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31st Aug 2007

Resource link: Transitioning from private to public leadership

Todd Pittinsky is Research Director of Harvard’s Center for Public Leadership and Alexandra Messiter is a student at Harvard University. Here is their article, in  more...

(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5)

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30th Aug 2007

Video link: Bill George, John Whitehead on leadership

From the Charlie Rose show here are Bill George and John Whitehead in a video segment: “A conversation about leadership. “ Copyright © 2007 MindEdge  more...

(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5)

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27th Aug 2007

Recommended reading: women as leaders

Here are books that deal with women in leadership. They can be purchased from Amazon.com or other online booksellers: Leading From the Front: No-Excuse  more...

(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5)

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24th Aug 2007

Decision-making: Five approaches

This slide show presentation looks at five approaches to managerial decision-making (autocratic, gathering, consultative, group sharing, consensus) and considers their utility in different situations (for  more...

(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5)

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22nd Aug 2007

Resource link: General MacArthur’s leadership principles

From the LeadershipNow.com website, here is: “General Douglas MacArthur’s Principles of Leadership. “ Copyright © 2007 MindEdge Click a star to rate this: (1 votes,  more...

(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5)

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20th Aug 2007

Kotter’s 8-stage Change Management Process

Harvard Business School professor John P. Kotter outlined an eight-stage change management process in his 1996 book, Leading Change. This framework has been embraced by  more...

(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5)

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16th Aug 2007

Resource link: Selecting a leader

David Maister is an author, former Harvard Business School professor, and consultant. Here is his article from his site: “Selecting A Leader: Do We Know  more...

(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5)

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15th Aug 2007

Resource link: CEOs and innovation

Researchers from the University of Minnesota claim that CEOs who “focus their attention on future events, as well as external activities, lead their firms to  more...

(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5)

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13th Aug 2007

Resource link: the leadership generation gap

Don Blohowiak is executive director of Lead Well, a leadership development firm. Here is his article from the Telegraph newspaper: “Leadership hit by generation gap.”  more...

(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5)

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10th Aug 2007

Leadership’s front-stage and back-stage roles

Leaders must play many roles. All of us adopt different roles at different times: student, parent, teacher, employee, patient, customer, and, sometimes leader. The sociologist  more...

(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5)

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