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Leadership “Jesus Style”

Jesus of Nazareth manifests character traits in His speech and actions that transcend time and culture and offer insights into leadership practices and priorities worth serious consideration. The post...

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EDITORIAL: Research and Teaching on Spirituality and Spiritual Leadership in...

Research and teaching in the field will help future managers and organization leaders cope with the stress and anxiety and sometimes rancor that organizations may be experiencing. The post EDITORIAL:...

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GBR Special Issue: Spiritual Leadership

Living in a complex world and moving into the smart machine age, the need for good leadership is even greater; spiritual leadership provides a compass to navigate through difficult decisions. The post...

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The Measurement Trap – Editorial

The measurement trap represents a false belief that we can fully understand all aspects of our business strictly through measurement. The post The Measurement Trap – Editorial appeared first on...

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Rivalry in Business

While rivalry can encourage managers to increase organizational effort or output, it can also increase the likelihood of unethical behavior. The post Rivalry in Business appeared first on Graziadio...

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Leadership in a Smart Machine Age

Critics point to significant limitations including the magnification of our cognitive biases in the algorithms that run our smart machines. The post Leadership in a Smart Machine Age appeared first on...

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Leveraging Organizational Identity for Competitive Advantage

To create lasting strategic advantages, leaders need to consider how organizational identity, a more intangible and less mobile feature of the firm, may be used to create a sustainable competitive...

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The Real Costs of Bad Management-And What You Can Do About It

It seems ridiculous to me that virtually 100 percent of organizations knowingly employ people in an important role who are not good at performing this vital function. The post The Real Costs of Bad...

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An Insight to Project Manager Personality Traits

In a project team context, there are several personalities and behavioral assessment tools available to help better understand the personalities of project managers and their team members for project...

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Shaping New Employee Context

When new employees fail to reach their potential, we too often look to those who failed rather than the context that contributed to this failure. In this article the authors offer recommendations for...

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Using Curiosity to Enhance Meaningfulness of Work

It takes practice to become more aware of curiosity and how to use it in various situations The post Using Curiosity to Enhance Meaningfulness of Work appeared first on Graziadio Business Review |...

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Love: The Heart of Leadership

Both transformational and transformative leadership address the moral obligation of leaders to be totally committed to followers’ best interests—a commitment which is the very essence of genuine love....

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Bullying Before Sexual Harassment

While sexual harassment makes larger headlines, workplace bullying can be just as detrimental to employees and the company for which they work. The post Bullying Before Sexual Harassment appeared first...

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The Timing of Work

In the 21st century, with changing demographics, technology, and socio-cultural dimensions—adaptation of established norms is paramount for the optimal success of organizations and their human capital....

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Creating a Mentoring Program That Works

Growing interest in mentoring programs is largely due to the benefits mentoring provides to participants and their organizations. Mentoring can offer significant benefits in corporate settings. In this...

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Strategies for Managing in the Age of Boycotts

Today’s consumers are subject to social pressure to support brands that are aligned with their personal values. When firms do not conform to their customer’s values, they often find themselves the...

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Leadership is a Wicked Problem

In this article, the author clarifies the differences between those problems that can be solved—Tame Problems—and those that cannot—Wicked ones—and spells out the both the implications of these, and...

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Change Can Be Crazy

Readers are promised four proven techniques to create enduring value when implementing change. When applied, leaders can make a difference in more productive change efforts. The post Change Can Be...

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Conspiracies in the Workplace

With a few notable exceptions, CTs in the past were relatively harmless. With a nation-wide pandemic and deeply-divided population, the CTs can, in fact, be deadly. The post Conspiracies in the...

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Moral Identity and the Leader’s Response

The focus of this article is on the importance of leaders understanding their own moral identities and using that knowledge to increase followers’ commitment to their organizations. The post Moral...

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