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Leadership failures in the 1993 Waco siege and aftermath

Waco Incident: Failure of Leadership? The Waco incident refers to the botched attempt in February / April of 1993 by the ATF and the FBI to raid Mt. Carmel -- the compound of the Branch Davidian religious sect in Waco, Texas -- in which about ninety people lost their lives.

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Leadership and management theories in nursing practice

Over the last several years, health care has been going through a leadership crisis. This is because of the increasing demand from shifting demographics in the population (i.e. The Baby Boomer becoming older) and the shortage of staff.

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Leadership philosophies in Crimson Tide: tradition versus innovation

If there is anything that makes Crimson Tide watchable, it's the intense conflict of philosophies regarding leadership between the two lead characters, Captain Frank Ramsey (Gene Hackman) and Lieutenant Commander Ron Hunter (Denzel Washington).

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John C. Maxwell's seventeen essential qualities of team leadership

"Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be broken," reads the quotation on the title page of 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Leader: Becoming the Kind of Person Every Team Wants, by management guru John C. Maxwell.

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Leadership failures and cockpit resource management in Flight 163

Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 163 departed Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport after a flight from Karachi, Pakistan ("Wikipedia," 2004). There were 287 passengers and 14 crewmembers aboard the L1011 aircraft that was bound for Jiddah.

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Self-organization and adaptive leadership in living organizations

The mistaken assumption that organizations are machines is fundamentally wrong. In fact, organizations are required to be adaptive, flexible, and intelligent. And all of these are characteristics of living systems, which have the capacity to self-organize.

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Leadership styles in Garry Wills's "Certain Trumpets"

In the appendix to his book Certain Trumpets, author Garry Wills states, "I was not looking for the greatest or best leaders but those who can be seen, at some point in their career, exemplifying a distinctive kind of leadership," (271).

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Leadership traits that build trust in military combat units

What leadership traits are needed when a military officer and his men are under fire in a war zone? How to real leaders respond to the terror of war? What qualities to soldiers look for in their officers as the troops are being led into battle? These and other issues will be discussed in this paper.

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Leadership development programs and organizational commitment to staff advancement

David Mollish and Diane Landers, GAI Consultants, in their article entitled Establishing Staff Development as a High Priority Relies on Interaction, Tenacity and an Enthusiastic Executive-Level Champion, believe that the surest way to develop both the organization and future leaders is to identify…

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The Eagle Award and the nature of leadership in the 21st century

Welcome to the 21st Century, my friends. This is your century of reward and your day of awards. The Eagle Award, established in 2001, is organized and sponsored by Transcoast London Ltd. It aims to create, or rather -- to recognize -- the astounding role models and leaders like yourselves.

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