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Beyond Management

Coaching Tip

The systems and structures that we call "management" are obsolete. Traditional management structures, systems and tools intended to make the first factories efficient are now obsolete. Management is dead. Mark Addleson: Beyond Management: Taking Charge at Work. John Agno: Women and Time Paperback Edition.

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Steve Yastrow: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Management guru Tom Peters said, “When Steve Yastrow writes, I pay close attention,” and called Brand Harmony “compelling and powerful,” and We a “superb book.” Steve Yastrow is the author of three books: Ditch the Pitch: The Art of Improvised Persuasion, We: The Ideal Customer Relationship, and Brand Harmony.

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Is Your Leadership Creating an Energy Crisis?

The Practical Leader

Some managers will complain about a declining work ethic. When we look at 360 assessments or engagement surveys, it’s clear that a more accurate response to these managers is; nobody wants to work for you. Brand management is an inside job. External brand management is multiplied or minimized by workplace culture.

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Leading From Within: Shifting Ego, Ceding Control, and Rising Empathy

Great Leadership By Dan

The shift marks a significant move away from Henri Fayol's autocratic “command-and-control” type management theories and methodologies which have been in vogue since the early 1900s. Leaders manage from within as integrated members of the corporate community not lofty, distinct and distant figureheads.

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My 2020 Story and a Few Lessons Along the Way

QAspire

We are far more adaptable, agile and resilient than we think. Managing our attention is the key to well being. Leading the Self in Tough Times: Drucker Revisited. A Few Lessons Along the Way. It was a wonderful collective learning experience for me and my family. We learned that: Adaptability is our real strength.

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Brian J. Robertson on Holacracy: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Forbes and Fast Company credit him for developing Holacracy, a comprehensive management system for governing and running organizations that are fast, agile, and that succeed by pursuing their purpose, free from the tyranny of top-down planning that is instantly out of date. Some of the… Read More Brian J.

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James Taylor: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

James Taylor is the CEO and a Principal Consultant of Decision Management Solutions. James is the leading expert in decision management and decisioning technologies. James has over [.].