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Why Character Matters in Leadership

Organizational Talent Consulting

This article provides three practical steps to help you develop your character strengths and pass your next character test. If you are unsure where to begin, research-based books and articles like those mentioned and cited in this post can be great resources. Industrial and Commercial Training, 48 (8), 394-399. Claar, V.V.,

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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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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. ” Case Study #2: Look for meaning outside of the traditional professional realm — and be willing to take a risk. Look for problems you want to solve and then design a new job. It was held last August.

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How to Make Better Predictions When You Don’t Have Enough Data

Harvard Business

Simply turning the work over to machines won’t help: most machine learning and statistical mining techniques also hold the assumption that historical data, which is used to train the machine-learning model, behaves similarly to the target data, to which the model is later applied. A model that considered data from beyond the U.S.

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How to Talk to Your Boss When You’re Underperforming

Harvard Business

” Possible interventions include more frequent check-ins or some sort of training to boost your skills. In this case, Manzoni advises talking to your boss about a possible move. Case Study #1: Admit your mistakes and generate ideas on how to improve. “Say, ‘I appreciate your trust and support.

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Corporate Diversity Initiatives Should Include White Men

Harvard Business

Thus most of the work of diversity and inclusion approaches in companies to date has focused on empowering the “out” groups or training the “in” groups about their unconscious biases. The Trump phenomenon and the Brexit vote are case studies in the dangers of ignoring or discounting resistance to change.

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