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A Conversation With ... Rita Gunther McGrath, On Obstacles To Innovation-Led Growth
Jan 2009
In this conversation with Ruth Gunther McGrath, faculty director - Columbia University, she covers her views on on Obstacles to Innovation-Led Growth. Ruth maintains that the economic problems are...
Provided by Columbia University
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Tips To Rejuvenate Your Team Work
Jul 2009
For a leadership consultant, the basic and best thing is to create his group walk unitedly and allied. He has to create sure that the team remains motivated, active and enthusiastic. The team...
Provided by Free Articles Directory
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Leadership Brand: Developing Customer-Focused Leaders To Drive Performance And Build Lasting Value
Jan 2008
In the Pursuit of Leadership, thousands of books and articles have been published. So why one more? This book focuses on what is called the leadership brand and offers two insights into how to in...
Provided by Harvard Business School Publishing
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Leadership That Gets Results
Aug 2008
New research suggests that the most effective executives use a collection of distinct leadership styles - each in the right measure, at just the right time. Such flexibility is tough to put into...
Provided by Harvard Business School Publishing
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What Effective General Managers Really Do
Feb 2007
General Managers (GMs) with highly structured workdays and rigid schedules close off channels - such as chatting in hallways and calling impromptu meetings - that would otherwise provide vital...
Provided by Executive Business Advisers
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Leading The Rapid Growth Organization
Mar 2010
At the heart of any rapid growth organization is a visionary; one who envisions what could and should be. The visionary leader works more from inspiration and imagination than from the practical....
Provided by EyesOnSales
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Leadership Levels - Empowering Leaders To Deliver Customer Service
Feb 2008
Does your organization have the right number of hierarchical tiers? Are your leaders fully empowered with decision rights? Are you motivating employees in line with your business strategy? Booz...
Provided by Booz Allen Hamilton
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How To Become The Best Project Manager
Jan 2010
To be an average project manager, working on average projects, being passed over for promotion, and getting an average performance review? It needs to understand something right now. Being a...
Provided by Executive Business Advisers
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Culture Change From The Outside/In
May 2009
An senior executive called recently and said that he wanted to "Change his culture." When the author asked what he had in mind, he talked about how he felt that the underlying norms, values, and...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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Connecting In Chaos: Persuasion And Negotiation For Turbulent Times
Sep 2008
After JPMorgan Chase took over Bear Stearns in March, Morgan CEO Jamie Diamond made a trip uptown to talk to the top executives of the acquired firm. The executives had just been through one of...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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Constructive Confrontation: When Conflict Enhances Collaboration
Mar 2008
Richard Shell, academic co-director at Wharton, leads two popular programs that address different aspects of collaboration and confrontation. Strategic Persuasion Workshop: The Art and Science of...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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The Power Of Teams: Dividing The Tasks And Multiplying The Successes
Sep 2009
Two years ago, Chris Warner was nearing the summit of K2 in Pakistan. Ahead of his team was a group of Korean climbers, led by the highly experienced Nima Nurbu Sherpa, who had successfully scaled...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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Confidence Is An Inside Job
Sep 2009
The Coast Guard recently played host to Authentic Leadership Institute (ALI) President Nick Craig, who spent a week on the Coast Guard's USCGC Eagle. A 300-foot tall ship, the Eagle has 56 crew...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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Visionary Leadership: Courageous Behavior Yields Big Payoffs
Jun 2009
When Nick Craig works with executives on leadership, he begins with identifying their "True North." Craig defines this concept in terms of knowing yourself, your purpose, and your vision....
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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Ultimate Leadership: Winning Execution Strategies For Your Situation
May 2008
There is no single style of leadership that works. But there are basic principles of leadership that all effective leaders apply regardless of their personal style of leadership. This paper is...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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Earning The Right To Lead
Jun 2009
"I learned from my time in the Army that leadership begins with the individual," says Todd Henshaw, retired U.S Army Lt. Colonel. Today's environment calls for visionary leaders who have a firm...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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Organizational Commitment -A Missing Link Between Leadership Behavior And Organizational Performance?
Nov 2008
This paper investigates the effect of executive leadership behaviors on the Organizational Commitment (OC) of subordinate managers and the influence of the latter on measures of company...
