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Is Your Leadership Creating an Energy Crisis?

The Practical Leader

One morning, I asked a group of very quiet participants a series of questions about their organization’s climate and leadership effectiveness. His observation points to a big leadership problem, “The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. Some managers will complain about a declining work ethic.

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In Case You Missed It: From Workplace Communication to a Leader’s Influence – Best Posts of the Week

leaderCommunicator

Welcome to my weekly round-up of top leadership and communication blog posts. The Thriving Organization- Ten Power Steps Out Of Jurassic Park By: Irene Becker via 3Q Leadership Blog Jurassic Park is alive and well. Bringing the Virtue of Honor to Management By: Shawn Murphy via Switch & Shift Management has become a dirty word.

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Trust Issues

Coaching Tip

Surveys and statistics abound: only 22% of the public trust government.only 10% of employees trust management.50% They reward unfavorable behaviors, while operating with myopic interests and escalating bureaucracy. Trust isn''t about "those" people in senior management; it''s about us in our individual work groups. .:

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Don’t Be a Leader of Stupid Rules

Lead Change Blog

Like TD Bank, make busting customer-restricting bureaucracy more valued than protecting those “sacred cows” long in need of slaughtering. Leadership has had its history of being characterized by a role of control. Clearly there are circumstances where rules are crucial to safety, ethics and fairness.

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The Big Picture of Business – How Business Advice Turns Into Company Strategy

Strategy Driven

This ladder holds true for managers and employees within the organization, as well as outside consultants brought in. Philosophy : purpose, vision, quality of life, ethics, long-term growth. Appointed agency heads in a government bureaucracy. Some advance into management and encounter similar situations there too.

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The 15 Diseases of Leadership, According to Pope Francis

Harvard Business Review

Through the years, I’ve heard dozens of management experts enumerate the qualities of great leaders. Seldom, though, do they speak plainly about the “diseases” of leadership. The Catholic Church is a bureaucracy: a hierarchy populated by good-hearted, but less-than-perfect souls. The Pope is more forthright.

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How Successful Leaders Use Culture To Influence Behaviour

Tanveer Naseer

In their manager-oriented manual, “ The Moment You Can’t Ignore – When Big Trouble Leads to a Great Future ”, they ably explain “how culture drives strategic change.” The purpose of these perks is, of course, to encourage employees to spend more time working productively, and less time managing their personal lives.

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