Can one man save the cranberry industry?

Leadership is a performance | Can one man save the cranberry industry? | Why some neighborhoods miss out on same-day Amazon deliveries Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version] April 22, 2016 CONNECT WITH SMARTBRIEF  [LinkedIn] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Google+] [Â] [SmartBrief on Leadership] Innovative Ideas. Ahead of the Curve. [SIGN UP] ⋅ [FORWARD] Leading Edge [Leadership is a performance] Good leaders are actors capable of playing many roles according to the needs of their employees, writes Bill Treasurer. When everyone's panicking, leaders need to project calmness and confidence; equally, when everything's going well, leaders often have to perform concern or doubtfulness to prevent complacency from setting in. "This may not exactly be authentic, but it's what people need," Treasurer writes. 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[Boston magazine] (4/2016) [LinkedIn] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Google+] [Email] [Why some neighborhoods miss out on same-day Amazon deliveries] Amazon prides itself on its egalitarian approach -- but its new Prime same-day delivery service is less widely available in predominantly black neighborhoods, a Bloomberg analysis shows. Officials say the apparent bias is actually a reflection of the company's commitment to efficiency, and its incremental rollout strategy for same-day delivery. "Demographics play no role in it. Zero," insists Amazon VP Craig Berman. [Bloomberg] (4/21) Smarter Communication [Make eye contact to project confidence in the workplace] The best communicators are skilled at making eye contact, and know that a well-judged gaze is the best way to signal confidence, says body-language expert Lillian Glass. "Confident people are always looking up, never down at the table, the ground, or their feet," she says. 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