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Mr. Rogers in the Boardroom? You Bet!

Decker Communication

And he was losing his patience as PBS was losing the verbal battle— until Mr. Rogers stepped in. You know him—Fred Rogers, PBS star and now the mild-mannered hero of the excellent documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Speakers who got up before Mr. Rogers read scripts and shared what was on a piece of paper.

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Courage, Connection and the Flow of Ideas

Michael Lee Stallard

In early May I spoke at the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) International Conference and Exposition in Denver on the topic “Do Leaders Need to Make Employees Happy?”. Nine thousand learning and development professionals from 70 countries attended the conference.

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Highlights – 27 March

Chartered Management Institute

Many of these clips go viral on social media. Anthony Painter also joined in on the "Securonomics" panel at the New Statesman's Path to Power conference yesterday (Tuesday 26). Not any more. An article in the Financial Times explores the trend of ‘Quit-Tok’, where people film their resignations and redundancy. Book your spot.

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Game Changers | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Go… Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Dan Rogers Mike – This is a great post with excellent perspective. link] Becky Robinson Mike, the first thought that came to my mind is social media. Leaders who leverage social media successfully for their organizations can bring about great change. Wonderfully stated.

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What 11 CEOs Have Learned About Championing Diversity

Harvard Business Review

retail), Shira Goodman (Staples, retail), Kevin Johnson (Starbucks, food services), Marc Benioff (Salesforce, software), Susan Wojcicki (YouTube, internet media), David Cohen (Techstars, startup accelerator), Bernard J. Many of the leaders I interviewed also speak at conferences about diversity and write openly about its importance.

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What You Can Learn from Your Professional Rivals

Harvard Business Review

If so," Sara wrote, "I want to discuss his social media presence with you." She felt much better after realizing it was OK to tackle social media in her own way, that didn't feel phony or self-aggrandizing. What do you value most? For years, I'd known a woman whom I was quite sure had fabricated her credentials.

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HBR's Best Videos, Infographics, Podcasts, and Slideshows of 2011

Harvard Business Review

The video, an interview about his agenda-setting article, " Creating Shared Value ," kicked off a year of revisiting our current economic system across our book , blog , and magazine channels, and it produced some of our best rich media features: Illustrated timeline. Social Media's Untapped Power. The Good Company: Then and Now.

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