Recent articles on leadership from around the web…

• The Second World War for Talent
  Online Recruitment declares that because of employee turn-over, increased hiring, and a shortage of key skills, ‘A Perfect Storm is Coming’ in the battle for top talent, and this time it’s going to be a global struggle.
  
• Being Good at Your Job isn’t Enough
  Management Issues summarizes a British study by the Chartered Management Institute, telling us that managers largely believe that their efforts are going largely unnoticed by their bosses.
• Corporate Ethics . . . How Far Has Business Got with Reform?
  The Slow Leadership blog gives us a very detailed analysis of the impact reform has had on improving corporate ethics. In a nutshell, “when it comes to corporate and business ethics, it’s questionable whether we have advanced very far over the years.”
• Sometimes, All You Need is to Say “Thank You”
  After years of bad press due to cost-cutting labor practices, Wal-Mart gets some positive coverage due to a new policy of saying ‘thank you’. The New York Times tells us about the company’s new practice of having managers meet with 10 rank-and-file works a week to hear what’s on their mind and thank them.

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