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Think outside the building : how advanced leaders can change the world one smart innovation at a time
\"To address the big social and environmental issues of our day--from poverty, to race and gender disparities, to climate change--we need a different kind of leadership. Good leadership can help solve problems and guide an organization to success. Over a decade ago, Kanter cofounded and has since directed Harvard's breakthrough Advanced Leadership Initiative. In this book, she combines extraordinary stories from the business world with a pragmatic tool kit to deliver a new theory of leadership for producing significant societal change, one that begins where conventional leadership thinking ends\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Memo to Mike Bloomberg: Get a Door
Bloomberg's open office comes naturally to him. He has been a role model for accessible, press-the-flesh, casual-dress, no-reserved- parking CEOs of information-age companies. His media company's modest cubicles and central snack bowls encourage circulation and discourage territoriality, in contrast to big bureaucracies that still equate status with office decor. Bloomberg's company offices set the tone for an entrepreneurial, collaborative culture. Presumably he wants to bring the same culture to city government, signaling that he won't be a leader that hides behind closed doors. The place where Mayor [Michael Bloomberg] works has meaning beyond the preferences of citizen Mike Bloom- berg. Entrepreneurs can sit anywhere they like because all that matters is the task, but mayors of New York represent the history and glory of a great city. Bloomberg is not the chief accountant; his surroundings should reflect the stature and significance of his position. Then there's the counter-productive effect on subordinates of having the boss sit out in the open. The ideal for great leaders was once expressed in corporate-speak as MBWA, or managing by walking around - the leader going out to the people and mingling with them in their own places. But what Bloomberg is doing is more like MBHA, or managing by hanging around - the leader always there to cast an eye over people's shoulders. A CEO in the bullpen where everyone can see him can be distracting to his team and even have perverse consequences. A leader's approachability is dampened if there's no confidentiality, no private doors to sneak into and out of.
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Thriving locally in the global economy
What is the true meaning of globalisation and how can one remain competitive as the world moves towards a single market global economy? How can businesses thrive locally in the global economy? Kanter's latest book World Class: Thriving Locally in the Global Economy seeks to answer these questions and provide a road map to achieve this. Who is \"world class\"? World class refers to standards - \"best in the world\", the highest standards anywhere in order to compete. It also refers to the growth of a social class referred to as \"Cosmopolitans\", a group of people who have the ability to command resources and operate beyond borders, and across wide territories. Companies must begin with a \"best-in-the-world\" mindset. In a globalising world economy, a domestic economy no longer exists; companies large and small are compelled to compete in a borderless global environment. Companies and managers must possess intangible assets, namely the 3Cs: Concepts, Competence and Connections.
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The Challenge of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
In the first book of its kind, experts describe how to help people with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. A summary of recent findings and recommendations is presented by the team who conducted the largest study ever done on people of all ages with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effects. Twenty-one experts from the fields of human services, education, and criminal justice respond by describing their solutions to this problem of a birth defect that targets the brain and has lifelong consequences.Some of the most crippling secondary disabilities that people with FAS/FAE face include mental health problems, disrupted school experience, inappropriate sexual behavior, trouble with the law, alcohol and drug problems, difficulty caring for their children, and homelessness.This book acknowledges the diverse and multifaceted needs of people with FAS/FAE across the lifespan. It will be valuable for parents and the many professionals working with people with FAS/FAE.
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