I have some great links for you today, but I only want you to read them if you hold tight to the Leadership Turn caveat while you do it.
In case you don’t remember, the caveat is that leadership information is useful to you whether you are still in school, a stay-at-home parent, a worker, middle manager, or the person in the corner office. Everyone leads at one time or another, so tweak the information to fit what you need at this moment.
First, some useful information from a book review called 7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm, the 7 actions listed …read more

Post from Leadership Turn Image credit: lusi
This is a summing up in a series discussing whether Warren Bennis’ 13 differences between leaders and managers still holds in light of today’s modern workforce.
In a comment on the prequel to this series Phil Gerbyshak said, “I agree wholeheartedly that great managers have BOTH qualities…though I know plenty of average managers who don’t have either. I’d like it required that managers have at least one half of Bennis’ qualities in order to lead a team. Is that too much to strive for?”
On day one Nii said, “Regarding the differences between a manager …read more

“You do not lead by hitting people over the head – that’s assault, not leadership.”—Dwight D. Eisenhower
This quote is a perfect example of what I would like to talk about today. I started working for B5Media only four days ago, but already I can see that I am going to love having Douglas Hanna, the editor of the Business Channel, for a boss.
Why? Because he is not hitting me over the head, (pardon me, but the visual is hilarious). After making sure that I was qualified by going over my credentials, testing my skills and checking my references, Douglas handed …read more