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Leading From Within: Shifting Ego, Ceding Control, and Rising Empathy

Great Leadership By Dan

The shift marks a significant move away from Henri Fayol's autocratic “command-and-control” type management theories and methodologies which have been in vogue since the early 1900s. In tandem, the new leadership styles are also able to generate much-needed boosts to productivity levels yielding better corporate results.

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The Renaissance We Need in Business Education

Harvard Business Review

This need to publish to make a career has led to increasingly obscure research of almost no value to real businesses, specialization that encourages silo thinking, and a serious disregard of the importance of teaching students to think.

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The Renaissance We Need in Business Education

Harvard Business Review

The need to publish to make a career has also led to increased specialization among faculty that, in turn, has encouraged disciplinary silo thinking in both research and teaching. The scientific management emphasis on efficiency and profit at all costs can no longer take precedence over human values.