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"Lend Me Your Wallets:" Research on the Link Between Charismatic CEOs and Stock Price, Featuring Steve Jobs

I was exchanging emails the other day with Dave Ulrich, my co-author on Asian Leadership, and asked him what he was working on. He answered that he was pretty interested in the link between CEO actions and stock price. Dave's interest ...READ»

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A General Theory of Leadership?

We focus on what it means to be in charge to understand leadership, but this is a confused mixture of leadership and management. We need to look at leadership in a broader sense to develop a general understanding.READ»

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Work at home programs

Why don't more customer service center employees work from home?READ»

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Asset velocity versus high margin.

Who is winning the game?READ»

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The Strategic Leadership Challenge

Are you up to the strategic leadership challenge?READ»

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“90% OF COMPANIES FAIL TO IMPLEMENT THEIR STRATEGIES EFFECTIVELY.”

Is it because the strategies are not sound? Are the strategies not articulated clearly or is it a leadership problem? READ»

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President

Hello!   I would like to introduce myself, my name is Sandra Smith-Doghmi and enjoy creating new connections through my site redcarpetconciergeofchicago.com.  We have also reached out worldwide to share stories about ...READ»

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Managing Director

I wear six hats for Literacy Light School of TexasREAD»

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Leading the Way Out of this Economic -- and Ethical -- Mess

I'm looking for any sign I can find that we're in recovery -- not only that the economy is turning around, but that the mindset that led us into this mess is shifting. I found a good one. The chief learning officer of ...READ»

How to Feel Up in a Down Economy

You have some control (some!) over your happinessREAD»

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How to Cut Costs Strategically...

"What are you doing to contain or cut costs to get through 2009?" I was a blind-copy recipient of this question in an email from a colleague the other day. It came with the promise that answers would be shared anonymously among those ...READ»

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Collaborative ways of working and culture

Hi, I am managing a programme called Alstom collaborative Way. I’d like to get a dialogue about it. Today, tools exist for and success stories are already starting to come through. Today the next steps is to manage ...READ»

Why Leadership Does not Require Charisma

You may need charisma to get elected to high office, but there is such a thing as small scale local leadership. For example, a technical expert could promote a new product idea to her colleagues by demonstrating how it works or by ...READ»

The Power of Choice and Control

Decades ago, I learned a valuable lesson from the ‘special’ young children I worked with. These were kids from disenfranchised neighborhoods, who by seven years old were ‘labeled’, deemed difficult if not impossible, and in ...READ»

Observe, Discover, Intent, Produce

These four words, “observe, discover, intent, produce”, capture the essence of leading educators and business leaders who are lauded for their creative leadership. Peter Senge defined this process as characteristics for his U ...READ»

October 28 - Live Webinar with World's Foremost Authority on Leadership

Sadly there is much more brightness (knowing what is brand new) and smartness (knowing what will sell) than there is wisdom (knowing what is important and what is worth fighting for and what is not) in the world.  If you want to ...READ»

The Evolving Social Network

Social Networking is constantly evolving, since its inception. Many new ideas are evolving and many old ideas are being recycled. But, one thing is for sure. The Internet is littered with social networking sites. Why? Because ...READ»

Redefining leadership

It is time to define with more objectivity the leadership concept, something that today is quite diffuse. Can we call Leaders to those people or organizations that finally will leave indicated as responsible for the catastrophe that ...READ»

Do You Have Swagger? I wish I did.

Hello Leadership group, you might be interested in my latest Leading Edge blog on the topic at: The Leading Edge - Instilling Confidence (Part 2)READ»