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November 2020 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the November 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Development. Business leaders need to embrace the ideals of social entrepreneurs.

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During this Crisis, Don’t Expect Business as Usual from the Family Enterprise

Strategy Driven

In times of crisis, feelings of anxiety and loss cause people to draw inward and focus only on how circumstances directly affect them. But a crisis can also present the opportunity to lead more openly and plan together how to respond. Family business owners will want to act on these principles when responding to this crisis: 1.

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Reskilling the Future of Work

HR Digest

The word crisis has given us some of the most beautiful lines in English literature, as seen in Oliver Twist : “It had been bright day, for hours, when Oliver opened his eyes; he felt cheerful and happy. The crisis of the disease was safely past. Coronavirus has changed the way Americans work. What should companies do now?

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Position Yourself for a Stretch Assignment

Harvard Business Review

I once hired a McKinsey consultant into a country manager role in a developing region. Today's headlines might tell us we're suffering through a jobs crisis, at least in the developed world. You will fit more easily into the culture, retain part of your social capital, and have larger chances to recover if you fail.

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The More You Energize Your Coworkers, the Better Everyone Performs

Harvard Business Review

In one case, two operational leaders at Kelly Services, a workforce solutions firm, created a Business Resource Group to promote leadership development and increase employee engagement. Create Energizing Events. Organize and run events with an explicit focus creating energy, not just delivering content, products, or services.

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Reimagining Capitalism

Harvard Business Review

While the global financial meltdown and its aftershocks have unleashed a flood of indignation, condemnation, and protest upon Wall Street, the crisis has exposed a deeper distrust and implacable resentment of capitalism itself. What tactics or capabilities might we develop to earn some slack from investors?

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What Africa's Entrepreneurs Can Teach the World

Harvard Business Review

It's becoming ever clearer that entrepreneurship is the answer to the vexing economic questions facing Africa today: job creation, capital formation, skills acquisition, taxation-based self-sufficiency, quality of governance-demand, and of course social inclusion. But how has it actually evolved in Africa?