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Barclaycard's strategic alternatives for consolidating market leadership

Barclaycard is a UK-based credit card giant. They were the first to introduce the credit card in Great Britain in 1966 and after four decades of existence, they came to be present in more than 60 countries.

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Sun Tzu's principles of leadership and strategy in modern business management

What does an ancient Chinese classic about the nature of a now-obsolete form of warfare have to teach us, in modernity, about how to manage others and navigate the current business environment? A great deal, The Art of War's presence in many business class syllabuses would suggest.

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Ken Blanchard's four principles of effective leadership

The book Leading at a Higher Level by Ken Blanchard is one of a series of books on the subject of leadership and intended to provide the person in the business world with an understanding of leadership and with the tools to become a leader by following the precepts in the book.

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Boundary spanning behaviors in team leadership and customer engagement

Describe boundary spanning behaviors you have engaged in? Boundary spanning is conceptualized on an article entitled Boundary Spanning and Group Leadership Functions the Third Dimension by Schopler PhD, et. al.

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Joan of Arc's military leadership and religious mission in France

Pernoud, Regine with Marie-Vbronique Clin. Joan of Arc, Her Story. Revised and translated by Jeremy du Quesnay Adams. Edited by Bonnie Wheeler. New York: Palgrave, 1999. pp336. $11.96.

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Elizabeth I's religious settlement and political leadership during her reign

During an unpleasant period in English history, Elizabeth I became one of England's most influential monarchs. She was a descendent of the Tudor line and her forty-five-year reign was very successful and a jubilant Elizabethan Age.

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Developing critical thinking and adaptive leadership skills for deaf education interpreters

This was a result of deciding what I was going to accomplish with my skills. I have the skills of a good teacher, of knowing American Sign Language and am motivated by feeling teaching quality is important.

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Creating vision and mission statements for a leadership course

For a vision statement to be successful, it must inspire members of a group, organization or team to find the intersection of their passions for their work and the needs of the organization, and then work very hard to deliver on the potential for making a contribution.

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Group protocol for developing adolescent collaboration and leadership skills

Group Protocol for adolescents - addressing the occupational needs of the adolescent population During the occupational assessment, a group of 12 adolescents are observed attempting to solve a complex mathematical problem for a science project.

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Eisenhower's military training and preparation for leadership

Military historians study how being a commander in the armed forces prepares an individual for future positions of leadership. Dwight David Eisenhower, General of the Army and the thirty-fourth President of the United States modeled this theory.

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