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Positively Energizing Leaders Are Heliotropic

Lead Change Blog

The heliotropic effect describes the inherent tendency in all living things toward positive energy and away from negative energy. In nature, the sun is the source of positive, life-giving energy, so the heliotropic effect explains why plants and other organisms lean toward the light over time. Solving problems is the goal.

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The November, 2012 Leadership Development Carnival

Great Leadership By Dan

Welcome to the November, 2012 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! For you reading pleasure, this month's Carnival offers up a Fall harvest of posts from some of the best leadership bloggers from around the world. Think of it as leadership graffiti. (-: Bon appétit! Google's Blogger was not being very cooperative.

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7 Ways to Leverage Your Power at Work

Marshall Goldsmith

For example, take the following case study: One person is a senior vice president, two levels down from the CEO. For more about the seven bases of power and how to leverage them, go to the Center for Leadership Studies website, situational.com.). Power is not always just as it appears on the organizational chart!

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The Big Picture of Business – Tribute to Dick Clark

Strategy Driven

First-ever article on Dick Clark, as a business case study. Thanks to great mentors, I learned to be my own best self, a visionary thinker and a repository of great case studies. It was he who encouraged your own leadership qualities, because your success ultimately honored him. Be ethical. Be inclusive.

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How Managers Can Avoid Playing Favorites

Harvard Business Review

.” He suggests asking a colleague from another department or division to sit in on one of your team meetings and “give you feedback on where you’re focusing your energy and attention.” ” Besides, Dillon adds, you shouldn’t “waste your energy” on disliking a colleague.

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Which Nation Has the Best 'Technik'?

Harvard Business Review

trillion in government support for seven "strategic emerging industries," including alternative energy, biotechnology, next-gen IT, high-end manufacturing equipment, and advanced materials. Case studies around corporate adaptation to technology — or the lack thereof — should feature much more prominently.

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You Really Can Change Your Reputation at Work

Harvard Business Review

Or should you focus your energy on changing your ways? Then pour your energy into building a standing that you think is more reflective of your actual self. Case study #1: Addressing the misperception with a mea culpa. ” Case study #2: Giving 110%. How can you change others’ perceptions of you?