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10 Cautions for Change Leaders: Ex-Hewlett Packard boss Carly Fiorina has joined Republican John McCain's campaign as chief economic adviser and has quickly become a target for Democratic sniping, according to The Sunday Times. Fiorina, you may remember, was summarily fired from HP when she was felt to have lost her way...; Tags: Carly Fiorina, Leader, Honesty, Leadership, Sales Strategy, Investment, Management, Sales, Finance, Joanna Higgins; Blog posts 2008-07-07
Lose the Worry To Be a Better Leader: Leadership skills expert Scott Hunter, the author of "Unshackled Leadership," says that if you can let go of worry, you'll see extraordinary results both in the workplace and in your personal life. I spoke with the corporate coach to learn more about his philosophy. Why is...; Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Recruitment & Selection, Leadership, Telecom & Utilities, Human Beings, CC Holland, ego, voice; Blog posts 2008-06-26
Are You a Fight or Flight Leader?: It's been said that Winston Churchill was a great wartime leader, but less effective during peacetime. There are some senior executives that fall into that category, too. Today, Trevor Bish-Jones, Woolworths' chief executive, has stepped down, the latest in a...; Tags: Woolworths, Leader, Leadership, Management, Joanna Higgins; Blog posts 2008-06-18
What Leaders Can Learn from Sales: Leaders must sell. Maybe not widgets, but ideas. Maybe not extended warranties, but top priorities. Maybe not service contracts, but competitive context. If leaders can't sell their organization on a vision, they will fail. So what can executives learn about selling from the sales staff don the...; Tags: Sean Silverthorne, leadership, leader, sales; Blog posts 2008-06-16
Leadership - The Link Between Planning & Doing: After reading the preceding articles in this section on strategic planning, one will have a sense that strategic planning involves more than getting together for one day a yearto develop a strategic planning document. Strategic planning is both a logical, rational process, and a process that involves people. It takes...; Tags: Strategy, Strategic Planning, leadership, leader, effective leadership; White papers

What Really Makes an Effective Leader?: There is no such thing as a strong organization without effective leadership, yet there is an ongoing struggle for a solution to the problem of creating excellent leadership. The costs of the struggle have been higher than anticipated. Many organizations have stumbled from one initiative to another, from one competency...; Tags: leadership, effective leadership, recruiting, talent, asset, leader; White papers
What Color is Snow White?: This article mainly focuses upon four primary styles of leadership. These styles are strategic results-based leaders, vision-based leaders, people-based leaders and information-based leaders. These types of leadership have been explained in the article as they form a core of the business. Thus, by tapping into own energy and opening up...; Tags: Refresher Publications, leader, leadership, domain, vision; White papers
Oracle Application Maintenance and Support for a World Leader in Networking for Internet: A World leader in networking for the Internet and in providing end-to-end networking solutions that customers use to build a unified information infrastructure had high complexity in the applications from a support perspective. The applications portfolio included Ariba, Clarify and custom-built applications with multiple production instances of Oracle Financials supporting...; Tags: NETWORKING, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Oracle Corp., TCO, Internet, network, information technology, financial; Case studies
China's Market for Mobile Phones: The research highlights that China's mobile-telephone market is proving tough for global handset leaders. The country's manufacturers are grabbing market share quickly, partly because they better understand the preferences of Chinese consumers. How can the world leaders slow the gains of the local competition and improve their profit margins? Global...; Tags: Manufacturing, McKinsey & Co., China, manufacturer, profit margin, handset, outsourcing, leader, mobile, phone; White papers
Change: Friend or Foe?: Change is often considered an obstacle. For a leader, change as an obstacle creates two pressing problems. First a leader must be able to accept the need for change for personal or professional improvement. Secondly, a leader that cannot manage change will be hard pressed to lead his/her organization through...; Tags: Leadership, leader; White papers
Nine Principles for Effective Leadership: What is a leader? How does one become a leader? Whether one knows it or not, whether one believes it or not, they are a leader and an influencer. Their opinions are listened to and acted upon. The paper presents the nine principles that are going to help one make...; Tags: Leadership, effective leadership, leader; White papers
Bayer Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals Industry: Developing Tomorrow's Leaders With an Initiative That Understands Change: This major chemical, crop, science and pharmaceutical company had enjoyed success with a decentralized "Command and Control" approach to leadership. As it moved into a complex organizational change process aimed at operating more flexibly and competitively in its markets, an elemental part of the challenge revolved around meeting the developmental...; Tags: Workforce management, Bayer AG, leadership, pharmaceutical company, chemicals, talent, training, leader, performance; Case studies
Leadership Is Truly an Art: The relation between Leadership and Art Connection is important factor as it offers a sense of freedom in thinking and performing, which is not often available in corporate America. The thought of being guided takes the handcuffs off people. It allows people to see new horizons where the sunset is...; Tags: leadership, leader; White papers
Creating an Execution Culture: A Leader's Most Important Job: Execution is the biggest issue facing organizations and something no one has satisfactorily explained. It is a culture with a specific set of behaviors, processes and techniques. More than anything, it is a disciplined and systematic approach to planning, implementation and progress assessment. Execution is not just something that does...; Tags: Leadership, Leadership Advantage Inc., leader, strategy, technique, job; White papers
Personality Type in Leaders: What Works - Vol. I, No. 1 MJ03: The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is one of the most frequently used self-report assessment tools in management and leadership development programs around the world. It is a way to provide information about a person's preferred way of behaving and can be beneficial for building self-awareness and ultimately emotional intelligence. It is...; Tags: Leadership Advantage Inc., leadership development, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, team-building, emotional intelligence, leadership, leader; White papers
Leadership in Times of Uncertainty: Back to Basics: In the wake of tragedy, leaders are faced with challenges that stretch their abilities and skills. In this global economy of rapid change and increasing complexity, many leaders struggle to lead their companies in the right direction. Now, more than ever, there is increased uncertainty, more complexity, and more chaos....; Tags: Leadership Advantage Inc., leader, leadership; White papers
Leadership Challenges in Global Organizations: The marketplace as well as the workplace is increasingly multicultural and diverse. Never before have people been required to work together with colleagues and customers from so many different countries and worldviews. More products and services are being consumed outside of their country of origin than ever before, thus increasing...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Leadership Advantage Inc., leader, ethics, workforce, workplace, leadership; White papers
What Leaders Should Know About Basic Human Behaviors at Work: Leaders tend to know more about how their cars operate than they do about what motivates and drives the people who work for and with them and that are not saying a lot. People, human beings, carry out the tasks, projects, and major strategies in any organization. And yet, how...; Tags: Leadership, Leadership Advantage Inc., leader, strategy; White papers
Xerox Corporation: Blended Learning Prepares Leaders Around the World: Start with the imperative to develop next-generation leaders, add the pressure to do it efficiently, and then kick it up a notch by mixing employees from 16 countries into the same experience. A partnership between Xerox Corporation and the Center for Creative Leadership CCL has taken this complex challenge and...; Tags: Leadership, Xerox Corp., effective leadership, leader, partnership; Case studies
Cargill Incorporated: A Global Leader Builds Its Future on Creative Thinking: Cargill got its start as a single grain elevator in Iowa in 1865. The company wanted to: identify specific management practices supporting the work environment and capitalize on best practices, reduce the level of obstacles and barriers to creativity and build powerful innovation cultures within business units. CCL helped individuals...; Tags: Leadership, Cargill Inc., action plan, teamwork, barrier, best practice, leader, environment; Case studies