Recent articles on leadership from around the web…

• Best Companies for High Potential Leaders
  Chief Executive Magazine has listed their top 20 companies for Leaders. The study focused on identifying those companies and their best practices that systematically develop their high potential leaders throughout their organization. This year’s winner: General Electric.
  
• Where do leaders come from?
  The Financial Times gives us a review of “Paths to Power” where three BHS academics attempt to uncover where leaders come from. In the 19th century, birthplace was extremely important. Today, b-school has become the key to accessing power networks that help leaders climb to the top.
  
• The coming leadership drought
  Management Issues takes note that as the baby boomers retire, we will see 50% of major corporation CEOs leaving the workforce. With 75 million workers retiring in the US in the next 10 years and only 45 million younger workers available to take their place, it seems that there may be a few unfilled job openings coming up.
  
• You want a career AND a personal life!?!
  The Wall Street Journal gives us a few tips on getting ahead in your career while still maintaining a personal life. A few tips: Know when you work your best, set deadlines, and control your environment. Looks like it’s all about setting the right boundaries.

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