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Lorraine Monroe's leadership at Frederick Douglass Academy

Monroe, Lorraine. (1999). Nothing is impossible. New York: Public Affairs. All too often, the failings of inner-city schools are chronicled in the media, without any celebration of some of the notable successes of educators like Lorraine Monroe.

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Supervisory leadership in child support services

Although we might all like to think that love alone can raise a child, the sad reality is that it also takes a considerable amount of money. This is why the state provides services and acts as an advocate for parents who wish to obtain or ensure continued child support for their children.

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Improving aviation weather services through federal leadership and FAA oversight

Aviation weather services are vitally important to safety, so having good leadership is a very necessary part of them. Unfortunately, good leadership is not always something that's available for these types of services.

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Team leadership: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats

Team leadership is, broadly defined, a leadership approach where teams without designated leaders, or with leaders who act as facilitators rather than directive mangers, engage in self-managed approaches to decision-making.

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Nursing leadership in addressing health disparities through caring relationships

The objective of this work is to review articles related to nursing and to outline the policy formation based on one of the approaches reviewed in the articles.

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Executive leadership and organizational culture coupling in Chinese enterprises

Zhang, Zhi-xue (nd) an Exploratory Study of Tight and Loose Coupling Between Executive Leadership and Organizational Culture. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Hong Kong Research Grants Council. Online available at http://www.iacmr.org/03-106.doc

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Ethical leadership and corporate accountability in American business

There is substantial evidence of a lack of ethical behavior in the business world and if the buck stops at the top of a company, then the business leaders of the U.S.

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Fearless leadership and employee empowerment in Guts by Freiberg

Guts! The book Guts: Companies That Blow the Doors off Business-as-Usual, by Kevin and Jackie Freiberg, is essentially a "how to" book centered around making a company a success with creative thinking put forward by fearless leaders.

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Contrasting leadership styles and their influence on personal management development

Summer vacations are a great opportunity for a student to work in various domains and organizations in order to get an idea of various styles of leadership. I took this opportunity to study managerial styles during two summer holydays and went through two opposite experiences.

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Understanding leadership effectiveness through theory, practice, and personal skills

I think that one of my key understandings related actually to the efficiency and effectiveness of leadership itself. In order to be an efficient leader, one needs to blend theoretical knowledge, practical training and personal skills.

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