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Bridget from Biz Chicks Rule was surprised that I don’t consider politicains leaders since “they tell us their vision and lay a path of guidance to show how we’re going to get there?”
To me, the ability to articulate a vision and describe a path a leader does […]
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Everybody knows that leadership requires superb communication skills, both verbal and written. In fact, the better your ability to communicate the more likely you are to move forward and upward. Sadly, skilled writing is as rare as hen’s teeth and even adequate writing is getting harder to find.
Combine […]
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Leadership isn’t always fun, but leaders need to lead.
There are ominous rustlings in the media these days about layoffs and they’ll probably happen—some real and some self-fulfilling prophesy. As the boss you not only have to decide whether, but how.
‘Whether’ is decision only you can make, but ‘how’ […]
I came across some basic leadership advice (usually the best kind) in an Economic Times article called Leadership through delegation.
What I found interesting is that the Economic Times is a sub group of India Times and the information was adapted from a 2004 article in Entrepreneur magazine.
I found it interesting because as business takes off, […]
Justin Menkes’ Executive Intelligence: What All Great Leaders Have shines a hard light on what sets executives apart. Why does one show brilliant insight while another moves at normal levels and yet another badly blows it?
Menkes makes a case that it is intelligence and the resulting cognitive skills that underlie the brilliance seen in […]
In case you didn’t know, the Leadership Turn community is fantabulous and none more so than Casey Ross. Casey is the kind of leader that DOES and what he wrote was so good that I’ve borrowed a chunk for republication here along with the IBM logo he loves. I agree, it really does say it […]
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Ignoring for the sake of this post that I think leading and managing are heavily intertwined, consider the biggest thing they have in common—people.
Call them followers or employees/volunteers/staff they’re all people. No matter their age, attitude, education, economic status, gender, etc., they’re still people. And it doesn’t change with country, industry, or […]
Yesterday we talked about the difference between SOP (seat of the pants) and PBO (plan, budget and objectives), so I assume that you’re the manager who wants to provide a plan that will win your people’s buy-in
What PBO offers
buy-in from every manager in the company,
a statement of objectives incorporating the commitments of them all, a […]
Take the following quiz, read my answers and then let’s discuss them.
Leaders aren’t always good managers. T F
Talented managers are not necessarily leaders. T F
Possessing leadership skills makes one a leader. T F
Initiative and leadership skills are often […]
A Creative Generalist post led me to some excellent answers from Frans Johansson on questions regarding the value and importance of managing diversity. Here is the Q&A, along with additional thoughts.
Q. What does diversity bring to a business, and how can it make money?
A. Diversity brings the possibility to leapfrog competitors. By leveraging different perspectives, […]
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