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Mentoring Still Not Happening for Women in the Workplace

Great Leadership By Dan

DDI Senior Vice President, Leadership Solutions stated, “A staggering 63 percent of the survey group never had a formal mentor and considering that 67 percent rated mentorship as highly important in helping to advance and grow their careers—this indicates a critical gap in businesswomen’s development.” Byham, Ph.D.,

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A Stunning, New Leadership Lens

Steve Farber

We know that leadership is a decision not a position, and we have to work really hard to get better at it. We’ve been exploring the convergence of three essential qualities: Human Capital–individuals’ attributes, talents, capacities, and contribution. You have an important mission. What Holds Us Back.

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During this Crisis, Don’t Expect Business as Usual from the Family Enterprise

Strategy Driven

For example, within resilient family businesses, owners are not just together to make money, but to share values, responsibilities and a commitment to future success. The response must recognize financial reality, but also sustain social capital by respecting all stakeholders. About the Author. Jaffe, Ph.D.,

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What Business Should Do about Occupy Wall Street

Harvard Business Review

The clarion call is out for "humane and inclusive" capitalism. And business has a very large role to play in ushering in a new economic model that delivers larger social equity through innovation and commitment to sustainable business practices.

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With New York Schools Appointment, Bloomberg Did it His Way

Harvard Business Review

Cathleen Black's appointment raises, first, the perennial question: Is leadership a highly contextual capability? Leaders need others' confidence and support and get it when their experience is perceived as relevant and, better yet, when key relationships provide them with social capital. How portable are leaders?