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Transformational Leadership: Changing Culture to Fuel Financial Success

Organizational Talent Consulting

Company cultures centered on efficiency thinking have flooded the marketplace with low-cost, widely available products and resulted in tremendous waste and social issues (Brown, 2009). These ethical failures are often not the result of one "bad actor" alone but systemic issues.

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People Who Graduate During Recessions Earn Less Money — but They’re Happier

Harvard Business

When the graduating classes of 2009, 2010, and 2011 hit the job market, their employment prospects were depressingly bleak. One metric of self-focus is narcissism: the belief that one is special, unique, and entitled to good outcomes. adamkaz/Getty Images. Unemployment rates were at historic highs and job openings were scarce.

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What Happens to Mental Health at Work When Our Devices Know How We Feel?

Harvard Business

In the UK alone, a 2014 report from the chief medical officer for England estimates, the number of sick days lost to “stress, depression, and anxiety” increased by 24% from 2009 to 2013. Protecting their mental health has become a self-preservation priority for managers. Arianna Huffington counsels more sleep.