Provided by Elsevier
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Rowing As One: Crewing Offers Executives Lessons In Leadership And Teamwork
Dec 2007
On a beautiful fall day, teams of executives from Wharton's Advanced Management Program took to the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia in eight-seat crew shells. Ostensibly, the 56 managers from...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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White Papers
Epiphany On The Ice: Critical Lessons In Creating And Leading Teams
Jan 2008
Wharton Professor Mike Useem has studied, written, and taught about leadership and teamwork throughout his career, but it was an epiphany in the midst of a blinding snowstorm that drove home one...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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White Papers
Ignatian Spirituality And Leadership In Organisations Today
Oct 2009
Half a millennium ago, Ignatius was not cognizant of certain terms considered nowadays as fundamental in organizational leadership: such concepts as transformational leadership, empowerment,...
Provided by Society of Jesus
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White Papers
Strategies For Ambiguity: Finding Opportunities In Uncertainty
May 2008
Paul Freeman, CEO of a private asbestos removal company in Denver, Colorado, had built a very successful business. Then insurance companies decided they could no long offer liability insurance for...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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Leading Virtually: Making Virtual Global Teams Work
Feb 2009
Since they were pioneered by technology firms in the 1990s, virtual global teams have been growing rapidly. "Virtual work is ubiquitous in the knowledge economy," says Ana Reyes, a consultant and...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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A Test Of Leadership: Keeping Your Head In Stressful Times
Aug 2009
Calmness can be a competitive advantage. "In the current turbulent times, clients, suppliers, employees, and investors are going to be pretty anxious," says Charles Dwyer, academic director of...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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White Papers
Maximizing The Triple Bottom Line Through Spiritual Leadership
Feb 2008
One of the greatest challenges facing leaders today is the need to develop new business models that accentuate ethical leadership, employee well-being, sustainability and social responsibility...
Provided by Elsevier
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Case Studies
Using A Range Of Management styles To Lead A Business
Jul 2008
For organisations to develop they require a direction. The people who manage the business provide the direction. Taking responsibility for making decisions and running a business well is a skill....
Provided by MBA Publishing
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Build On Your Strengths To Strengthen Others
May 2009
You can't walk into a conference these days without bumping into a speaker who is trumpeting the value of building on your strengths. It's easy to understand why this message resonates. "Build on...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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Wharton on ... Women In Leadership
Apr 2009
While the glass ceiling is still a part of the corporate architecture for many women, others have met with great success, rising to positions of power within their industries. Most would admit...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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White Papers
Gaining Global Perspective: A Fundamental Of 21st Century Leadership
Jul 2009
The economic slowdown has not hurt the market for cross border mergers and acquisitions, which have become a mainstay of the global economy. Their number and value have continued to rise as...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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White Papers
Good Leaders Show Up: Why Presence Matters
Apr 2010
Many leaders aren't making the connection between their own actions and the expectations they have for their team. Learn to lead with your values and give more of your most critical resource: your...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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White Papers
Reactive Or Proactive? Fast-track Your Career By Taking Charge Today
Jan 2010
2009 found most executives consumed by workplace demands. Fewer people with fewer resources faced increasingly complex challenges. And the prospects for that scenario to play itself out again in...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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White Papers
Touching The Void: Critical Lessons For Leaders
Dec 2009
In a study by Wharton Professor of Management Robert House, the effectiveness of top-level managers was measured under both stable and uncertain market conditions. House and his colleagues...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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Wharton On Learning Leadership: Leadership And Knowledge Management
Feb 2009
Building knowledge in an organization is a challenge that begins at the very top - with the C-level executives who are tasked with seeing a company through all sorts of changes, ranging from...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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Case Studies
Who Will Lead?
Jan 2010
Retiring baby boomers in the next decade will create an unprecedented leadership void. A number of trends have converged to create a dearth of leader and manager candidates. Ross Vierra described...
