Leadership and Change

Carol Bartz's Challenge at Yahoo: Choose a Path, Build a Team and Do It Fast

New Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz has a long to-do list -- chart the company's strategy, weigh a potential search partnership with Microsoft, boost morale and round out her management team -- and not much time to deliver amid a weak economy that is hurting online advertising, say experts at Wharton.

http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/2142.cfm

A Case for Inspirational Leadership

There are hardly any leadership or management books out there that do not talk about inspirational leadership. So why another post on the topic of inspiration? Around 2 million jobs were eliminated in 2008. In October, a CNN poll found that 59 percent of Americans believe another 1930s-style depression is very or somewhat likely. A separate poll for Condé Nast Portfolio shows that people working in the finance business are even gloomier: 77 percent of them say their industry is in a state of crisis, and 50 percent say the economy is the worst it has been in their careers.



Thus given the circumstances it is even more important that leaders at every level keep their teams inspired, motivated and focused.

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10 Suggestions for Self-aware Leadership in 2009

1) Government leaders get back to the best, most ethical, positive spark of what drove them to want to lead in the first place.

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