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		<title>Great Leadership (“Chief Disorganizing Officer”):</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ansgar Gerstner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take a look at this example of leadership: “The Man Who Rescued Lego” Interview with Jørgen Vig Knudstorp CEO, LEGO, by Adam Burns on Meet the Boss TV (http://www.meettheboss.tv/Broadcast/Leadership/96/The-Man-Who-Rescued-Lego) Filed under: Interview<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ansgargerstner.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9675526&amp;post=545&amp;subd=ansgargerstner&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Making work meaningless:</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ansgar Gerstner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“How Leaders Kill Meaning at Work” McKinsey Quarterly, January 2012, by Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer (https://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Governance/Leadership/How_leaders_kill_meaning_at_work_2910) The above is an important read for senior executives that goes well together with the emphasis on “personal development” as an outstanding reason in getting an MBA in the following post by MBAChannel, “New Survey Challenges Some Accepted [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ansgargerstner.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9675526&amp;post=540&amp;subd=ansgargerstner&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Taoist-style management, a real-life example:</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 15:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ansgar Gerstner</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[David K. Hurst]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[effective management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just read a Harvard Business Review article by David K. Hurst about an impressive real-life example of a turnaround in which Taoist concepts played an important inspirational role. The article makes me really look forward to David K. Hurst’s new book planned for publication by Columbia University press in spring 2012. Though the article [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ansgargerstner.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9675526&amp;post=526&amp;subd=ansgargerstner&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Health, organizational health:</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:19:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ansgar Gerstner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a nutshell, here is what it is all about: “What Is Organizational Health?” by Colin Price on MIXTV – Management Innovation eXchange (http://www.youtube.com/user/mlabvideo#p/search/1/HIogbY-Ii78) Then also go to “http://www.managementexchange.com/users/colin-price”. This is Colin Price’s page on the MIX. Or, watch and listen to Colin Price, “Are You Creating a Healthy Organization?” (http://www.youtube.com/user/mlabvideo#p/search/2/wxWHT5J5ajM) and “What Do Healthy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ansgargerstner.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9675526&amp;post=511&amp;subd=ansgargerstner&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>“Leadership and Organizational Patterns in the Daodejing”:</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ansgar Gerstner</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[self development]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My latest article on the relevance of Daoist/Taoist concepts and strategies for management has just been published by the Journal of Management Development. The title is “Leadership and Organizational Patterns in the Daodejing”. Journal of Management Development, Vol. 30 Issues: 7/8, pp.675 – 684 (http://www.emeraldinsight.com/fwd.htm?id=aob&#38;ini=aob&#38;doi=10.1108/02621711111150191) Filed under: Articles<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ansgargerstner.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9675526&amp;post=496&amp;subd=ansgargerstner&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Monkeys and Bananas:</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 13:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ansgar Gerstner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excellent YouTube clip: “Monkeys and Bananas or ‘That’s just the Way It Is’” My take on this clip is that it is a perfect description of the framework that leaders with low EQs create for innovation, engagement and performance in any organization. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYfW7LJ4nDE&#38;feature=share) Filed under: Video<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ansgargerstner.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9675526&amp;post=485&amp;subd=ansgargerstner&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gary Hamel on management:</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 12:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ansgar Gerstner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Right to the point and very persuasive: “Gary Hamel: Reinventing the Technology of Human Accomplishment” Video excerpt from University of Phoenix Distinguished Guest Video Lecture Series, 2011 (http://www.managementexchange.com/video/gary-hamel-reinventing-technology-human-accomplishment) Filed under: Video<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ansgargerstner.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9675526&amp;post=477&amp;subd=ansgargerstner&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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