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Leadership & Political Correctness by @mikemyatt. You can't handle the truth.
Explore Article n2growth home page (Aug 5 2010)
Politically Correct Leader? OXYMORON…Great leaders are not politically correct, but they are politically savvy – there is a difference.
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Book Review: Leading Quietly « First Friday Book Synopsis. Great nuggets of insights on quality leadership
Explore Article First Friday Book Synopsis (Aug 5 2010)
A noted conclusion from their research was that top leaders manifest impeccable personal as well as professional integrity; that they are (in Badaracco’s words) “quiet leaders because their modesty and restraint are in large measure responsible for their impressive achievements. (Read Full Article)
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Are You a Hundred Percent Leader? A review of how great leaders challenge and emotionally connect
Explore Article Leadership Development (Aug 5 2010)
Research done by Leadership IQ indicates that 77% of leaders believe their employees are not giving 100%. Employees don’t seem to argue the point. 72% of employees admit that they in fact aren’t giving 100%
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Empowering Employees to Prevent Disaster: Lessons from BP
Explore Article MIT Sloan Management Review (Aug 4 2010)
If Wartzman is right that there’s a connection between job insecurity, pressure to cut costs, and employee unwillingness to speak up about risks and problems in the workplace, that doesn’t bode well for reducing risky workplace conditions – in all kinds of organizations – during a period of high unemployment and corporate cost-cutting.
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Developing Strategic Thinkers: How to identify strategic thinking skills and develop that competency
Explore Article bravenewpress.com (Aug 3 2010)
Thus, a competency gap in strategic thinking is considered serious, and organizations will attempt to eliminate this gap. This brief article explores the most effective means to develop strategic thinkers. (Read Full Article)
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4 Signs that Your Leadership Approach is Working « Peel Leadership ...
Explore Article Peel Leadership Centre (Aug 3 2010)
Most leaders struggle to understand whether they are helping or hindering the cause. Except of course for those leaders/narcissists who believe that their every utterance is sheer genius wrapped in pure motivational gold. (Read Full Article)
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Should we change how we define results orientation?
Explore Article managementcraft.com (Aug 3 2010)
Do you see the common theme? The BEST work experiences come from how we feel about work and our connection to the powerful and altruistic nature of work. So as a leader, are you creating this type of environment? (Read Full Article)
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Book Review: Bootstrap Leadership by Steve Arneson: Creating a Blueprint for Your Leadership Development: Focus on Behaviors and Techniques
Explore Article Leadership Development (Aug 3 2010)
Leadership is difficult but it is not complex. The most difficult part is you and me; getting ourselves to do what we know we need to be doing (behavior); interacting with people the way we know we should (technique), but for all kinds of “good” and easily “justifiable” reasons don’t. Without behavior and appropriate technique, organizations fail.
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10 Reasons Greedy Jerks make the Worst Leaders by @jonicarley
Explore Article Leadership Coaching by Dr. Joni Carley (Jul 30 2010)
Comment "An excellent piece on how not to be a jerk!" - Taariq Lewis
Rule #8: When working with a boss requires recovery time, momentum is lost at critical junctures of the work cycle. (Read Full Article)
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Thought Leadership? for Managers? Absolutely.
Explore Article managementcraft.com (Jul 29 2010)
Great managers and leaders stay current and they add to our understanding of what it takes to catalyze greatness in others and produce extraordinary results. (Read Full Article)
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What If Leadership Was More Than a Buzzword by @mikemyatt
Explore Article n2growth home page (Jul 29 2010)
What if “Leadership” was more than a buzzword? What If…What if leadership was more than just another contentious term bantered around in meaningless conversations?
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10 Reasons to go on a Vacation
Explore Article Great Leadership (Jul 29 2010)
Reason #2: No one is impressed that you have not had a vacation If you think your company, or your team appreciates your extra-work ethic, they don’t.
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Leadership Development: Executive Self-Assessment
Explore Article Great Leadership (Jul 26 2010)
What’s the #1 differentiator between companies that excel at succession planning and leadership development and those that simply “go through the motions”?
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Defensive Driving for Leaders: Watch Out for Your Blind Spots!
Explore Article Great Leadership (Jul 22 2010)
You’re driving down the highway and need to make a lane change into the left lane. You glance at your rear view mirror, side view mirror and look to your left. Do you drive like you lead or do you lead like you drive?
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No Excuses! A review of Brian Tracy's book.
Explore Article Leadership Development (Jul 22 2010)
We like (need) to rationalize. We often feel compelled to create acceptable reasons for otherwise unacceptable behavior...We make excuses.
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Making People Care - A Managerial Oxymoron
Explore Article managementcraft.com (Jul 21 2010)
Care is an element of ownership, and it is a gift. We can't make people care. But we can lead in ways that inspire, uplift, and engage our employees' hearts and minds. (Read Full Article)
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Creative Strategic Thinking For Your Leadership Role : Creative ...
Explore Article Creative Headline (Jul 21 2010)
The natural way to think strategically is to identify your important and longer-term ends and then deploy your means – resources, capabilities, time and energy – to achieve the objectives that lead you like stepping-stones towards the desired result. (Read Full Article)
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Shooting the Messenger: Quarterly Earnings and Short-term Pressure to Perform from Knowledge@Wharton
Explore Article Knowledge@Wharton (Jul 21 2010)
While most experts agree that a single-minded focus on the short term can cause negative consequences for companies, they also suggest that blaming quarterly earnings reports, and the pressure to meet analysts' targets or company guidance, is like shooting the messenger.
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Leaders: Born or Made? Interesting insights on the source of leadership from @mikemyatt
Explore Article n2growth home page (Jul 20 2010)
Leaders: born or made? While there is a very simple answer to this question, most people are so entrenched in their beliefs that no amount of reason or logic will alter their opinions.
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Time and Leadership by @mikemyatt
Explore Article n2growth home page (Jul 19 2010)
Time is indeed a precious and finite commodity, and those executives that manage it wisely are those that achieve the greatest results.
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5 Leadership Lessons: Joseph Nye on Leadership
Explore Article Leadership Development (Jul 16 2010)
“Soft power is not good per se, and it is not always better than hard power. Nobody likes to feel manipulated, even by soft power. Like any form of power, it can be wielded for good or bad purposes, and these often vary with the eye of the beholder." (Read Full Article)
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10 Ways to Torpedo Your Management Career
Explore Article Business Blogs (Jul 15 2010)
Every day, managers and executives just like you self destruct. But you can avoid it by staying away from these 10 evil behaviors. (Read Full Article)
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A Book Review: Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard
Explore Article Leadership Development (Jul 14 2010)
Commitment requires both hearts and minds. The problem is hearts and minds often have different agendas.
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Power and Fascination
Explore Article managementcraft.com (Jul 14 2010)
As leaders, we need to be cognizant about how our preferred style impacts others. Power is a powerful trigger. (Read Full Article)
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