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Harvard Business Review
We know that emotions are contagious. Research by UC San Diego's James Fowler and Harvard's Nicholas Christakis has shown that happiness is contagious, for example. If you have a friend who is happy, the probability that you will be happier rises by 25 percent. We also know that behaviors are contagious.
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By Anne Rose
 Angry people you can't seem to please. Wending your way through a bureaucracy to find the right person or the right department to resolve your issue. A bitter co-worker who is infecting the office morale or a dictatorial boss who's making everyone miserable. With all these problems, where can you turn for the all-purpose panacea? Well, there isn't one. And the reason is that no matter what problem you're dealing with, it all boils down to people problems.
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Forbes
Leadership presence, that illusive but "we know it when we see it" quality, is a blending of personal and interpersonal skills that when combined, sends all the right signals. It's how you show up, how you make others feel and how effectively you communicate both verbally and nonverbally. It's the "wow" factor that sets you up for the next promotion and gives your career that extra boost.
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Great Leadership
For better or worse, human behavior is complicated, messy and unpredictable. This makes it difficult for today
s leaders to achieve optimal performance from their teams. Great leaders, however, use three simple insights to understand and change the behaviors of their key people.
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Forbes
Great leadership can be a difficult thing to pin down and understand. You know a great leader when you're working for one, but even they can have a hard time articulating what it is that makes their leadership so effective. It's through a leader's actions — what he or she does and says on a daily basis — that the essence of great leadership becomes apparent.
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Fast Company
What traits do ethical leaders share? Ask most people that question and they'll start listing terms like "integrity," "honesty," "fairness," "trustworthiness," "compassion," and so on. Not long after I pose this question to the business leaders I work with, the tone in the room changes. A sense of awe, pride and positive spirit comes over the space — a nearly palpable sense that being an ethical leader matters deeply to everyone present.
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Harvard Business Review
Despite the huge impact executives can have on their organizations, failure rates remain high. Prescriptions for what to do continue to fall short. So we wondered: If we closely studied the executives who succeed in top jobs once appointed, could we identify distinguishing features that set them apart and defined their success?
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Fire Chief
Is part of our responsibility to help build moral character, especially in those aspiring to become the next chief? A few years ago, Jim Loehr authored the book "The Only Way to Win — How Building Character Drives Higher Achievement and Greater Fulfillment in Business and Life." He concluded that first an individual must work at intrinsic core values, even construct a personal code of ethics to live by, before setting out on the extrinsic goals such as becoming an officer.
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