries a major stick in the world of fashion. Happy leading!

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Have You Earned the Right to Lead? Ten Deeply Destructive Mistakes That Suggest the Answer Is No (and How to Stop Making Them)

Strategy Driven

Unusually Excellent: The Necessary Nine Skills Required for the Practice of Great Leadership by John Hamm. Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers.

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Aging Societies Should Make More of Mentorship

Harvard Business Review

The past year brought a rich array of films depicting connections between a wise, older mentor and a younger person in need of sage guidance, in ways that often defied gauzy stereotypes, from art-house movies like Lily Tomlin’s Grandma to blockbusters like Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

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Sex and the City and Women in Business

Women's Leadership Exchange

I enjoyed the new film Sex and the City - it was colorful, full of fashion, & silliness - it was entertaining! The film continues the portrayal of the TV characters, who have barely a touch of reality. Charlotte is finally a mother, with no career, super comfortable on Park Avenue. Maybe I'm missing something.

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How Winning Organizations Last 100 Years

Harvard Business Review

Currently, our alumni include the Head of Design at every car manufacturer in the world, apart from BMW, 8 of Apple’s 18 product designers and at least one designer in every Paris fashion house.” And they carefully manage leadership transitions, so nothing is lost along the way.