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Bob Woodward's account of Bush administration leadership during the Afghanistan war

This book consists largely of day-by-day juxtapositions of accounts of what American leaders - Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Colin Powell, CIA Director George Tenet and others - were, according to Woodward, thinking and saying about the…

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Community hospital facing financial decline and leadership challenges

The Community Hospital in the present case study saw its beginnings during the mid-1800s and has come a long way since then serving a population of nearly 13,000 inhabitants.

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Organizational conflict and innovation in corporate leadership

Conflict within the organization is an every day reality as no one individual will have the same opinion or style. The differences found amongst people in the workplace has required perceptions to change when it comes to leading a team and implementing strategy.

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Pope John Paul II's leadership and legacy of peace

Born in Poland, Pope John Paul II has led the Roman Catholic Church for 26 years. A leader whose death brought forth hundreds of thousands of people at St. Peter's square. This only testifies in itself the qualities which Pope John Paul II possessed.

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Cultural conflicts at IBM and leadership communication practices

Cultural conflict is perhaps a problem in most companies especially in those where business units exist in different region. Researches and studies have found that there is no perfect company that can say that cultural conflict doesn't exist within their organization.

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Macrina the Younger and early female monastic leadership

In monasticism, the participation of women started very early and apart from the hermits who lived in the desert, there were women in Rome who were living like in a monastic manner.

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Global Communications' challenges with outsourcing and IT leadership

For many companies, how they should survive in a changing market is very important to them and often results in many difficult decisions being made. These decisions can include whether to lay off employees, outsourcing some work to other countries, pay and benefit cuts, and many other concerns.

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Personal growth through challenges and service leadership

Distinguished historian, musician, and civil rights activist Bernice Johnson Reagon stated, "Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are." Challenges often present forks in the road that allow people to discover their true goals and…

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Palm Computing's corporate culture and leadership under Jeff Hawkins

Palm Computing Inc. Palm Computing is today a veritable pioneer in mobile and in wireless Internet Solutions, and it is also the acknowledged world leader in handheld computing. The Company Palm Computing Inc.

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Hildegard Peplau and psychiatric nursing leadership

Introduction the mere mention of the name of Hildegard E. Peplau lights up the image of a nurse who later became a bonafide legend in her own time, incomparable for her passion for change throughout her professional career (Clarke 1999).

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