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How to Lead Through a No-Win Scenario

Let's Grow Leaders

What resources have we not considered? 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. For Shaw, it was the dignity and care of his men.

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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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Mentoring Matters – Michael Doody

Roundtable Talk

Roundtable Mentor, Dr. Michael Doody, Director of Human Resources for Sprott Shaw College, shared his tips for enabling leadership and coaching in direct reports. ” READ […].

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Unreasonable Reasonableness

Lead Change Blog

” . ~ George Bernard Shaw. This type of workplace behavior can result in deep divisions within a team, isolation of a potentially valuable employee by others, or when the unreasonable person is the boss, a great deal of wasted time, energy, and resources. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”

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Leaders need to Lead

Great Leadership By Dan

They decide what resources to allocate. George Bernard Shaw once said: “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Simply managing effectively—killing more bad guys or making more profit—isn’t a strategic objective, and it isn’t enough.

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Alphabet Workers Union to bring back the ‘Don’t be evil’ motto

HR Digest

The Alphabet Workers Union (AWU) will give protection and resources to workers who join in the U.S. Subscribe to the nation’s fastest growing human resources magazine to read exclusive HR news and insights directly to your inbox. and Canada, and is intended to push the tech giant to live up to its motto: ‘Don’t be evil.’.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2014

Leading Blog

is an excellent resource full of the practical application of principles and insights. Leadership Blindspots : How Successful Leaders Identify and Overcome the Weaknesses That Matter by Robert Bruce Shaw Blindspots are not just the result of not viewing ourselves accurately, they can be the result of the way we view he world.

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