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Adaptive leadership development in the U.S. Army

The most important priority for the army in today's increasingly sophisticated defense landscape is to ensure it has adaptive leaders for a complex world.

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Collective leadership and adaptability in modern military organizations

Many people believe that the leader in any group or organization is one of the most important factors necessary to achieve the group's objectives.

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Modern leadership challenges: workplace flexibility and organizational change

The world has changed significantly in the last five decades or so. There have been tremendous technological advances, globalisation, political and regulatory changes, as well as socioeconomic shifts.

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Youth leadership training program impacts on self-esteem and communication skills

Moreover, adolescents tend to lack self-esteem, motivation, moral value, and a positive outlook on life (Sullivan & Larson, 2010). However, to be competitive in the world of business, adolescents must learn and be trained on way to effectively manage their emotions.

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CEO leadership strategies in resource allocation and organizational management

As CEO, what do you see as your most important function? As the founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of my company, I am responsible and accountable for everything at the organization.

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Herb Kelleher's charismatic leadership at Southwest Airlines

The co-founder and former chief executive officer, president and chairman of Southwest Airlines, Herb Kelleher, has frequently been cited in the leadership literature as being an exemplar of charismatic leadership (Gibson & Blackwell, 1999).

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Ethical leadership failures and myopic decision-making at Enron

To say that the behavior and outlook at Enron was myopic would be putting it lightly. Indeed, to be myopic means to be short-sighted and intellectual about decisions made and the effects that will be rendered. Besides that, it is terrible leadership and only sets up a firm to fail.

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Self-esteem as a predictor of adolescent leadership development and employment

Youth Leadership and the Development of Communication Skills, Self-Esteem, Problem Solving and Employment Opportunities The four-year longitudinal study by Marshall, Parker, Ciarrochi and Heaven (2014) showed that self-esteem is a reliable predictor of "increasing levels of social support quality…

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Ethical leadership and changing styles of Mikhail Gorbachev

As the eighth and last leader of the former Soviet Union, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1990) and best-selling author Mikhail Gorbachev was alternatively the Communist Party general secretary during the period 1985 through 1991, chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet and chairman of the…

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Effective leadership in tobacco control programs: key skills and self-assessment

Leader? The guide Best Practices for Tobacco Control Programs has among the best practices there is opportunity to glean what effective leadership looks like from an outcome perspective. For example, on page 64, the following tasks are identified as success factors:

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