As a result, when I rose up the IT chain, I did so not just thinking about my role as an order taker or as just an internal service provider, but also as a business leader and change agent.
Joshua Freedman is a change leader teaching the skills of emotional intelligence around the globe.
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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai this month that he and his party will participate in the elections.
So why would scientist within a global leader take a change for the project (and career) to engage in uncharted ground?
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Over the last month and a half, I have taught two-day seminars on Being a Change Leader for a Large Multinational.
But a company with a strong vision for growth must by necessity be a leader in communicating change, and this is where a strong thought leadership platform plays a role.
This process can take months to years, based on how the leader manages the Organizational Change Adoption Path.
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The leaders of Berkshire's roughly 80 subsidiaries and all the operating companies would reject a leader that tried to change the way the company works, he said.
That was the year that investor dissatisfaction with uneven results led to the ouster of Northrop Grumman CEO Ron Sugar and his replacement with a new leader committed to major change.
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The EU could become a world leader in tackling climate change and sustainable living, promoting renewable energy generation and living more lightly on the planet - indeed, it's essential that it does so.
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Mr Wheelhouse said that Scotland was a world leader in tackling climate change and in renewable energy - and that the government would continue to pursue its target for renewable energy to produce the equivalent of 100% of electricity from renewables by 2020.
And Jobs is a leader in identifying how to change the behaviour of people in affluent markets.
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As long as that is so, no amount of criticism from abroad is likely to change the Cuban leader's mind.
Of course, you can't expect every leader at Fort Carson to change just because they went to the new training on PTSD.
In order to get the up or down vote on Owen that Republicans want, Majority Leader Frist is threatening to change the rules of the Senate so that Democrats can't require 60 votes to move on the nomination and Republicans would need just a simple majority.
We have gone from a bystander to a leader in the fight against climate change.
If the vote goes against change, a new leader will not be in place until mid-January at the earliest.
During the meetings, participants shared their experiences, and the group leader facilitated support and suggestions for change from other group members.
Sharon's spokesman made clear there was no change in the Israeli leader's policy that violence must stop before peace negotiations start.
In fashioning an exit that allows for continuity and change, a good leader, tempered by a deep knowledge of himself, sees beyond his limits to the opportunities ahead for his organization.
The defeat makes it harder for Merkel to pass legislation, and because Germany is seen as the defacto leader of Europe, that could change how the EU acts on the sovereign debt crisis.
The far-right National Front is also opposed to the change, although its leader Marine Le Pen stayed away from the march, arguing the issue was a diversion by politicians from France's real problems.
We need a leader who will fight for the big change we need to see.
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They demanded change, and elected a leader named Theodore Roosevelt to deliver it.
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Mayor Emanuel is proving himself to be a leader who is more interested in making change than in playing politics.
Unless a deal is struck soon, notes Zlatko Lagumdzija, an opposition leader, everyone can forget about serious change until after next year's elections.
Then, we have just learned from the indispensable Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) of a dramatic sea-change recently announced by the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB).
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