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Social Class In The C-Suite

The Horizons Tracker

It’s fair to say that class plays a significant role in whether people get into the C-suite or not. Indeed, research shows that workers from working-class backgrounds are over 30% less likely to be recruited into a managerial role than their middle-class peers.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2020

Leading Blog

The more we use technology and outsourced thinking, we diminish our ability to think for ourselves. Competing in the Age of AI : Strategy and Leadership When Algorithms and Networks Run the World by Marco Iansiti and Karim R. When traditional approaches are inadequate or resisted, advanced leadership skills are essential.

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Grassroots Leadership by the Rising Middle Class

Coaching Tip

The business world has been buzzing about the rising "global middle class" for at least a decade. A 2012 report by the European Union Institute for Security Studies, using a broader definition of middle class, predicted that the number of people in that category would grow from 1.8 The global middle class awakens. billion).

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KidPower 2015 Earth Day Project – Coaching Kids to Lead

Lead Change Blog

This month, COI is undertaking an ambitious Earth Day project titled, KidPower2015 Earth Day Project , with the goal of encouraging COI kids to be leaders in the movement to protect the Earth for future generations. They will develop engineering and math skills while learning a simple, clean energy technology to generate electricity.

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Bigger is Not Always Better When Selecting a Search Firm to Partner With

N2Growth Blog

Senior leadership hires can make or break an organization. Internal recruiters do not have the tools or abilities to fill these critical leadership roles, their ‘open requisition’ stack is too full, and all roles get equal attention, whereas the most critical ones need a dedicated team. Typically, Ms. Earlier, Ms.

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The Back-To-Basics Prescription

N2Growth Blog

It is an overarching program aimed at renewing the basic business fundamentals that every organization should have perfected to compete at a world class level. It focuses on the cultural aspects of strategy, leadership, motivation orientation, risk management and change adaptability.

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Guest Post: Leadership Lessons from a Kindergarten Class

Lead on Purpose

With over 20 years of technology experience, he has a fresh and unique perspective in guiding and managing product teams and has a knack for synthesizing conceptual ideas and turning them into reality. What can a classroom full of bright-eyed and energized kindergartners teach you about leadership?

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