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How to Lead Through a No-Win Scenario

Let's Grow Leaders

A seeming no-win scenario is also a chance to distinguish yourself, earn people’s trust, and innovate. Set during the US Civil War, Colonel Shaw, played by Matthew Broderick, is asked to lead one of the first regiments of African American soldiers. Shaw finally chooses to care for his men and orders them to burn the town.

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First Look: Leadership Books for July 2020

Leading Blog

Companies like General Electric, United Technologies, and Caterpillar were the Google and Amazon of their day, setting gold standards in innovation, growth, and profitability. All In : How Obsessive Leaders Achieve the Extraordinary by Robert Bruce Shaw.

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Colin Shaw on “New Generation of Business: Connecting Employee Loyalty with Customer Loyalty”

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is a brief excerpt from Colin Shaw‘s article for LinkedIn. To read the complete article, check out other superb resources, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * * * Successful companies have loyal employees. They also have loyal customers.

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How Smart Companies Can Close The Skills Gap

Eric Jacobson

In a highly personal and reflective manner, Mulligan, with Greg Shaw , details through stories, examples, insights and frameworks, how business leaders can prepare for and respond to technological disruption. Shaw is coauthor of Satya Nadella ’s, Hit Refresh , and Kevin Scott ’s, Reprogramming the American Dream.

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How Smart Companies Can Close The Skills Gap

Eric Jacobson

In a highly personal and reflective manner, Mulligan, with Greg Shaw , details through stories, examples, insights and frameworks, how business leaders can prepare for and respond to technological disruption. Shaw is coauthor of Satya Nadella ’s, Hit Refresh , and Kevin Scott ’s, Reprogramming the American Dream.

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Employees Demand Employers Become More Sustainable

The Horizons Tracker

“The National Health Service produces around 4-5% of the CO2 in the UK so is a major contributor to climate change,” Shaw continues. “Our employees really want us to be doing things that are helping society and there’s a direct link between air pollution and children’s mortality.

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What’s the Purpose of Companies in the Age of AI?

Harvard Business Review

This “one step back, two steps forward” logic manifests itself in many ways — risky R&D projects, pursuing sustainability goals, paying above-market wages to improve loyalty, and so on. Firms create value by nurturing “unreasonable” behavior.

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