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Great Leadership By Dan

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Are You Managing or Just Nagging?

Great Leadership By Dan

Four universal truths about management: 1. Managers are responsible for the performance of those that report to them. 2. One of the core responsibilities of a manager is to take action when an employee’s performance is not up to par. 3. Confronting an employee performance problem is one of the most difficult (and also the most avoided) discussions a manager can have with an employee. 4.

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Success: A Breeding Ground for Complacency?

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Here's another exclusive guest post from John Kotter. Great advice on how to battle "complacency cancer": Success: A Breeding Ground for Complacency? John P. Kotter. “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.”. Bill Gates said that, and he’s exactly right. More often than not, great accomplishments cause individuals and organizations to become comfortable with their way of doing things.

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