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Inc.
Transforming a business is a lot like changing the tires on a truck while it is slamming down the highway at 90 miles an hour. The business world doesn't stop just because you need to optimize your operations. No, your business still needs to be able to quickly respond to customer demands with high quality service delivery even when it's in the midst of great transformation.

Visit http://www.inc.com/james-kerr/how-to-manage-business-transformationand-keep-your-sanity.html to view the full article online.

 
CNBC
The ever-increasing presence of knowledge workers (people who know more about what they are doing than their boss does) presents challenges to modern-day leaders that their counterparts in years gone by were not called to address. The main challenge is: "How do you help your team members achieve their goals when you, as a leader, are not an expert on the topic?"

Visit http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/23/one-thing-great-leaders-never-do.html to view the full article online.

 
Longwood Gardens
Chief Executive
While organizations often try to cultivate leaders through programs or look for them outside their walls, they already may have "hidden" leadership potential in their own ranks.

Visit http://chiefexecutive.net/3-ways-ceos-can-find-hidden-leaders-organization/ to view the full article online.

 
Entrepreneur
It’s the age-old leadership question: Is it better to be loved or feared? And an August study published online in the "Journal of Business and Psychology" finds there are advantages and disadvantages to both.

Visit https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/284505 to view the full article online.

 
H & H Farm Machine Co.
Forbes
The career landscape has been completely transformed over the past half century. The scenes in Mad Men seem absolutely impossible to imagine in today’s world of work. Despite the huge contrast, several musty mindsets about employees and employers persist. In this post, I will focus on employer mindsets that need to be reset.

Visit http://www.forbes.com/sites/williamarruda/2017/01/29/the-9-management-myths-that-leadership-needs-to-nix/#7b70218f4bf6 to view the full article online.

 
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