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Entrepreneurial leadership and success at Five Guys Burgers and Fries

Five Guys was founded in 1986 by Jerry and Janie Murrell and their sons, all five of whom are part of the business. In 1986-2001 Five Guys opens five locations around the DC metro-area and perfected their business of making burgers.

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Educational leadership through adaptive challenges and level 5 leadership

The article by Heifetz and Linsky takes the position that part of the job of leadership in education is not just teaching, but also "…mobilizing schools, families, and communities" in order to effectively confront serious issues.

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Managing team diversity in organizational leadership

Jackson in his article claims team diversity is the even distribution of personnel attributes among interdependent members of a work unit (Jackson, 2003).

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CEO leadership strategies for managing organizational conflict and change

This paper references the existing scholarly literature in terms of providing ideas, strategies -- to be used as organizational tools -- that are available to the alert, competent CEO.

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Educational leadership conflict management and time use in schools

A leader in the field of education -- whether a teacher, counselor or an administrator -- has certain specific obligations and moral duties to carry out. What about the ability to show leadership?

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Groupthink in educational leadership and prevention strategies

Groupthink is a problem that many teachers' organizations have to deal with. In educational settings, managers and administrators have to be wary of groupthink, which is a situation that occurs when team members are too eager to go along with ideas and proposals.

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Kouzes and Posner's five practices of exemplary leadership

"Leaders inspire a shared vision by exciting and energizing others…they hold up a mirror to help mentees see something more in themselves -- the possibilities of their future…"

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Challenges in physician leadership and organizational effectiveness in healthcare

Part 1-Identify at least three challenges faced by physician leaders in their attempts to "lead" physicians toward a common vision of healthcare performance.

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Restoring leadership and morale in the 56th Heavy Brigade Combat Team

After receiving call from Division Commander regarding the death of COL Volar, all the responsibility has been laid on my shoulders now, as I am the permanent Brigade Commander.

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Transformative leadership in human service administration

Supervision and leadership administration are interrelated but sometimes conflicting roles. How can a person best fuse the two roles effectively, without sacrificing professional integrity?

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