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The rise of toxic Leaders in Organizations

by Ombretta Mancini

We are witnessing the rise of toxic leaders and workplaces. We tend to choose or follow a very different kind of leader. We hire and promote the psychopaths, the narcissists, the bullies and the autocrats dedicated to self-interest. Their long-term impact can damage and even destroy organizations (and even countries). Many people easily forgive these […]

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Vision and Values: Two Trains Running

by Ombretta Mancini

Many of us straddle two paths: the path to heart, or spirituality, and the path to make a living, or as my parents asserted, “Using your head for something other than dreaming.” For many years, I held these two paths separate hoping at some point I could bring them together. Can we bring head and […]

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Fulfillment equals productivity for millennials at work

by Ombretta Mancini

The world of work does not get a free pass from millennials who seek meaning and importance in everything they do. For them (the generation born in the two decades before, or immediately after, 2000), the workplace must ideally reflect socially worthwhile goals because their sense of “engagement” is dependent on their feeling that they […]

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