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Servant Leaders Outperform Because They Connect

Michael Lee Stallard

Within a matter of hours following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, aircraft carriers, Aegis destroyers, and cruisers were in position to protect America’s shores. As the Navy improved sailor retention and developed greater alignment with Admiral Clark’s vision, it became faster and more responsive. why is everyone smiling?

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Leaders Make Values Visible

Marshall Goldsmith

” There is an implicit hope that when people – especially managers – hear great words, they will start to exhibit great behavior. Before the energy conglomerate’s collapse in 2001, I had the opportunity to review Enron’s values. I was shown a wonderful video on Enron’s ethics and integrity.

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Using Underdog Narratives To Motivate Teams

The Horizons Tracker

Using the underdog Research from the USF Muma College of Business explores how the approach can play out and whether there are any potential potholes for managers to keep in mind. ” Fighting spirit For instance, consider Apple’s situation in 2001 just before launching the iPod, when the company was facing difficult times.

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Veterans Among the Best Civilian Leaders

Strategy Driven

What’s more, military personnel have soft skills that the private sector also values, problem solving, team building, crisis management, dealing with ambiguity, collaboration, and creative thinking among them. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate for this most recent group of transitioning service members is 5.8

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Five House Rules for Managing Risky Behavior

Harvard Business Review

For enterprise risk management, key policies include a statement of risk appetite and explicit risk tolerance levels for critical risks. The company's performance measurement and incentive systems, and the degree to which risk management is considered, will also have a profound impact on employee behavior. Set clear policies.

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Why It’s So Hard to Train Someone to Make an Ethical Decision

Harvard Business Review

One of the conundrums of ethical decision making is that many moral decisions that are quite straightforward — even easy — to resolve in a classroom or during training exercises seem far more difficult to successfully resolve when confronted during actual day-to-day decision making. You and Your Team Series. Mark Chussil.

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More of Us Are Working in Big Bureaucratic Organizations than Ever Before

Harvard Business Review

Writing for the Harvard Business Review in 1988, Peter Drucker predicted that in 20 years the average organization would have slashed the number of management layers by half and shrunk its managerial ranks by two-thirds. Between 1983 and 2014, the number of managers, supervisors and support staff in the U.S. in 2001 to 16% in 2015.