How can we make sense of leadership in the 21st century? Malcolm Higgs Henley Management College‚ Henley-on-Thames‚ Oxford‚ UK Keywords Leadership‚ Intelligence‚ Behaviour‚ Organizational change Introduction For centuries we have been obsessed with leaders‚ and with identifying the characteristics required for effective leadership. In more recent times the area of leadership has been studied more extensively than almost any other aspect of human behaviour (Kets de Vries‚ 1993; Goffee
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“Imagine”: An Education that Fosters Hope (Original) Risa Sato (Age 16‚ Japan) International School of the Sacred Heart‚ Tokyo President Obama visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial last month‚ 71 years after the first atomic bomb detonated in Hiroshima. The visit replayed over and over on the news and‚ at least for me‚ it was a flag of hope that marks how far we have come in rebuilding after World War II. Growing up in Japan‚ I’ve listened to numerous accounts of the atomic bomb‚ each unimaginable
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“Surprised by Hope” N.T Wright is described in Christianity Today as‚ “one of the most prolific biblical scholars in a generation”1. His extensive theological and biblical work is made evident in his book‚ “Surprised by Hope”. This book successfully corrects many misconceptions in the general and Christian population‚ about what the Christian hope is. In his book‚ “Surprised by Hope‚” N.T. Wright thoroughly‚ precisely‚ and somewhat aggressively‚ discusses in three distinct sections‚ the future hope for Christians
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usually abandon hope. In The Scarlet Letter‚ written by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ one would expect that Hester Prynne to give up. Hester suffered a lot during the book; however‚ we can see that she still has hope in many ways. One of the ways is that she is always with her daughter‚ Pearl. Another way is when we see a rose bush when the times are hard. The rose bush is present during hard times and in ways that give Hester a sense of hope and faith. A way to keep Hester alive and full of hope was seeing Pearl
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HSM/240 Creating a Social Program June 17‚ 2012 Hope Tree Introduction Although it may not be cost effective now‚ young adults with more adequate life skills will have a more positive effect on society as a whole. Hope Tree is a community based social program creating a safety net for young adults about to “age out” of the foster or group home system. For these youth with already troubled pasts of neglect‚ abuse‚ and abandonment issues; running as far and as fast from the system seems
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Refection Essay Surprised by Hope The book Surprised by Hope was written by N.T. Wright. The author N.T. Wright is a prominent New Testament scholar and a Bishop of Durham in the Church of England. Wright shares many conservative Christian views and is the author to several Christian books dealing with Jesus‚ death‚ and the resurrection. In this book‚ Surprised by Hope‚ N.T. Wright address two main questions: what is the ultimate Christian hope‚ and what hope is there for the change‚ transformation
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expected of us in line with our gender‚ class and culture? Can we change our identities to fit in with how we want society to see us rather than how society expects to see us? Firstly we should not confuse personality with identity. Personality traits may be something we have in common with people we meet but identifying with a certain social group is something we choose to do usually as a result of the things we have in common. Personality is categorised as an internal
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The Last Ride Together by Robert Browning Robert Browning’s poetry is regarded as the finest love poetry. His poems deal with the emotions of love. His philosophy of love is an important part of his philosophy of life. “The Last Ride Together” by Robert Browning is a monologue (a long speech) of a rejected lover exploring the end of a love affair. The title suggests the last ride that the lover has spent with his beloved. However‚ the poet wants to convey through the narrator that rather than feeling
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How we can protect marine life from extinction Extinction means that the loss of species or other taxonomic unit occurring when there are no surviving individuals elsewhere. Every species however small may have an important role in maintaining a well-balanced ecosystem. Recent surveys suggest that the number of species in an area may enhance ecosystem productivity and stability; hence the loss of any species could be detrimental to the ecosystem. Direct effects and indirect effects as a result
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predictable in its performance. It can be thought of as analogous to the MySQL MyISAM auto commit model. By keeping transaction support extremely simple‚ performance is improved‚ especially in a system that may run across many servers. 3. What makes MongoDB best? ANS: Following features of MongoDB make it best
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