Provided by Management Concepts
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Making The Leap: Rising To The Leadership Challenge Of A "Structural Break"
Feb 2009
Wharton's Executive Development Program (EDP) addresses the opportunities inherent in discontinuity. Although the program was developed to prepare managers for broader leadership challenges,...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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White Papers
Executive Learning Solutions For Individuals In The Pharmaceutical Industry
Jan 2010
Wharton offers a full portfolio of executive development programs that are specifically targeted to pharmaceutical industry professionals. These programs attract key executives from around the...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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White Papers
Warning: Emails Can Constrict Your Power To Lead
Jan 2010
Ultimately, leadership is about influence, Janet Greco tells participants in Leading and Managing People. The co-academic director of the program continues, "To get anything done, you first need...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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White Papers
Doing It Your Way: Creating A Personalized Strategy And Leadership Program
Jan 2008
When Dan Petronella, vice president and treasurer for Abercrombie & Fitch, recently negotiated a lease for the company's first Asian store in the Ginza section of Tokyo, he drew upon his...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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Positive Leaders Enables Peak Performance
Mar 2010
Positive Leadership enables extraordinarily positive performance by emphasizing what elevates individuals and systems (not only what diminished them), what goes right (not only what goes wrong),...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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Wharton On Senior Leadership: Enterprise Leadership
Jun 2009
Global enterprises face a constantly changing business environment, whether they are expanding into new markets, hiring new managers, incorporating new technologies, or merging with other...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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Five Keys To Flourishing In Trying Times
Dec 2009
We are in the midst of the most severe recession in the memories of most anyone alive. Many experts estimate that the causes of this recession are more severe than those that created the Great...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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Explaining Differences In Team Performance Does Team Learning Behavior Matter?
Mar 2008
The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between team learning behavior and team performance. Following Edmondson (1999) the authors regard team learning as a group process...
Provided by University of Twente
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Criminal Investigation: Is There A Skills Gap In Leadership, Management And Supervision?
Nov 2009
There is no silver bullet for improving the supervision, management and leadership of criminal investigations. The evidence base is too small to allow for the problem to be defined with any...
Provided by Australian National University
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Standardized Work For Executive Leadership
Jun 2007
The purpose of this paper is to describe common errors made by business leaders as the foundation of a new approach for improving leadership capabilities and effectiveness. Introduces the concept...
Provided by Emerald Group Publishing
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Gift To Focus On Ethical Leadership In Business
May 2011
The University of Notre Dame has announced a major gift from Deloitte, a leading professional services organization with more than 50,000 professionals in nearly 90 cities throughout the United...
Provided by University of Notre Dame
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ND Expert: Steve Jobs' Leave Is Dangerous For Apple
Jan 2011
Apple CEO Steve Jobs recently announced he was taking another leave of absence to focus on his health - a situation that raises some interesting leadership questions and highlights some of the...
Provided by University of Notre Dame
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Case Studies
Food, Bakery And Confectionary Leader Continues To Maximize Sourcing Power With Capgemini Procurement Services
Jun 2011
Fazer Group, a leader in food services, bakery and confectionery in the Nordic and Baltic regions, was running an extensive sourcing development program to establish a new group-wide sourcing...
Provided by Capgemini
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Regulation, Subordinated Debt, And Incentive Features Of CEO Compensation In The Banking Industry
Nov 2007
The authors study CEO compensation in the banking industry by considering banks' unique claim structure in the presence of two types of agency problems: the standard managerial agency problem and...
Provided by Federal Reserve Bank of New York
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Webcasts
Greener By Design 2009: When Designer Meets Client: A Conversation Between Intel And Frog
Jun 2009
The complex interaction between designer and client and make or break a project's sustainability goals and ideals. Leadership in sustainability requires agility and the ability to maintain focus...
Provided by GreenBiz Group
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Webcasts
The Power Of Regional Sustainable Business Networks - Holly Harlan
Mar 2011
For 10 years E4S has helped business and organizational leaders in Northeast Ohio discover the possibilities and put sustainability to work. Learn about its "Connect, Learn, Do Sustainability"...
Provided by GreenBiz Group
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Climate Change: The Leadership Challenge
Jun 2007
Climate change was once a marginal issue. Today, it is moving centre-stage as governments, business and individuals assess its implications. This is evident not only from the increased focus on...
Provided by Chatham House
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New Ideas For The London Summit: Recommendations To The G20 Leaders
Mar 2009
Attempting to resolve the international financial and economic crisis has become one of the first major tests of the transatlantic relationship since the inauguration of President Obama in January...
Provided by Chatham House
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Leadership And Reform: Mapping The Causal Pathways Of Performance Information Use
Oct 2009
This paper offers empirical evidence on a specific question: how does leadership foster the use of performance data? More broadly, it informs the ways in which the people understand how leadership...
