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LeadershipNow 140: December 2013 Compilation

Leading Blog

From @TalentCulture : Becoming A Leader Others Want To Follow. Win When You Lose : A Lesson From Joe Torre : Leaders who know how to lose…as well as win…are worth following by John Baldoni. Leon Festinger, the social psychologist that coined the term “ cognitive dissonance ” in 1957, makes this observation.

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Culture – The Secret To Helping Align Organizational Goals

Tanveer Naseer

The following is a guest post by Dr. George H. Politicians have long learned that when someone makes up their mind to support a particular political party with its unique platform, it becomes almost impossible to change a party loyalist’s beliefs even when they are faced with disconfirming information.

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