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LeadershipNow 140: April 2012 Compilation

Leading Blog

Choice Point: Do Not Let Your Culture Kill You by Robert Quinn @LeadWithLift. A Silent Leadership Killer by @mjasmus. The Steve Jobs Way Leaders can learn a lot from the late Apple CEO, but not all of it should be emulated. Superb interview with interim CEO Kazuo Inamori. TLCTalk: Leadership is not about I or me.

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GM Cruise Layoffs Affecting Almost 24% of the Workforce

HR Digest

The unit’s CEO Kyle Vogt and co-founder Dan Kan both resigned last month. On Wednesday, Cruise fired nine executives, including its chief operating officer and chief legal and policy officer amid an external investigation led by law firm Quinn Emmanuel into the accident and Cruise’s response.

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Time For Women to Compete

Women on Business

Seventy years have passed since women left the confines of being homemakers and joined the work force en mass. Today, in 2012, there are only 12 Fortune 500 companies are led by women CEO’s. A recent study conducted by Zenger Folkman tested males and females in leadership positions in the workplace. That is right Ladies.

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Corporate Purpose: Monumental Change Starts With Your Leadership

CO2

The founder who started the company might still be involved, and their presence and leadership help the purpose remain clear. But without effective leadership, corporate purpose feels abstract and disconnected from an employee’s day-to-day job. Too often, the focus turns to profit. Organizational experts Robert E.

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Corporate Purpose: Monumental Change Starts With Your Leadership

CO2

The founder who started the company might still be involved, and their presence and leadership help the purpose remain clear. But without effective leadership, corporate purpose feels abstract and disconnected from an employee’s day-to-day job. Leadership communication is only one part of reinforcing your corporate purpose.

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Thought-full Thursday: Purpose and Confidence

Persuasive Powerhouse

Quinn What is your leadership purpose? Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. I am married, have two daughters, and a dog named Edgar the Leadership Pug who exemplifies the importance of relationships to great leadership.

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Why More Executives Should Consider Becoming a CHRO

Harvard Business Review

That the CHRO role, although at first it may look career limiting, can have more impact than any other position reporting to the CEO? We interviewed search professionals, CEOs, and CHROs with nontraditional backgrounds to find out what happens when business leaders outside of HR move into the role. That’s precisely what we found.

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