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LeadershipNow 140: January 2017 Compilation

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Do You Lead Positive? 2 Self-Leadership Hacks for Positivity by @AlanDUtley. Smart use of technology can aid organisational change via @MediaplanetUK with ‏@profhamel. The Impoverishment of Attention by Shane Parrish @farnamstreet. Five Culture Killers in Your Organization by @GrowingLeaders. by @ericaarielfox.

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The Authenticity Trap for Workers Who Are Not Straight, White Men

Harvard Business Review

Moving up in an organization depends on looking and acting like a leader, on being perceived as having “executive presence” (EP). According to research from the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI), EP constitutes 26% of what senior leaders say it takes to get to the next promotion.

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Managing in an Age of Winner-Take-All

Harvard Business Review

The advent of the modern organization and the practice of management constitutes a “social technology” that has been equally transformative. The forces of technology and management will continue to hold equal sway as the 21st century unfolds.

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Business Needs to Do What Government Can't

Harvard Business Review

We're moving towards innovation in technology, pricing, business models and partnerships," explains head of corporate responsibility management, Dorje Mundle, of the company's base-of-the-pyramid operations. Breakthrough is about the establishment of new models that better account for businesses' negative (and positive) externalities. "We

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Yes, Short-Termism Really Is a Problem

Harvard Business Review

I come out on the side believing that short-termism is a problem, but I can’t even view my own position as definitive. There are, not surprisingly, voices confidently positioned on both sides of the debate. For the better positioned of them, the answer is that they can invest nearly all that we would wish them to.

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What Apple Should Do with Its Massive Piles of Money

Harvard Business Review

Therefore, rather than using corporate cash to boost Apple’s earnings per share (EPS) immediately, executives should be willing to wait for the stock-based incentives to generate higher earnings through innovation. You and your board are in the position to decide whether that happens or not.