Provided by University of Wisconsin-Madison
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How Prior Military Experience Influences The Future Militarized Behavior Of Leaders
Jan 2011
This paper joins a growing number of studies that are moving beyond the question of simply whether leaders matter for international politics to examine the scope conditions under which leaders...
Provided by University of Michigan
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Understanding External Firm Factors Impacting Innovation In The Hardwood Veneer Industry
Jun 2010
Innovation research in the wood products industry has historically focused on factors that the firm can influence or control (i.e. climate for innovation, organizational culture, job satisfaction,...
Provided by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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Impact Of Leadership Style On Performance: A Study Of Six Sigma Professionals In Thailand
Jul 2007
Superior performance requires a fundamental paradigm shift in managerial approach and leadership style to address the impact of rapidly evolving technology accompanied by increasing competition...
Provided by California State University
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How Leadership Matters: The Effects Of Leaders' Alignment On Strategy Implementation
Jan 2010
Research has confirmed that leader behavior influences group and organizational behavior, but the authors know less about how senior leaders ensure that group and organizational members implement...
Provided by Elsevier
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Leadership, Politics And Development: A Literature Survey
Apr 2008
This paper is one of a series of background papers which provide context for the Leaders, Elites and Coalitions Research Programme which will be exploring the role of leaders, elites and...
Provided by Leadership Program: Developmental Leaders, Elites and Coalitions
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CEO Replacement Under Private Information
Aug 2010
This paper examines the optimal CEO compensation and replacement policy when the CEO is privately informed about the firm's continuation value under his leadership. Ex ante moral hazard implies...
Provided by Oxford University Press
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Tales Of Ordinary Leadership. A Feminist Approach To Experiential Learning
Feb 2008
Feminist practice and theory have always conferred value on narrative knowledge produced through storytelling, mainly because of its ability to stimulate reflexive thought. In the authors'...
Provided by University of Trento
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The Leadership Challenges Of The Next Economy
Mar 2011
The slogan for today could well be 'We all live in creative times'. If the last century was the century of production, this century is proving to be the era of innovation and creativity. The...
Provided by Corporate Agenda
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Reflexivity - An Innovative Leadership Research Methodology And An Ongoing Means To Develop Personal Effectiveness
Mar 2011
This paper offers an innovative way to consider leadership that is both relevant to the leadership research community and as a means to enquire and develop one's own personal practice. Instead of...
Provided by University of Bedfordshire
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Balancing The Leadership Equation - Good Organization And Holding Leaders To Account
Mar 2011
Leadership studies invariably focus on only part of the leadership equation. Studies generally cover individual leaders, particularly those at the top of an organization. They are prone to ignore...
Provided by University of Bedfordshire
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Team Potency Moderates The Relationship Between Shared Leadership And Team Performance
Mar 2009
Recently, many enterprises have been seen induce team work as their basic work function model. Some researchers indicated that team was beneficial to organization (Quick, 1992; Robbins & Coulter,...
Provided by National Changhua University of Education
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Constraints On Leadership In Washington
Jul 2011
It is commonplace today to assert that American politics and governance are dysfunctional. In many respects, the received wisdom is correct. The authors survived the most severe financial crisis...
Provided by Brookings Institution
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Leadership And Public Service Motivation In A Weberian Public Administration - A German-Austrian Comparative Perspective
Apr 2010
A central question for the future of applied Public Service Motivation (PSM) research is whether PSM influences leadership behavior and to which extent. To address this question, the authors focus...
Provided by Vienna University of Economics and Business
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Relations And Effects Of Transformational Leadership: A Comparative Analysis With Traditional Leadership Styles
Oct 2007
This paper has two main goals: to compare the relationship between transformational leadership and other important leadership styles (i.e., democratic versus autocratic or relations- and...
Provided by Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia
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How Does Leadership Style Enhance The Effect Of Responsible Downsizing Strategy On Firm Post-Downsizing Performance?
Mar 2010
For coping with rapid changes in the business environment, firms use different strategies to create competitive advantages for survival or improve performance. Organizational downsizing is a...
Provided by National Taipei University of Technology
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The Study Of Leadership In Small Business Organizations: Impact On Profitability And Organizational Success
May 2011
Failures of small businesses in the United States continue to increase. This research examined small construction businesses from Pennsylvania and West Virginia to determine if there was a...
