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Get the most from your MBA: Practice leadership

April 19, 2013

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Many employers tell us that what they are looking for from MBA program graduates is simply put, leadership.  That is, upon graduation will the MBA graduate be able to effectively plan, influence others to get on board with the plan and then effectively adapt to inevitable change?  The Mason MBA program not only offers courses [...]

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The Apology Tool in the Leadership Toolbox

March 5, 2010

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Tiger Woods did it. Al Haig didn’t do it. Belatedly, John Edwards did it. Akio Toyoda has had to do several times in his short tenure as Toyota’s president. An apology is the tool in the leader’s toolbox that he or she doesn’t want to use. Leaders prefer denial to apology and often utilize denial [...]

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