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Brownell's HURIER model and listening in hospitality leadership strategy

In the peer-reviewed article and models of the article, Exploring the Strategic Ground for Listening and Organizational Effectiveness (Brownell, 2008) the author provides insightful analysis into how leaders in the hospitality industry can transform their businesses by listening, creating effective…

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God's recognition of Gideon's potential and divine leadership

The biblical story of Gideon is essentially meant to relate to how people are all the same before God, and that He recognizes one's value even when the respective person appears to be worthless.

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Samsung Electronics' strategy for portable device innovation and market leadership

How well is the present strategy working? The present strategy is working better than the management of Samsung had anticipated. This is because they are finding ways, to innovate in a number of different areas of consumer electronics.

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L'Oreal's global expansion strategy and market leadership in cosmetics

In 2001 Business Wire explained that L'Oreal, the world's leading Cosmetics Company, was founded in Paris in 1907. Over the past ten years, L'Oreal has significantly strengthened its presence in the major international markets, and has some 48,000 employees in 150 countries.

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Argyris and Schön's theory of action for improving organizational leadership

Over the last ten years, the amounts of leadership in business have been increasingly brought to the forefront. Part of the reason for this, is because many managers and administrators have been lacking the ability to effectively lead their organization.

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Warren Bennis' theory of self-knowledge and effective leadership

Warren Bennis' (2003) work on Becoming a Leader deals with many of the same issues that other leadership books address. However, Bennis' (2003) approach is not necessarily the same.

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Smucker's strategic shift from differentiation to cost leadership

Smuckers pursues -- somewhat -- a differentiated strategy. The company is being pushed by the market towards a cost leadership strategy, however.

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Algonquin Indian society, leadership, and relationship with the land

This reading underlines the complex nature of the society of the Algonquin tribe, despite the fact that much of our knowledge of the tribe has been lost.

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Integrity as the foundation of respect in professional leadership

Respect is one of the phrases most-often referred to in connection with personal attributes and leadership qualities and capabilities. There are various misconceptions about exactly what it means to "command the respect" of others.

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National Oilwell Varco's next generation recruitment strategy for oil industry leadership

The Houston-based equipment and services firm of National Oilwell Varco (NOV) has a rapidly aging workforce and is facing highly competitive economic conditions. The firm employs 20,000 employees working in manufacturing, selling, and services.

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