Provided by University of Phoenix
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Leadership Of An Ageing Workforce
Jun 2007
The civil service continues to become more diverse, not only in terms of race, gender, disability or ethnicity, but also in terms of age. As the population and the general workforce are ageing,...
Provided by Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
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Building Organizational Leadership Through Succession Planning: Can A Standardized Management & Employee Model Assess And Develop Line Level Employee Leadership?
Aug 2007
There's a familiar adage, "People don't leave companies; they leave managers." This can be a concerning thought for a manager, especially when an exit interview reveals that the manager is a...
Provided by University of Rhode Island
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Analysis Of The Relationship Between Structural Change And Competitiveness In Turkish Leader Industries
Aug 2010
This paper covers the interaction of the two performances; structural changes and competitiveness of leader industries of Turkey. After decision of trade liberalization in 1980, there have been...
Provided by Yildiz Technical University
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Leader's Ethics - A Requirement For Business Success
Feb 2008
In the past, they were called chiefs, rulers. Now they are known as leaders. In the past there were habits, commercial customs. Today these are called business ethics. Leadership and business...
Provided by Academia de Studii Economice din Bucuresti
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Evolving Role And Nature Of Workplace Leaders And Diversity: A Theoretical And Empirical Approach
Dec 2010
Blumer (1962) regarded the 'Many possibilities of uncertainty as inherent to the process of joint action.' Joint action reflects the efforts of participants to work out the line of action in light...
Provided by Northwest University
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Using Appreciative Inquiry To Build Organizational Capacity To Learn, Risk And Grow
Sep 2010
Appreciative Inquiry is a vehicle for achieving lasting positive social change within an organization. By tracking the progress of a single organization over a four-year period, this research...
Provided by University Alexandru Ioan Cuza
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The Economics Of The Telethon: Leadership, Reciprocity And Moral Motivation
Oct 2007
The authors run a series of experiments in which subjects have to choose their level of contribution to a pure public good. The design differs from the standard public good game with respect to...
Provided by UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2
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Coalitions And Consequences: Learnership And Leadership In India, 1948-2008
Aug 2007
This paper attempts to explore a missing aspect of the large literature that has grown up around coalition governments in India and then to include that aspect in a discussion of the consequences...
Provided by Australian National University
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Social Metrics In Investing: The Future Depends On Financial Outperformance And Leadership
Dec 2010
In order to truly unlock the potential of the impact investing industry, social/environmental metrics must be directly connected to financial outperformance. When above-market rate - or premium -...
Provided by Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
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Conflict And Leadership: When Is There A Hawkish Drift In Politics?
May 2011
The authors analyze an agency model of political competition to examine whether conflict encourages hawkish behavior, and if such behavior can itself aggravate conflict. They consider situations...
Provided by University of Adelaide
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White Papers
Animating Leadership: Crisis And Renewal Of Governance In 4 Mythic Narratives
Apr 2009
This paper analyzes four animated films in order to explore themes of leadership crises and leadership emergence. Drawing on psychoanalysis and structuralist film studies, this paper explores...
Provided by Insper Institute of Education and Research
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White Papers
Contextual Factors And Contingent Reward Leadership: Employer Adoption Of Telecommuting
Mar 2008
Using a contingency perspective, this paper examines the conditions under which telecommuting is most likely to be adopted with data obtained from a sample of 122 CEOs. The authors hypothesized...
Provided by IE Business School
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White Papers
Ultimate Leadership: Winning Execution Strategies For Your Situation
May 2008
There is no single style of leadership that works. But there are basic principles of leadership that all effective leaders apply regardless of their personal style of leadership. This paper is...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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White Papers
Earning The Right To Lead
Jun 2009
"I learned from my time in the Army that leadership begins with the individual," says Todd Henshaw, retired U.S Army Lt. Colonel. Today's environment calls for visionary leaders who have a firm...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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White Papers
Organizational Commitment -A Missing Link Between Leadership Behavior And Organizational Performance?
Nov 2008
This paper investigates the effect of executive leadership behaviors on the Organizational Commitment (OC) of subordinate managers and the influence of the latter on measures of company...
