Women make good leaders but people prefer men
Friday, August 29th, 2008Most people think both men and women make good leaders,. But a study shows that people still prefer men
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Training moral leaders
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007Can we train moral leaders? Harvard Business School seems to think so. But to do it, they need to teach business leaders to embrace ambiguity, uncertainty and not having all the answers.
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Sunday, October 28th, 2007Beware of charismatic leaders - they’re much more susceptible to susceptible to disastrous ethical lapses. The problem, is that charismatic leaders surround themselves with sycophantic people so there’s no reality check. Once that’s in place, it’s all downhill.
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Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
Leaders and managers are less in control than we think. Often, a crisis will send them into a panic.
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Monday, July 9th, 2007
Nearly 40 years after economist Milton Friedman wrote that the “social responsibility of business is to increase its profits”, business chiefs are saying they want to play a leadership role in addressing sociopolitical issues such as education, healthcare and foreign policy.
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