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The dark side of ambition

Work Life

Ambition fuels leadership by pushing individuals to take responsibility, imagine alternatives, and mobilize others toward a vision. In leadership, this can result in toxic cultures, short-term thinking, and spectacular failures. As Plato warned , a person who wants to govern should not. Greed erodes the social contract.

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Leadership Begins With Humility

Tanveer Naseer

For the Cherokee Nation and most organizations and governments, the greatest adversity is lack of leadership and the greatest opportunity, of course, is to develop leadership, in other words, to get some “horses and fishes.” Leadership defined The dictionary defines “lead” as “to take or conduct on the way”.

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Revealing Leadership Insights From Thinkers50

Tanveer Naseer

State of the art management and leadership techniques are continually evolving. More recently, Christensen has applied his ideas to healthcare and education to show how enlightened management thinking can tackle the big issues facing society. The following is a guest piece from Thinkers50 creators Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove.

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There’s a happiness gap at work. Here’s what we learned from leaders in Finland and Denmark, the happiest countries in the world

Work Life

However, without trust, there is no leadership. It is alarming that overall trust in leadership is waning. We recently spoke with business, academic, and government leaders in Finland and Denmark, the top two happiest countries in the world , about how enacted values impact workplace happiness.

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Ep 204: Whitney Kelso on Networking, Boundaries, and Taking Risks

Go Burrows

Whitney Kelso is an Administrative Assistant II at one of the largest healthcare providers in the United States. She supports two Staff Vice Presidents and their leadership teams in the Global Chief Information Office. LEADERSHIP QUOTE Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily, even if you had no title or position.

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These industries might benefit most from a 4-day workweek

Work Life

The ethos has piqued interest across industries, including tech, healthcare, finance, retail, and even government, as hybrid and remote work are the norm in our economy. Its leadership team emerged from the pandemic in 2022 with a keen understanding of just how spent their providers were. It’s a mindset.”

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UK economy could get a £550 billion boost from AI by 2035, Microsoft claims

Workplace Insight

The authors says the UK is already well-positioned for AI leadership, boasting the most advanced tech sector in Europe (second only to the US globally). The government’s National Strategy, launched in 2021, aims to solidify the UK’s position as an “AI superpower” within the next decade.