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35 Leadership Quotes from the 10th Global Peter Drucker Forum

Leading Blog

Henry Mintzberg, Professor, McGill University. ? I have commitment. Activism is good if it fits your company’s values. Otherwise: Keep your ego under control. Peter Oswald, CEO, Mondi Group. ? It’s not about fixing capitalism. It’s about fixing society. If you push solutions onto a problem effects may be temporary and short-lived.

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Powering with Passion and Teaming with Energy

The Practical Leader

In A Tale of Two Managers: Command versus Commitment , I contrasted two leaders, Denise and Joel. Don’t allow yourself and your management team to be hijacked by the tiny minority of people who will never be committed, passionate, or trustworthy. Denise balances management and leadership very effectively.

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Elevating Organizational Mental Health and Wellbeing with CoachingOurselves

Coaching Ourselves

Elevate your organization’s commitment to health and wellbeing with “ Psychological Protection at Work ” and many other relevant CoachingOurselves peer learning discussion guides. For 15 years, CoachingOurselves has been a trusted partner to McGill University. In today’s organizational landscape, health and wellbeing have become paramount.

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For Managers Who Want to be Part of the Solution: New Sustainability Module “One Planet Business”

Coaching Ourselves

CoachingOurselves, the world leader in peer coaching is reinforcing our commitment to CSR with the publishing of our new sustainability module “ One Planet Business ” by authors Jean-Paul and Sally Jeanrenaud. We are proud to join forces with the Jeanrenauds who exemplify expertise and commitment to practical action.

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To P or Not to P: Does Your Purpose Provoke Passion?

The Practical Leader

McGill University management professor and author, Henry Mintzberg said, “an organization without human commitment is like a person without a soul: Skeleton, flesh, and blood may be able to consume and to excrete, but there is no life force.” ” Pharmaceutical company: “ Preserving and improving human life.”

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Are Business Schools Clueless or Evil?

Harvard Business Review

Pfeffer , Goshal , Bennis , Mintzberg , Adler , Khurana , Starkey , Podolny , to name a few. In short, business school courses serve as rites of passage — shaping the values, commitments, habits and mores of aspiring leaders. The public and the press are not alone in raising the question. Let me be clear. How skillfully?

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Stop Comparing Management to Sports

Harvard Business Review

Invariably, they offer tantalizing stories of commitment, perseverance, and the sweet joy of winning. Although there is nothing wrong with commitment and perseverance, I, however, think sport (much less war) is often an unhelpful analogy. Good management is not like a competitive sport. ” Research backs this up.

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