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Good Leader, Bad Decisions
By Lorraine Priest, Ph.D.
Leaders make decisions for all types of commerce, including military as well as commercial commerce. All leaders make decisions based on personal experiences and some decisions are not always as successful causing incidents costing the United States and other countries lives and memories. Neuroscience has studied how a human brain reacts in the decision-making process affecting final decisions, such as during tragedies like Pearl Harbor and the COVID-19 pandemic. Leaders and organizations may benefit from understanding how the brain reacts when a crisis arises, how training and knowledge may help to avoid making repeatedly bad decisions, and how to turn a bad decision into a successful decision-making process in the future.
Can Leaders’ Grit and Passion Spread Organizational Toxicity?
By Juana Lang, EdD, MEd, and Lucinda Hines, DHA, MBA
The white paper leverages findings from the University of Phoenix Career Institute® 2024 Career Optimism Index® study and theoretical implications of leadrship passion and grit to better understand the state of organizational leadership, and offers guidelines for cultivating harmonious passion in leadership roles.
Psychological Capital: Impact of Hope, Efficacy, Resilience, and Optimism on Employee Retention
By Joy Taylor, EdD
The white paper focuses on key findings from the University of Phoenix Career Institute® 2024 Career Optimism Index® study to highlight how hope, efficacy, resilience and optimism function as psychological capital contributing to retention of the workforce, how these psychological capital elements are portrayed through the Index findings and considers how they can help to promote positive thinking patterns in the workplace.