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Are you a Leader or a Lemming?

Great Leadership By Dan

At some point in your career journey, have you started to focus more on status as a leader than the job at hand? All of us have a peer group and within that group a select few are viewed as the role models and the others aspire to reach that level of peak performance. To break away from the lemmings, give these techniques a try.

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Evidence | Unicorns | Bullshit: 3 Areas Of Team Building & Leadership Effectiveness

Mike Cardus

In management as well as team development humans and behaviors do not operate in the same short term cause-effect process that machines do. There are secondary sources (academic journals, peer reviewed articles, existing Body of Knowledge, etc…) that are applicable and provide evidence for what you are doing.

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A Shift in Leadership Can Make a Multi-Million Dollar Impact

Strategy Driven

We were a mediocre, at best, institutional operation with a sense of entitlement. I co-conducted a professional peer review of a nearly identical campus on the west coast (size, structure, unions, facilities, budget, number of staff). Our real problem was we were not holding our leaders and staff accountable.

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The Swedish CEO Who Runs His Company Like a CrossFit Gym

Harvard Business Review

They struggle to see how their labor contributes directly to the performance of the corporation, or how it helps the progress of their career. And at Björn Borg, their key performance indicators have improved after Bunge was brought in as CEO : net sales increased by 27% between 2013 and 2016, and operating profits tripled.

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How to Design a Corporate Wellness Plan That Actually Works

Harvard Business Review

By “total health” we mean a culture that’s supportive of career, emotional, financial, physical and social well-being – not just an occasional road race. This, of course, takes time and support. A company like Dow Chemical is a success story in this way. Asking for help. There are a few simple ways to start doing this.

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How Facebook Tries to Prevent Office Politics

Harvard Business Review

” “Can you tell me about four people whose careers you have fundamentally improved?” ” “Describe a few of your peers at your company and what type of relationship you have with each of them.” It’s harder for politicians to operate if everyone is on the same page.