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We Value Leaders More Than Managers

The Horizons Tracker

The precise difference between managers and leaders has been a topic of discussion in the leadership community for many decades, and the conversations often reveal a clear preference for the seemingly sexier task of leadership over the bean-counting that so often encompasses managerial administration. Overvaluing leadership.

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Social Networking for Business: Does it Really Work? :: Women on.

Women on Business

Example 1: During the 2004 election season, I connected with a new friend through a grassroots Asian Pacific Islander political group. Through the group, I’ve found new participants, come up with additional items to discuss, and gained an informal sense of what’s on my compatriot’s minds. 200 copies available.

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9 Ways Social Media Can Make You A Better Leader

Terry Starbucker

I can say this with confidence, because my decision to jump into Social Media headfirst back in 2005 has played an important role in my personal development as a leader -nearly as important as the direct leadership experience itself. Here are 9 ways Social Media has helped me, and can help you too: 1.

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How to Make Space for Social Media

Harvard Business Review

Few professionals were sitting at their desks in 2004, eyeing the empty slots in their calendars and wishing that somebody would just invent a new way of communicating to fill those long and lonely minutes. Social media demanded attention. If social media is worth doing, than it's worth making time for.

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To Crack the Glass Ceiling, Start with Venture Capital

Harvard Business Review

Sweeping affirmative action legislation, media attention, and parental ambition have been energetically directed at creating a meritocracy in business. drop, from 2004 to 2009, in female engineers. This is a very disturbing trend for corporate America, further damaging efforts to effect change for female participation.

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How Companies Are Already Using AI

Harvard Business Review

For example, our survey, which asked managers of 13 functions, from sales and marketing to procurement and finance, to indicate whether their departments were using AI in 63 core areas, found AI was used most frequently in detecting and fending off computer security intrusions in the IT department. Could Liberate 50% of Managers' Time.

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How to Revive a Tired Network

Harvard Business Review

By managing the three key properties of networks that either propel you forward or hold you back—breadth, connectivity, and dynamism—you can develop a stronger network and use it as an essential leadership tool. This article will show you how to reinvent your network, by managing these three critical dimensions.

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