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On Being a Leader of Integrity: 4 ways to build personal and organizational integrity

N2Growth Blog

Webster’s New World Dictionary gives two definitions of “integrity”: the first is the quality or state of being complete or whole; the second is being of sound moral principle. This introduces a massive blind-spot we have in our lives and organizations: self-deception – as none of us can say we have full integrity.

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How Criticizing in Private Undermines Your Team

Harvard Business Review

You are holding your weekly team leadership meeting. But this can be a dangerous adage to follow because it significantly reduces accountability, the quality of team decisions, and your team's ability to manage itself. Leadership isn't about being comfortable; it's about being effective, even when you're uncomfortable.

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How to Act Quickly Without Sacrificing Critical Thinking

Harvard Business Review

In my work, coaching leaders at every level through a variety of management dilemmas, I’ve developed three strategies to practice reflective urgency: Diagnose your urgency trap. For example, Jenna was a new manager struggling to adjust to the dueling pressures of delivering her own work, while keeping the team accountable for theirs.

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Management’s Three Eras: A Brief History

Harvard Business Review

Organization as machine – this imagery from our industrial past continues to cast a long shadow over the way we think about management today. Managers still assume that stability is the normal state of affairs and change is the unusual state (a point I particularly challenge in The End of Competitive Advantage ).

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How Criticizing in Private Undermines Your Team

Harvard Business Review

You are holding your weekly team leadership meeting. But this can be a dangerous adage to follow because it significantly reduces accountability, the quality of team decisions, and your team's ability to manage itself. Leadership isn't about being comfortable; it's about being effective, even when you're uncomfortable.

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