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On Becoming a Leader

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In this paper, Bennis distinguishes leadership by focusing on 28 individuals, including Apple's John Sculley, Johnson & Johnson's James Burke, and others, in a new book.
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"In a penetrating, insightful new book, Bennis distinguishes leadership by focusing on 28 individuals, including Apple's John Sculley, Johnson & Johnson's James Burke", (Sloan Management Review), and others. "A solid work that illuminates its subject and engages (the reader).. . . Its ideas are wise enough to stand reexamination".--USA Today.

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Lessons in Leadership from Three American Presidents

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a model of effective leadership based on a four-part framework used to analyze the performance of three recent American presidents (C Carter, Reagan, Bush).
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Understanding a Father-Daughter Succession Case: Applying the 5+5+5 Bernelli Model

TL;DR: In this paper, a case study of a father-daughter succession in a family business in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia is presented, where the authors use the Bernelli 5+5+5 model to examine the daughter's entrepreneurial growth.
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Climbing the Administrative Career Ladder: Who Goes Up Might Come Down

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present five elements of leadership behavior to transfer the attributes of success in a prior position to a new leadership position in a new position, in order to achieve career advancement and success.
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Handing Each Other Along: Developing Leadership in Kinesiology

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine strategies for fostering disciplinary leadership, handing each other along, and being handed along, in various ways, including quality mentorship, broad understanding of human movement and a commitment to critical thinking.
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Group dynamics: implications for successful expeditions

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify characteristics of group dynamics, expedition behavior and leadership concerns for expeditions, and identify characteristics that can assist an expedition to meet its goals, and may even contribute to the safety of participants.
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The Closing of the American Mind

TL;DR: The closing of the American mind as discussed by the authors is one of the best-sellers in history, and Bloom's sweeping analysis is essential to understanding America today, and it has fired the imagination of a public ripe for change.