Provided by Elsevier
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White Papers
Rowing As One: Crewing Offers Executives Lessons In Leadership And Teamwork
Dec 2007
On a beautiful fall day, teams of executives from Wharton's Advanced Management Program took to the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia in eight-seat crew shells. Ostensibly, the 56 managers from...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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White Papers
Epiphany On The Ice: Critical Lessons In Creating And Leading Teams
Jan 2008
Wharton Professor Mike Useem has studied, written, and taught about leadership and teamwork throughout his career, but it was an epiphany in the midst of a blinding snowstorm that drove home one...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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White Papers
Ignatian Spirituality And Leadership In Organisations Today
Oct 2009
Half a millennium ago, Ignatius was not cognizant of certain terms considered nowadays as fundamental in organizational leadership: such concepts as transformational leadership, empowerment,...
Provided by Society of Jesus
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White Papers
Strategies For Ambiguity: Finding Opportunities In Uncertainty
May 2008
Paul Freeman, CEO of a private asbestos removal company in Denver, Colorado, had built a very successful business. Then insurance companies decided they could no long offer liability insurance for...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
-
White Papers
Leading Virtually: Making Virtual Global Teams Work
Feb 2009
Since they were pioneered by technology firms in the 1990s, virtual global teams have been growing rapidly. "Virtual work is ubiquitous in the knowledge economy," says Ana Reyes, a consultant and...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
-
White Papers
A Test Of Leadership: Keeping Your Head In Stressful Times
Aug 2009
Calmness can be a competitive advantage. "In the current turbulent times, clients, suppliers, employees, and investors are going to be pretty anxious," says Charles Dwyer, academic director of...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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White Papers
Maximizing The Triple Bottom Line Through Spiritual Leadership
Feb 2008
One of the greatest challenges facing leaders today is the need to develop new business models that accentuate ethical leadership, employee well-being, sustainability and social responsibility...
Provided by Elsevier
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Case Studies
Using A Range Of Management styles To Lead A Business
Jul 2008
For organisations to develop they require a direction. The people who manage the business provide the direction. Taking responsibility for making decisions and running a business well is a skill....
Provided by MBA Publishing
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White Papers
Build On Your Strengths To Strengthen Others
May 2009
You can't walk into a conference these days without bumping into a speaker who is trumpeting the value of building on your strengths. It's easy to understand why this message resonates. "Build on...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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White Papers
Wharton on ... Women In Leadership
Apr 2009
While the glass ceiling is still a part of the corporate architecture for many women, others have met with great success, rising to positions of power within their industries. Most would admit...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
-
White Papers
Gaining Global Perspective: A Fundamental Of 21st Century Leadership
Jul 2009
The economic slowdown has not hurt the market for cross border mergers and acquisitions, which have become a mainstay of the global economy. Their number and value have continued to rise as...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
-
White Papers
Good Leaders Show Up: Why Presence Matters
Apr 2010
Many leaders aren't making the connection between their own actions and the expectations they have for their team. Learn to lead with your values and give more of your most critical resource: your...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
-
White Papers
Reactive Or Proactive? Fast-track Your Career By Taking Charge Today
Jan 2010
2009 found most executives consumed by workplace demands. Fewer people with fewer resources faced increasingly complex challenges. And the prospects for that scenario to play itself out again in...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
-
White Papers
Touching The Void: Critical Lessons For Leaders
Dec 2009
In a study by Wharton Professor of Management Robert House, the effectiveness of top-level managers was measured under both stable and uncertain market conditions. House and his colleagues...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
-
White Papers
Wharton On Learning Leadership: Leadership And Knowledge Management
Feb 2009
Building knowledge in an organization is a challenge that begins at the very top - with the C-level executives who are tasked with seeing a company through all sorts of changes, ranging from...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
-
White Papers
Making The Leap: Rising To The Leadership Challenge Of A "Structural Break"
Feb 2009
Wharton's Executive Development Program (EDP) addresses the opportunities inherent in discontinuity. Although the program was developed to prepare managers for broader leadership challenges,...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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White Papers
Executive Learning Solutions For Individuals In The Pharmaceutical Industry
Jan 2010
Wharton offers a full portfolio of executive development programs that are specifically targeted to pharmaceutical industry professionals. These programs attract key executives from around the...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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White Papers
Warning: Emails Can Constrict Your Power To Lead
Jan 2010
Ultimately, leadership is about influence, Janet Greco tells participants in Leading and Managing People. The co-academic director of the program continues, "To get anything done, you first need...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
-
White Papers
Doing It Your Way: Creating A Personalized Strategy And Leadership Program
Jan 2008
When Dan Petronella, vice president and treasurer for Abercrombie & Fitch, recently negotiated a lease for the company's first Asian store in the Ginza section of Tokyo, he drew upon his...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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White Papers
Positive Leaders Enables Peak Performance
Mar 2010
Positive Leadership enables extraordinarily positive performance by emphasizing what elevates individuals and systems (not only what diminished them), what goes right (not only what goes wrong),...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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White Papers
Wharton On Senior Leadership: Enterprise Leadership
Jun 2009
Global enterprises face a constantly changing business environment, whether they are expanding into new markets, hiring new managers, incorporating new technologies, or merging with other...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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White Papers
Five Keys To Flourishing In Trying Times
Dec 2009
We are in the midst of the most severe recession in the memories of most anyone alive. Many experts estimate that the causes of this recession are more severe than those that created the Great...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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White Papers
Creating Value Through Intimacy
May 2010
The objective of this paper is to show the importance of the word intimacy in IT (Information Technology) organizations. Bringing IT and the business is an indispensable step, as technology got...
