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Why Character Matters in Leadership

Organizational Talent Consulting

Evidence from workplace studies on the benefits of character suggests that leaders with high character scores outperform others on company performance metrics. Leadership behaviors guide actions, but a leader's character determines how and if the leader acts. Great leadership is a combination of competence, character, and commitment.

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What ‘The Art of the Deal’ Reveals About Leadership Fairy Tales

Harvard Business

2016 might be the year we recognized the impact of an often-derided literary genre: leadership self-help. As far as I can tell, however, the leadership-industrial complex is hardly celebrating the prospect of President Trump, management-guru-in-chief, as a happy ending. It is a case study of the production of leadership.

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Why The US Presidential-Transition Process Should Start Now

BCG

Article Monday, September 26, 2016. Bush had to make do with a leadership team in the Department of the Treasury that was missing many key players, including assistant secretaries, under secretaries, and the chief legal counsel. However, getting the right people in place quickly is only part of the challenge.

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Why Public Health Organizations Should Partner with Academic Institutes - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM QATAR FOUNDATION

Harvard Business

In a recent article, The Guardian newspaper called for the National Health Service to turn to universities as a key resource, arguing that the research ecosystem in the UK is fragmented and more partnerships that align expertise with the goal of improving public health are needed. The recommendation was echoed in a recent U.S.

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Power Can Corrupt Leaders. Compassion Can Save Them

Harvard Business

In 2016 John Stumpf, then the CEO of Wells Fargo, was called before Congress to explain a massive scandal. The recordings of the hearing are a shocking but illustrative case study of how leaders are at risk of being corrupted by power. Compassion is clearly a hugely overlooked skill in leadership training.

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Corporate Diversity Initiatives Should Include White Men

Harvard Business

The Trump phenomenon and the Brexit vote are case studies in the dangers of ignoring or discounting resistance to change. That is where leadership is most needed: in helping today’s dominant group embrace tomorrow’s reality. Because it’s 2016. Learn from the men beginning to claim their inner feminist.

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How to Beat Mid-Career Malaise

Harvard Business

Case Study #1: Make small adjustments to your environment, and look for ways to enhance your job description. “Instead, I began to approach my job as one in which my success was judged by whether or not my colleagues began to adhere to a vision of excellent communication, servant leadership, and team success.

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