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Chief Justice John Roberts and the Affordable Care Act decision

The concept of providing basic healthcare services to individuals in need has undergone an agonizing transition, from a luxury once only afforded by the affluent to a basic human right granted to citizens of every economic station, and the recently enacted Affordable Care Act (ACA) was designed to…

~3 min read

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Book Review Undergraduate 935 words

Leading with the Soul by Bolman & Deal: Book Review

A reflective summary and review of Bolman & Deal's "Leading with the Soul," exploring spiritual leadership, motivational gifts, and democratic management philosophy.

Business

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Book Review Undergraduate 403 words

Management of the Absurd by Richard Farson: A Book Review

A review of Richard Farson's Management of the Absurd, exploring his paradox-based approach to leadership and why intuition outperforms standardized management techniques.

Business

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Book Review Undergraduate 678 words

Ferguson and Faith: Clergy, Justice, and the Ferguson Movement

A book review of Leah Gunning Francis's Ferguson and Faith, examining how faith leaders and clergy responded to the Ferguson crisis and social justice movement.

Religion

~4 min read

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Shakespeare's Henry V and the moral burden of kingship

The powers and the responsibilities of a Renaissance king were awesome and absolute.

~11 min read

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2,375 words

Bill Gates as a dynamic and successful leader

Specifically it will discuss Bill Gates and why he is characterized as a dynamic and successful leader. Bill Gates is the richest man in the world, and what helped him amass that fortune is his great leadership style, plus the courage to do what he believed, no matter what others said.

~12 min read

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484 words

Five characteristics of an effective group leader

Focuses constantly on the goal as a means of achieving group effectiveness. Focusing constantly on the goal is the whole purpose of the group and I do not get distracted by trivial things. For example, when meeting a group goal I would gather as much information as possible by researching.

~3 min read

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1,456 words

Becoming a servant leader: traits, skills, and community responsibility

Open your mind inclusion & innovation. Unpublished raw data, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska. This presentation starts by describing what a servant leader is, and it then looks at what it actually takes if one is interested in becoming a servant leader.

~8 min read

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648 words

My strengths and limitations as a transformational leader

I have never been assigned the task of leading a large organization. However, when I have been given the task of exercising leadership within a specific context, I have tried to lead with a vision.

~4 min read

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595 words

Organizational change in the U.S. Army and the role of TRADOC

Organizational change is a complex process in most cases, with those at the top of the hierarchy having the authority and power to institute changes while those in the trenches generally lack both the power and the authority but often having the expertise needed to guide needed shifts.

~3 min read

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