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Why Purpose Matters to Leaders
Leaders who unite their teams around a purpose beyond creating profit redefine what is possible. They show a road map for how collectively each person can have a positive impact on customers, an industry, community, and society. The lens these leaders hold up allows individuals to see how they can make a difference, a key […]
read more »Why Purpose Matters to Leaders
Leaders who unite their teams around a purpose beyond creating profit redefine what is possible. They show a road map for how collectively each person can have a positive impact on customers, an industry, community, and society. The lens these leaders hold up allows individuals to see how they can make a difference, a key […]
read more »Is Ethical Leadership Contagious?
If you were trying to foster ethical leadership in your organization, could anything make it “contagious?” For starters, labeling it as “ethical leadership” might not take you as far as you’d like. How often do people say they are on board, “get it” and don’t need more? While they might be willing to read about […]
read more »Peace, Education, Equality and Malala Yousafzai
“Let us pick up our books and pens; they are our most powerful weapons,” Malala Yousafzai told the United Nations General Assembly on July 12, 2013. Her compelling 17-minute speech advocated for peace, education and equality around the world so that schools and education can be “every child’s bright future.” What is especially remarkable about […]
read more »Wisdom in Action, Andrew Pochter and Martin Richard
Our individual wisdom is what shapes our leadership and determines our humanity. It comes out of how we see, feel and interpret joys and sorrow in life and what we’ve learned from others. How we live and act on our wisdom is our legacy, a true measure of how we inspire and impact others. The […]
read more »Leadership Lessons at American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The integrity of the leader of an honorary society for independent public policy — founded in 1780 during the American Revolution — is under question as a result of misrepresentations on her resume and criticisms from former employees over her bullying, micromanaging management style. While there is never a good moment for negative media attention, it is coming at a particularly awkward […]
read more »Words Conveying Empowering Values Falling Out of Use
Words matter. We know that from the impact they can have on us. And the reaction our words can have on others. Words can package the fuel that inspire us to behave in a way that brings out the best in ourselves and in others. Using words like “courage,” “decency,” “honesty,” “conscience,” “patience,” “compassion,” and […]
read more »Pepsi’s Advertising Disconnect From Social Responsibility
Update: May 4, 2013: Pepsi pulled the ad, but a segment of the ad is still available to view as of today here Having a woman CEO hasn’t sensitized those at Pepsi making advertising decisions based on an ad pulled this week showing a hysterical blonde, battered, white woman intimidated by a policeman who is drinking […]
read more »Abramson, Mayer and the Road Ahead for Women Leaders
Jill Abramson, the first female executive editor of the New York Times, whose tenure in her first 18-months has yielded four Pulitzer Prizes. is the subject of a hit-and-run POLITICO piece this week quoting anonymous journalists at the paper criticizing her brusque, dismissive, non-empathetic style, labeling her “very, very unpopular.” It is difficult to imagine a reporter having access to or using […]
read more »"Engaged Trusteeship," Stakeholders and UVA Governance
Strength invokes a sense of power, muscle, vigor, and force. It can, under the right circumstances, be a source of wisdom that invites collaboration, engagement, innovation and inspires trust. In university governance, there is increasing tension about how authority is held or shared — how strength plays out. With the increasing involvement of business leaders […]
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