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SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Guest post from Matt Paese Talent Exec: So, we have a serious leadership shortage and it’s getting worse. CEO: So hire more people. Talent Exec: We’re doing that. It’s not enough. CEO: What about our development programs? Aren’t they working? Talent Exec: Not quickly enough. We need to get more people into the pipeline. Like now. CEO: Which people? Talent Exec: The ones with leadership potential.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Guest post from Lorraine Grubbs : The US Army War College, in the post cold war years, described the future business environment in four words: Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity - code name: VUCA. In my work (building loyal employee cultures), I define VUCA through a new filter: Value people, Unparalleled communication, Curious mind, and Accept responsibility.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Guest post by Paul Smith : It happens every time you join a new company, or even when you change roles at the company you work for now. You have to spend months winning the trust and respect you’d already earned with the last group of people you managed. Or do you? Consider the results of a July 1999 New York Times/CBS survey. It asked, “Of people in general, how many do you think are trustworthy?

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Guest post by Ken Marlin: Leadership is one of those concepts that management gurus like to throw around. There are tons of books and articles on the subject. One article I read said that leaders look forward while managers manage what just happened. I don’t buy it: good leaders do both. Another said that leaders “influence” while managers “direct.” Nah … Leaders direct too—when their suggestions don’t get the desired result.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Guest post from Merrick Rosenberg : At extreme levels, our most admirable personality traits undermine us. Charles Dickens said it best in his novel Dombey and Son : “…vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!” To understand the vice , and address it, we must examine the virtue first. In your work environment, you manage four main personality types.

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