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8 Steps for Dealing with An Underperforming Employee

Leading with Trust

Because the process feels uncomfortable and managers don’t have a plan to follow, they either do a poor job at addressing underperformance or they just don’t do it all. Managers can confidently and successfully deal with underperforming employees by following an eight-step plan. It doesn’t have to be that way.

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Servant Leadership Revisited

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Guest post from William Dann: The concept of servant leadership was introduced by Ancient Chinese philosophers such as Lao-Tzu, then found in the Christian teachings of Mark. It was popularized in modern management writings by Robert Greenleaf in a 1970 essay. In that context, servant leadership works.

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5 Ways to Lead with Empathy

Leading with Trust

People want an empathetic leader. Many managers strive to be one. Leaders are often promoted to their roles based on their success as an individual contributor. But being a first-time manager requires a whole new set of skills —for example, emotional intelligence—that are more important than technical expertise.

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14 Leadership Studies – Quick Overview of Leadership

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Yet these findings do bring up some interesting points and also showcase just how hard it is to pin down what separates good leaders from bad ones. PARTICIPATIVE LEADERSHIP THEORY. The id ea of a participative leadership style arises from the work of Dr. Rensis Likert in 1967.