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Strategic leadership development for accounting graduates in management

Accountants at the management levels can be depended upon to have technical accounting expertise to give organizations the financial knowhow they need to fulfill statutory reporting requirements. However, management accounting also entails supporting the enterprise.

~16 min read

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Leadership failures and transformational change at Sony under Sir Howard Springer

Continually challenged both by environmental factors and a strong resistance to change internally, Sir Howard Springer faced daunting obstacles in turning around Japanese conglomerate Sony.

~3 min read

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Leadership's influence on organizational culture and firm performance

The leadership an organization plays a critical role in determining its culture that influences its performance. The culture refers to the norms and practices that employees are used to and how they influence each other in making decisions.

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Leadership accountability and ethical conduct in the 56th ABCT

I was pretty enthusiastic when I returned to the 56th ABCT having been ordered to assume responsibility as the deputy brigade commander (DCO). I felt proud and lucky. I had held the proud and shinny image of the 56th ABCT in my head for the last two years.

~11 min read

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Authentic leadership across organizational paradigms and contexts

At the core of leadership is the interaction between the leader and the follower. Much of leadership theory can be understood in terms of how leaders and followers interact and what the underlying assumptions are with respect to the roles and nature of leadership.

~15 min read

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Leadership's role in team motivation and project conflicts

The motivation that a team receives from the leadership will determine if the things that are to be done will be done by the team members and willingly so.

~6 min read

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Leadership approach for an introverted team with Myers-Briggs diversity

The current learning team has a membership with different personality types within it. It is important for each member to not only understand their own personality type and preferences, but also the other members of the group's personality profiles and their implications.

~6 min read

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Self-assessment of leadership across seven healthcare domains

With respect to the seven domains, I scored with a lot of greens in terms of demonstrating personal qualities, in particular with respect to self-awareness and managing myself. I scored lower on working with others, mainly yellow and red.

~10 min read

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Evolution of leader-member exchange theory in organizational leadership

The LMX theory has undergone a number of refinements since its inception approximately four decades ago.

~8 min read

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Leadership practices of Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey G. Smith, U.S. Army

While the debate over nature vs. nurture continues, some people appear to be naturally born to assume leadership positions while others must constantly struggle to become and remain effective leaders.

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