You're Not the Boss of Me

JULY 18, 2010

You’re Not the Boss of Me Skip to content Home About Me About This Blog ← Come Back Common Sense…We Need You! Gwyn Reply David Bowles July 20, 2010 at 2:17 am Gwyn sorry that I got your name wrong, I had actually corrected it on my blog within 5 minutes or writing, but too late… !! Okay, all this sounds tough.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

One response, from Susan Mazza (check out Susan’s Blog, Random Acts of Leadership here) is that leaders follow when they want to empower others to lead. And that, I think is one of the paradoxical things about leadership. Sometimes, to lead is also to follow. But what does it actually look like? And, what does it take?

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First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 4, 2012

The Success Equation: Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing Michael Mauboussin Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How and why to “untangle” skill and luck to improve at “the art of good guesswork” when making decisions I have read all of Michael Mauboussin’s HBR Blog posts and thus have eagerly anticipated the publication [.]. (..)

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Roundtable Talk

MAY 28, 2010

On a sunny Toronto patio he gave me a great quote for today’s Fast Friday installment… “There’s a paradoxical reality that the higher you go in your career or organization, the less you are called upon for the skills you were originally hired to do.&# Happy leading! Bookmark the permalink.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 6, 2010

But this faith and resolve needs to be balanced with facts, and Collins brought up a great illustration of this at the World Business Forum, when he presented the “Stockdale Paradox&#. Sign-up for More You can subscribe to this blog and Ill come straight to you! Popularity: 3% [ ? It could be your best decision in a while!

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full The One Thing Every Leader Has To Give Up (After They Worked So Hard To Get It) by Starbucker on October 28, 2010 I remember the first time I got it, only 4 months after I graduated from college. Cosell note his passing.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JUNE 22, 2009

As simple as we try to make it with lists of the ten top things to do here or the best five things to do there , it remains complex and full of paradox and ambiguity. I believe one of the keys to succeeding in this state of paradox is to work toward balance. That’s what makes it the challenge it is. What comes up for you?

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Roundtable Talk

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Share this: This entry was posted in Leadership , Motivation and tagged Dan Pink , demotivation , Drive , intrinsic and extrinsic motivators , Motivation. The is a paradox senior management must overcome if they are to get the most out of employees. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Responses to Motivation 3.0: what drives you?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2011

What's more, most work and communication take place in public, on the company wiki (there is no "document management" system AND person-to-person emails are rare), in personal blogs, via always-on mega-video screens that offer up a window onto the action in Atlassian's offices around the world. Ask yourself: What's my default?

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