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Distinguishing between leadership and management in organizations

Leadership is defined as the ability to influence others enough to gain loyalty or confidence of others who follow their direction. A leader therefore has followers. Leaders are able to step up to resolve crisis situations.

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Functional, situational, and transformational leadership models compared

In the functional leadership model, leadership is thought of in regards to a set of behaviors that assist a group to carry out their task or reach their objective and not as an individual person.

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Leadership strategies for sustaining the Pizza Club after graduation

There are a number of very specific, sequential steps Mario can take to both induce a proper assortment of leadership behaviors and to convince the Pizza Club to continue its altruistic endeavors following the graduation of most of its founding members.

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Leadership effectiveness and situational fit in crisis management at AIG, GM, and Citibank

Leadership played a substantial role in the recent economic troubles. The banking industry suffered from leadership that was incentivized to pursue high-risk short-term policies that resulted in high levels of return but subjected the entire economy to substantial risk.

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Leadership strategies for managing multicultural global organizations

There are a number of problems that need to be addressed by the company, and to do this will require decisive leadership. That leadership must combine a common strategic vision with the ability to transfer ideas between cultures.

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Leadership and change management in mergers and acquisitions

One of the main causes of organization failure is poor leadership. This coupled with the lack of appropriate change management program can quickly send an otherwise profitable business venture into the dreaded domains of bankruptcy and losses.

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Leadership development and peer mentoring at Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs is a company that had more than a century of long-standing respect and authority in the financial world up until the recent economic crisis, which ultimately resulted in allegations of fraud being levied against the company and many of its executives.

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Leadership strategies for integrating EnviroTech into Interclean operations

With the merger completed with EnviroTech, I wanted to take this opportunity to remind our team how we can be a strong catalyst of continued growth of the combined companies, concentrating on making the most of our shared expertise.

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Leadership restructuring at Gene One following founder's death

Gene One is a biotechnology company that has increased its revenues over the past eight years from two to $400 million per year. The company attributes its success to gene technologies which help farmers to produce vegetables without using chemicals.

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Richard Branson's transformational and delegative leadership at Virgin Group

Few leaders so overtly and ostentatiously embody the concept of transformational leadership as Sir Richard Branson. Branson heads the mega company Virgin Group.

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