Leadership Lessons from D-Day
The upcoming sixtieth anniversary of D-Day will give us pause to think about the sacrifices that generation made on behalf of freedom. Stories from that day can also give modern leaders useful insights for today. 
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Culture of Cheating: Why Ethics in a Changing Society
Have you ever nudged a checker to a more favorable square when your opponent wasn't looking? Perhaps you claimed your 5 year-old daughter was 4 to get the under 5 discount. 
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Integrity
Most dictionaries list over twenty individual definitions of the word character and it is curious to note that few, if any, list the primary descriptor as "moral or ethical quality." 
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Why Does Character Matter?
Character can be defined in a variety of ways. Mental images abound as to the true definition but perhaps they can be summed up as, the motivation to do what it is right; or who you are when no one is watching. To be ethical, one must posses certain character qualities. 
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Coaching - Maximizing Personnel Potential
All organizations are faced with the challenge of filling positions with people who have the requisite knowledge and skills to perform. More and more, companies are realizing that the ability to build bench strength quickly yields a competitive advantage.
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The Responsibility of Leadership
Few aspects of leadership are more central than decision making. Whether a supervisor determining work schedules or a chief executive officer launching a new strategic plan, leadership and decision making are inextricably linked.
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Leading in Times of Crisis:
Equipping your Organization to Prevail
What is the fundamental difference between crisis leadership and leadership during routine times? During a crisis, leaders cannot afford to micro manage the situation - there are simply too many simultaneous actions required in too many places. 
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Leaders Shape the Organization's Ethical Climate
Leaders teach organizational values to every new member of the organization. These values establish the foundation of the leaders' character. Once members learn these values, their leaders enforce adherence. 
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Is Conflict Desirable?
Conflict seems to come with being a leader. Conflict is practically impossible to avoid and, if not actually undesired, is generally uncomfortable. However, conflict is often a key element in achieving the change that leaders and organizations desire.
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Why Change?
Today's business landscape is littered with skeletons of companies that failed to change with shifting conditions. There are many explanations for their failures - they did not anticipate new market demands, chose not to embrace new technologies, lacked a vision and a strategy, didn't address the concerns of employees, didn't meet the expectations of stakeholders or, in some companies, all of these.
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Announcing the release of The Leader's Compass:
Set Your Course For Leadership Success - by Ed Ruggero and Dennis F. Haley, is the story of how one manager developed his personal statement on what he expects from his team and from himself. $10.00 
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The Ethical Responsibility of Leaders
Many students of organizations have stressed the importance of the ethics of the leader. Chester Barnard, the noted management theorist, not only emphasized the requirement for moral behavior by leaders, but also saw their responsibility in influencing the moral behavior of others as "the distinguishing mark" of leadership and executive responsibility.
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Succession Planning
At a social event Saturday, I was discussing reserve call-ups with a friend of mine who works for an international pharmaceutical company. When the questions got very specific, I suggested that she ask her HR Director for information. I would, she said, but he's been called up and expects to be gone for up to two years.
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Resistance to Change
Most people prefer predictability and stability in both their personal and professional lives. People typically avoid situations that upset order, threaten their self-interests, increase stress or involve risk.
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War-Proof Your Business
Through Leadership Development.
Area businesses have been put on alert! The powder keg of the Middle East could explode at any moment. North Korea has opened the seals of nuclear threats.
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Leadership:
An Introduction to Fundamental Concepts and Styles
By: Anne Breen What makes a good leader? This question has bothered people for centuries.
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Focus and Alignment
Management structures are becoming leaner and flatter, resulting in decentralization leading to more decisions with greater potential impact being made at lower levels than ever before.
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Goal Setting
Where Are You Going?
Most of us have fond memories of the fairy tales we read (or that were read to us) as children. One of the most universally read fairy tales is Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol. 
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Communication is Connection
Communication is the essential human connection - understanding others and being understood. Communicating effectively requires an ability to transmit and receive information with a high probability that the intended message is passed from sender to receiver.
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Development What it is and Why it's Crucial
For the purposes of this reading developing has a very specific meaning. It refers to developing others to be leaders. The principles discussed apply to developing others to perform any of the tasks to which they are assigned.
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Building Morale in Uncertain Times
Set The Tone
By: Libby Anderson
Morale. It’s the spirit of a business. It’s the attitude of its people. Even in the best of times, morale can be a challenge for a manager to build and maintain.
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Leadership:
An Introduction to Fundamental Concepts and Styles
By: Anne Breen - There was a time when I thought that brains were everything. That view has dimmed recently. 
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Managing Job Satisfaction
Some organizations only worry about job satisfaction when their turnover rates are disturbing.
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