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Strategic Planning: Critical Items Leaders Must Consider

Strategic planning is critical for any organization that wishes to achieve its mission. Read the first submission of this three-part series:
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When Are Employees Likely to Retire?

As the worldwide labor force is growing older, it’s important for leaders to retain talented and experienced employees.
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Creating a Challenge Network to Improve your Performance

Rather than taking new ideas to people who will uniformly support them, leaders should take their ideas to people who will debate them, look for potential blindspots and help them consider alternatives or contingencies.
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Give a Little Nudge

What can nudging others' behavior teach us about leadership? Check out this Staff Pick of the Month on "Nudge" to learn more.
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What Leadership Style is Best?

Super Bowl champ and best-selling author Nathan Whitaker gives an insightful answer to a question that many are asking online...
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Keeping Your Business Going: The Only Good Inspection is a Surprise Inspection

Business leaders need "pop inspections" to ensure everything is running correctly. Discover why.
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How a CEO’s Gender Impacts Shareholder Decision Making

A look at sexism in the C-suite.
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Can Leadership be Taught? What Most Companies Get Wrong

Many people are curious if leaders are born or made. We have the answer.
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Leading by ‘Managing Up’

Employees can help managers become better leaders.

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