Leadership Freak

DECEMBER 14, 2020

You might believe bureaucracy is a problem. A problem to you is a solution to someone else. Friction and conflict are advantages when they inspire learning, growth, or innovation. But in top-down organizations… Continue reading →

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Bureaucracy Innovation Organization Succession 185

Leadership Freak

MARCH 24, 2014

Bureaucracy. Everything takes longer when you don’t trust those around you. Mistrust doubles the cost of doing business. Professor John Whitney, Columbia Business School. 5 qualities of low trust organizations: Redundancy. Disengagement.…

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Bureaucracy Politics Leadership Development Quality 234

Leadership Freak

APRIL 7, 2014

Bureaucracy, fear, lethargy, lousy leaders, and antiquated systems make… Continue reading → Author Book Notes Innovation Leading Success Growth Leadership Development organizational success'

Organization 221

Organization Bureaucracy How To Leadership Development 221

Leadership Freak

MAY 2, 2014

Weak leaders hide behind bureaucracy and love making people beg. Don’t pat yourself on the back if you’re skilled at saying no and lousy at saying yes.

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Bureaucracy Leadership Development Innovation Succession 222

Leadership Freak

JULY 9, 2013

Haughty leaders: Harpoon creativity with bureaucracy. Hideous leadership is hedonistic, haughty, haphazard, hypocritical, hesitant, and halfhearted. The four weaknesses of haughty leadership. Arrogance needs control. Hassel progress by hounding and meddling. Hovering leaders create hesitant cultures. Hampers initiative by speaking for others.

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Bureaucracy How To Leadership Development Creativity 239

Leadership Freak

JANUARY 9, 2014

But, many are mired in systems and bureaucracy. The future rides on a horse called innovation. Organizations that can’t innovate stagnate. Some organizations have innovation in their blood. It’s easier to begin innovating within rigid cultures than it is to change them. Think skunkworks. Evolution or revolution: Innovation […].

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Innovation Organization Bureaucracy Influence 210

Leadership Freak

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Indecision and bureaucracy inspire slumber. People stop trying when it’s hard to get things done. Successful leaders make it easy to get things done. 20 ways to rouse the flamingos: Don’t use a team when an individual is all that’s needed. Choose a path and make it work. Don’t keep making the same decision over […].

Bureaucracy 208

Bureaucracy Leadership Development Team Succession 208