The Biggest Losers: The Perils of Extreme Downsizing

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Pat Galagan

Extreme downsizing is what management professor Wayne Cascio says companies engage in when they cut their workforce by more than 20 percent. To date, almost 40 percent of the United States's largest companies practiced extreme downsizing during the Great Recession. Down... More »

The Trusted Leader

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Steve Gladis

The defining word for leaders is trust. With trust, there is nothing leaders can't get done; without trust, nothing gets done without lots of pain, cost, and time. I studied leadership researchers (Goleman, Tichy, Kouzes and Posner, Goldsmith, and others) and finally wa... More »

Guiding Generation X to Lead

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Tamara Erickson

What Gen X leaders face is a world with finite limits, no easy answers, and the sobering realization that there are significant, seemingly intractable problems on multiple fronts. Perhaps the biggest change from the past is that there will be no dominant voice. Leaders ... More »

Executives Jump the Leader Ship

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Aparna Nancherla

A staggering proportion of workers are currently unemployed, and former senior leaders are no exception. One hundred twenty-five CEOs departed from their jobs in May 2010, up 24 percent from 101 departures in April, according to a report from global outplacement and exe... More »

Dave Ulrich

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An interview with Dave Ulrich, Co-founder and Principal Partner, The RBL GroupProfessor of Business Administration; and Director of Human Resource Executive Program, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan More »