News tagged with leaders
Facebook founder to meet with Obama
(AP) -- Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is among a group of technology business leaders that President Barack Obama plans to meet with Thursday in San Francisco.
Feb 16, 2011 |
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Leadership success linked to social status
(PhysOrg.com) -- People tend to follow leaders they perceive as high-status individuals and typically reject the take-charge efforts of people considered lower-status or misfits, according to a research team that included ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 08, 2011 |
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Cautious optimism may be best U.S. response to Egyptian revolt: expert
David A. Westbrook, University at Buffalo Law School professor and recognized voice on the global political economy, says that although there is a great deal of understandable anxiety that current events in the Middle East ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Feb 07, 2011 |
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Violent political rhetoric fuels violent attitudes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Political leaders regularly promise to "fight" for noble causes and "combat" pressing problems. They declare "war" on social problems, such as poverty, disease, drugs and terrorism.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 25, 2011 |
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Hu urges US to ease high-tech export restrictions
President Hu Jintao has urged the United States to ease restrictions on high-tech exports to China after Beijing and Washington signed $45 billion in trade deals during his US visit.
Jan 21, 2011 |
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ILR research finds leaders don't rock the boat
Creativity might be the trait many CEOs say is essential for senior leadership, but research by an ILR professor and colleagues shows it can actually block you from reaching the top slots.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 14, 2010 |
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Low-status leaders are ignored
People who are deemed social misfits or "losers" aren't effective leaders, even if they are crusading for a cause that would benefit a larger group, according to new research from Rice University, the University of Texas ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 02, 2010 |
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What makes brains of business leaders tick
Ground-breaking research will scan the brains of influential people to explore how they make decisions, using often complex and conflicting information.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 15, 2010 |
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To be good, sometimes leaders need to be a little bad
Outgoing. Assertive. Calm. Practical. Decisive. These are obvious qualities that one would want in their leaders.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 19, 2010 |
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Study predicts women in power, Muslims heading West
In the next 40 years, an unprecedented number of women will be in positions of power, Muslim immigration to the West will rise, and office workers will be unchained from their cubicles, a report released last week says.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 18, 2010 |
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Researchers will test suicide prevention program in high schools
With students returning to classes, University of Rochester Medical Center researchers are beginning a large, long-term study of the effectiveness of a unique suicide prevention program in high schools across New York and ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 07, 2010 |
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Study identifies four types of evangelicals in American leadership
A new Rice University study based on interviews with 360 American leaders who are evangelical Christians (including CEOs, presidents and chairs of large businesses and their equivalents in government and politics, nonprofits, ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 25, 2010 |
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Large national study strongly links educational leadership to student achievement
A new study released today, the largest of its kind, offers important new evidence affirming the strong connection between what school leaders do and student achievement -- and sheds new light on what effective leadership ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 21, 2010 |
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Follow the leader: How those in charge make themselves known
Do you find yourself leading groups, or are you naturally more comfortable following others? Research published today shows that if you want to be a leader you're better off at the edges of a crowd, and not in the middle ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 01, 2010 |
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Leaders say momentum building on climate change
(AP) -- Leaders of the Commonwealth countries called Saturday for a legally binding international agreement on climate change and a global fund with billions of dollars to help poor countries meet its mandates.
Nov 29, 2009 |
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