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Check out Dr. Zweifel's articles on leadership and democracy:

CNNfn Interview Transcript on conducting effective job interviews.
Word document.
Article PNUD Haiti on leadership workshops in Haiti to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS.
Word document. Haiti Press Network 2003-07-23
ChangeX Interview on effective communication.
PDF document.
CBS Market Watch Politic at Work article on dealing with divisive politics in the workplace.
Word document.
Interview (Tages Anzeiger 2004-10-13) on how better communication could have prevented the homicide/suicide of a banking executive in Zurich.
PDF document.
MarketWatch on languages managers should learn to be globally competitive.
Word document. ASBC 2004-03-01
Kommunikation im Zentrum: Page 1, Page 2 on Communicate or Die.
JPG File. 2004-08-01
The 7 Deadly Sins George W Bush has committed to annoy European leaders on cross-cultural mistakes the President made on his first Europe trip.
Word document. Posted Wednesday, April 23, 2003
Global Citizenship: The Leadership Advantage on tips for savvy cross-cultural management.
PDF document. Newsletter Volume 6, July 2004 JPMorgan Partners
Getting Results Across Borders on cross-cultural management.
PDF document. From Deutsche Bank "forum" October 2003
Culture Clash: 10 Most Costly Cross-Cultural Sins: Page 1, Page 2 on the 10 most costly cross-cultural mistakes.
TIF File.
Presenting Across Borders on how to make presentations that work in other cultures.
Word document. September 2000
Democracy, Dictatorship, and Infant Mortality Revisited on the social performance of democracy in 130+ countries over 47 years. Journal of Democracy 2003.
PDF document. September 2000
I Want My MTV: Media, Freedom of Information and Democracy on the role of television in bringing about and sustaining democracy. (Unpublished manuscript)
Word document. September 2004
The Performance of Political Regimes in Ending Hunger on the role of democracy in lowering infant mortality rates in 130+ countries. Journal of Democracy 2000.
Word document. 2000
Basler Zeitung Interview on Thomas D. Zweifel, CEO Swiss Consulting Group. (German)
Word document. July 2004
Democratic Deficits on the democracy of the EU's M&A regulation compared to Switzerland and the United States. Journal of Common Market Studies 2003.
PDF document. 2003
Strategy-in-Action on the seven steps of the Strategy-In-Action methodology. (Unpublished manuscript)
Word document. January 1999
New, Genuine Leaders in Africa on moral leaders in Africa.
Word document. The Christian Science Monitor. Wednesday, September 6, 1995
Who is Without Sin Cast the First Stone on the democracy of the EU compared to Switzerland and the United States.
PDF document. Journal of European Public Policy, October 2002
The Perils of Political Talk on discussing politics at the workplace.
JPG Image. The Week, October 2004



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Dr. Thomas D. Zweifel
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Thomas D. Zweifel has coached hundreds of leaders in all sectors: Fortune 500 companies, SME's, governments, and non-governmental organizations since 1984. Read more.
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