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| | Building Community Through Shared Values, Goals & Experiences | | By George Zimmer, Founder and CEO, Men's Wearhouse |
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|  | | At Men's Wearhouse, we want our employees to feel connected to each other. The quality of relationships that we have with each other determines the quality of our corporate community-and directly impacts our ability to work in teams and as individuals. George Zimmer explains the why and how of corporate community building. | Read Full Story  |
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|  | | I Believe | | By Dr. Mark Albion | | So, what do you believe in, and how does it factor into your career decisions? Why spend a serious amount of time on anything you don't believe in? When I talk with young people in their 20s, I feel their fear of being a no one going nowhere. Of not being able to find something to believe in, a cause worth following. Of not being able to make some contribution-however small that may be-and leave the world at least a little better. Here are four tips on building a career, a life, you can believe in." | Read Full Story  |
|  | | Ten Traits to Develop in Becoming a Servant-Leader | | By Larry C. Spears | | In 1970, retired AT&T executive Robert K. Greenleaf (1904-1990) coined the term "servant-leadership" and launched a quiet revolution in the way we view and practice leadership. Three decades later, the concept of servant-leadership is increasingly seen as an ideal management model, one to which untold numbers of people and organizations aspire. In fact, in the last decade we've witnessed an unprecedented growth of interest in, and practice of, servant-leadership. | Read Full Story  |
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