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What's Servant Leadership?

Organizational Talent Consulting

Employees are more likely to provide constructive criticism and engage in productive conflict without fear of exclusion or retaliation. Awareness: Both general awareness and self-awareness strengthen the leader's ability to understand issues involving ethics, power, and values holistically. Winston, B. & Ryan, B. 212-222.

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Flourishing in a Social Enterprise World

Tom Spencer

And the pioneering work of social enterprises in sectors like construction , manufacturing , banking , hospitality and healthcare suggest that innovative and sustainable businesses are able to thrive without being run primarily for profit. Since the late 1990s, the social sector has been on the rise.

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Why Mass Migration Is Good for Long-Term Economic Growth

Harvard Business

Higher diversity is therefore associated with lower productivity, which inhibits the capacity of the economy to operate efficiently. At the same time, diversity in societal norms, customs, and ethics can nurture technological innovation and the diffusion of new ideas, and thus the production of a greater variety of goods and services.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

Operations assumes this status quo as a “given” and works within current procedures to improve them and “operationalize” them with a high degree of efficiency. Development, on the other hand is a constructive conspiracy. Business Ethics, Culture and Performance. In most operations the problem is clear and solutions are knowable.

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How to Work from Home When You Have Kids

Harvard Business

How do you establish constructive workplace relationships with people you see infrequently? When working remotely, take care to provide small, clear signals that your commitment and work ethic are unwavering. Smart use of technology can maximize your efficiency and your connection to colleagues. Demonstrate your commitment.

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The Right and Wrong Ways to Regulate Self-Driving Cars

Harvard Business

Autonomous vehicles will profoundly affect insurance, road design and construction, traffic management, taxi and limousine services, the materials and safety equipment in vehicles, and asset ownership (who needs to own a car when one can simply be summoned from the most efficient location?).

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When Did the U.S. Stop Seeing Teachers as Professionals?

Harvard Business

Often its members join in a professional organization, local, state, or national, which enunciates standards and ethics of professional performance sometimes with the powers of enforcement.” But the failure of elected officials and school boards to recognize a teacher-constructed professionalism is an invitation to endless conflict.