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The Best And Most Admired, C. William Pollard Nov 2000

The Best And Most Admired, C. William Pollard

C. William Pollard Papers

In these brief remarks at the 2000 Fortune Summit, Pollard considers how mission has been the organizing principle of the ServiceMaster Company. In addition, he offers insight into the servant leadership model the company employed under his management.


The Leader Who Serves (Duluth, Mn), C. William Pollard Oct 2000

The Leader Who Serves (Duluth, Mn), C. William Pollard

C. William Pollard Papers

Speaking to a gathering of the Benedictine Health System's leaders in Duluth, MN, Pollard applauds the Benedictine tradition's emphasis on hospitality and encourages servant leadership as model for the system going forward.


Mission As An Organizing Principle (Or A Leader's Ethical Responsibility For The People We Lead), C. William Pollard Oct 2000

Mission As An Organizing Principle (Or A Leader's Ethical Responsibility For The People We Lead), C. William Pollard

C. William Pollard Papers

Delivered at Soderquist Leadership Center's Leadership Expedition in Siloam Springs, AR, this speech outlines the responsibility institutional leaders have for those they serve.


The Trusted General Manager And Unit Performance: Empirical Evidence Of A Competitive Advantage, James H. Davis, F. David Schoorman, Roger C. Mayer, Hwee Hoon Tan May 2000

The Trusted General Manager And Unit Performance: Empirical Evidence Of A Competitive Advantage, James H. Davis, F. David Schoorman, Roger C. Mayer, Hwee Hoon Tan

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Employee trust for the general manager is proposed as an internal organizational characteristic that provides a competitive advantage for the firm. This paper empirically examines the relationship between trust for a business unit's general manager and organizational performance. Trust was found to be significantly related to sales, profits and employee turnover in the restaurant industry. Managers who were either more or less trusted differed significantly in perceptions of their ability, benevolence and integrity.


I Want To Be Like Mike - A Leader That Makes A Difference (Ars-Rescue Rooter Meeting), C. William Pollard Jan 2000

I Want To Be Like Mike - A Leader That Makes A Difference (Ars-Rescue Rooter Meeting), C. William Pollard

C. William Pollard Papers

In this speech, Pollard urges his audience to consider Michael Jordan as a model leader, someone who remains focused and continues to improve in the midst of trials.


I Want To Be Like Mike - A Leader That Makes A Difference (Amerispec Convention), C. William Pollard Jan 2000

I Want To Be Like Mike - A Leader That Makes A Difference (Amerispec Convention), C. William Pollard

C. William Pollard Papers

In this speech, Pollard urges his audience to consider Michael Jordan as a model leader, someone who remains focused in the midst of trials.


The Nature And Structure Of Trade-Financial Networks: Evidence From The New Zealand Pastoral Sector, 1860-1939, Simon Ville, G. Fleming Jan 2000

The Nature And Structure Of Trade-Financial Networks: Evidence From The New Zealand Pastoral Sector, 1860-1939, Simon Ville, G. Fleming

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

This study applies modern network theory to trade and finance networks in the New Zealand pastoral sector before World War Two It particularly examines the manner in which networks can include trading and financial business transactions simultaneously. In addition, it provides evidence of the role of leadership in such networks, in this case played by the stock and station agents as intermediaries bringing farmers into contact with a wide range of service providers.


The Steel Leadership Program: Telling The Stories, Karin H. Garrety, Viviane Morrigan, Richard Badham, Michael Zanko Jan 2000

The Steel Leadership Program: Telling The Stories, Karin H. Garrety, Viviane Morrigan, Richard Badham, Michael Zanko

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

Introduction

  • Between October 1999 and June 2000 fifteen interviews were conducted with Springhill employees who had participated in the SLP course.
  • The OD Team at Port Kembla intends using these stories to help build a new culture.

An analysis and representation of participants' stories of their experiences arising out of the BHP Steel Leadership Program (SLP) does not lend itself readily to executive summary and bullet points. However, we have been able to discern a number of key themes from the process of gathering these stories and, of course, from the stories themselves.


Leadership Requirements In The 21st Century : The Perceptions Of Canadian Private Sector Leaders, Samy H. Watson Jan 2000

Leadership Requirements In The 21st Century : The Perceptions Of Canadian Private Sector Leaders, Samy H. Watson

Dissertations

Problem. Since 1995, with the realization that by 2005 more than 61% of executives in the senior ranks of the Canadian Public Service would be eligible for retirement (La Releve, 1998), the need to recruit and develop competent leaders has become a matter of urgent attention.

Method. Public sector leaders were surveyed by mail-in questionnaires as to their ratings of a set of leadership competencies. Analogue research for private sector leaders, conducted by a colleague, was incorporated for some analysis. A stratified sample of the general public was also surveyed by telephone regarding a subset of the same competencies. …