Provided by CastlePointe
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White Papers
From CEO To Senate: Why Some Executives Make Better Politicians Than Others
Jun 2010
Growing numbers of top business executives appear to be running for political office. Among others, former CEOs Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina recently won California primaries for governor and...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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White Papers
Wharton On Learning Leadership: Creating A Learning Environment
Feb 2009
As companies grow, their talent needs to develop with them. But creating an environment that both inspires and educates employees depends on much more than imported training programs and seminars....
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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White Papers
How Great Leaders Prevent Problems Before They Happen
Jan 2009
Small problems often precede catastrophes. In fact, most large-scale failures result from a series of small errors and failures, rather than a single root cause. These small problems often cascade...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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Wharton On Senior Leadership: Strategic Management
Jun 2009
When it comes to strategy, should companies focus on increasing market share, improving shareholder value, diversification, or some other goal? And how should the strategy be executed? Mergers and...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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Executive Pay, Hidden Compensation And Managerial Entrenchment
Nov 2009
This paper considers a "managerial optimal" framework for top executive compensation, where top management sets their own compensation subject to limited entrenchment, instead of the conventional...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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Strategies For The Next Generation CIO Leader
Dec 2008
Although the business environment is constantly changing and the CIO's role in an organization has evolved over the last twenty years, the basic tenets of leadership are timeless. By better...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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National Leadership And Economic Growth
Dec 2008
Recent empirical analysis suggests that individual national leaders can have large impacts on economic growth. Leaders have strongest effects in autocracies, where they appear to substantially...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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Dining With An Oracle: MBAs Meet Warren Buffet
Dec 2008
Nick Shirk, 2010 MBA candidate at the University of Notre Dame, had dinner with Warren Buffett the other day. The steak was good. Meeting Buffett was priceless. "He does not disappoint," said...
Provided by University of Notre Dame (Mendoza)
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Fighting For Ethical Leadership
Oct 2009
A year ago, business failures began erupting across our economy. And in the ensuing months, thousands lost jobs and their hopes for a stable future. Homes were foreclosed, factories shut down. And...
Provided by University of Notre Dame (Mendoza)
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Four Leadership Lessons From Entrepreneurs
Oct 2008
Corporate leaders who want to make a positive difference in the world can learn at least four important lessons from successful global entrepreneurs, Thunderbird President Angel Cabrera, Ph.D.,...
Provided by Thunderbird School of Global Management
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Whitepapers
To Be A Better Leader: Know Your Strengths And Use Them Effectively
May 2010
One can use papers information to more clearly express ones unique talents. Whether it's for a promotion or in a new job interview, knowing what strengths one can leverage and apply can lead to...
Provided by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
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Leading A Process Of Change Based On Mission
Jan 2008
Companies don't look for leaders and followers; they want leaders who will beget other leaders. Leadership is a skill now sought after at all levels of an organization. However, achieving this...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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Executive Coach Insight: Effective Communication And Influence
Feb 2010
Active listening and speaking assertively are critical factors to influencing others, yet successful communication can be one of the most significant challenges leaders face. People judge others...
Provided by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
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Overwhelmed, Overloaded
Apr 2009
Companies invest billions of dollars a year developing leaders by using outside training programs and on-the-job work experience. Previous research and common practice has suggested that the more...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
