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“Trust Me, I’m a Leader”: Why Building a Culture of Trust Will Boost Employee Performance – and Maybe Even Save Your Company

Strategy Driven

Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers. That’s why, inevitably, there is a constant pressure to let the end justify the means. About the Author.

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“Trust Me, I’m a Leader”: Why Building a Culture of Trust Will Boost Employee Performance – and Maybe Even Save Your Company

Strategy Driven

Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers. That’s why, inevitably, there is a constant pressure to let the end justify the means. About the Author.

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Spotting the Great but Imperfect Resume

Harvard Business Review

They are eager to hire lieutenants whose career zigzags have created a burning desire to succeed in a new job. Imagine the remorse of a venture capitalist unwilling to back Steve Jobs in 1977, because the personal-computer pioneer never finished college. Small-company chief executive officers voice a similar lament.

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Why Companies Should Add Class to Their Diversity Discussions

Harvard Business Review

Vance has received huge attention for his book Hillbilly Elegy , chronicling his time as a venture capitalist who grew up in rural Ohio, and the difficulties his background presented. Class-based bias, just like gender- and racial-based biases, can seep into workplace systems and artificially hinder the career success of those groups.

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