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Managing Company Culture Anthropologically

Leading Blog

Despite its perceived importance, for the most part, companies have a miserable track record when it comes to managing their people. Companies consistently get culture wrong because they go about assessing it, and attempting to manage it from the top-down, not the bottom-up. But what does this mean?

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Don’t Miss This Powerful “Training Magazine” Article & Webinar

Michael Lee Stallard

How to Cultivate the Best Culture--and Train for It I had the privilege of contributing an article to this month’s issue of Training magazine. The article explains how organizations can train managers to create the best workplace cultures. Consider sharing the article and webinar information with managers you know.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2022

Leading Blog

People don’t want to be managed; they want to be led. A New Way to Think : Your Guide to Superior Management Effectiveness by Roger L. Adapt more quickly and use the power of change to your advantage with this guide from the editor in chief of Entrepreneur magazine and host of the Build for Tomorrow podcast. Blog Post ).

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Today’s Urgent Need to Manage Emotional Health with Connection

Michael Lee Stallard

Article Published by Soundview Magazine Connection is more critical today than ever. That’s the topic that I addressed in an article recently published by Soundview Magazine , a publication that gives readers the opportunity to learn key concepts from the best new business books. Photo by Nik Shuliahin on Unsplash.

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What I Learned About Leadership from Reading Mad Magazine

Next Level Blog

You may have seen the recent news that Mad magazine is ending regular publication. In thinking about writing this, I remembered that I had a bunch of old comic books and rock and roll magazines stored in a plastic box in my closet. I definitely have. Sure enough, I found a couple of dozen of them from the era of peak Mad.

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Empathy: The Top Leadership Skill for Today’s Work Environment

Leading Blog

You can become an empathic leader whether you’re a new manager, a C-suite executive, or you’re simply leading by example in any job even if you don’t manage anyone. She has also appeared in USA Today ; O, The Oprah Magazine ; Scientific American ; and The New England Journal of Medicine. It is also for tough people in any field.

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Management Thinking And Lessons From The Past Century

Eric Jacobson

Earlier this summer brought the release of the new book, HBR At 100 , a commemorative volume featuring the most influential ideas since the inception of the Harvard Business Review. Thank you to the book’s publisher for sending me an advance copy of the book.