Jobs

This post originally appeared on LeadChange. It is the sixth in a seven-part series summarizing the findings of a one-year study of workforce leadership in which we identified six practices next-generation leaders are using, comprising a new model of leadership we call WEadership in a nod to its collaborative nature.

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What business are you in?

It’s rarely as simple a question as it seems. Remember the vendors who thought they were in the ice business but were eclipsed by Frigidaire?

This post, authored by Kristin Wolff and Vinz Koller, was originally published on the Social Innovation Exchange Blog, September 26, 2011.
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An Exploration of Leadership

There was a moment this spring, mid-way through a a project about the changing nature of leadership in the field of policy concerned with work and learning (we call it “workforce”), where we began to feel a renewed sense of excitement and promise.

"An Economy That Works: Job Creation and America's Future"

 “The US needs to create 21 million new jobs by 2020 to regain full employment – and only achieves this in our most optimistic job growth scenario.”