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Warren Bennis 1925-2014

Leading Blog

They’re consulting, pleading, temporizing, martyrizing, trotting, putting out fires, either avoiding or taking the heat, and spending too much energy in doing both.” Although he said that leaders must also manage , they are spending too much time managing.

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My Top 10 Leadership Insights For 2014

Tanveer Naseer

Not only did 2014 mark five years that I’ve been writing online for this blog, but this was also the year I finally added “author” to my list of credentials with the release of my first leadership book, “Leadership Vertigo”. I hope you enjoyed reading my Top 10 Leadership Insights for 2014.

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Fueling Innovation: How Microsoft Finally Got It Right

Leading Blog

In 2014, when the company’s market capitalization was $380 billion, this Microsoft veteran took over as CEO. Long-timers and new hires alike were deeply disillusioned by a caustic culture that was quick to assign blame and pitted employee against employee. With few wins in the ledger, the best and the brightest started to leave.

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Leadership Development Carnival: June 2014 Edition

QAspire

Welcome to the June 02nd 2014 Carnival of Leadership Development. John Hunter of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog presents his post “ A Good Management System is Robust and Continually Improving ” and says, “ An organization succeeds because of the efforts of many great people.

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Building High Performing Teams Workshot Q1 2014

CO2

The purpose of the Certification Workshop is to provide leaders, trainers, and consultants with a researched based yet practical framework for building high performance teams. What is different about managing virtual teams? How should teams manage conflict? How do I successfully launch new high performing teams?

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The 7 Deadly Sins of Skip Level Meetings

Let's Grow Leaders

A little MBWA (management by walking around) never hurt anyone. In fact, there are some days that this post from 2014 has more hits than whatever new is going on. And how we manage the skip level communication, is always top of mind with my consulting clients. . Why the intrigue? 7 Deadly Sins of Skip Level Meetings.

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Managing for the Unexpected –Understanding Emergence Theory In Business

Great Leadership By Dan

So, as suggested in my most recent book, The Executive Checklist (Palgrave-Macmillan, January 2014), pursuing improvement for the sake of improvement is not a wise move. ü Managers will need education on how to manage the process to optimize results rather than managing the activities of people performing the work.