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The 6 Passages of Leadership and Management

Great Leadership By Dan

Unless you are an heir to a throne, people usually don’t begin their careers leading a large organization. Charan, Drotter, and Noel wrote about six leadership passages in their classic book The Leadership Pipeline. There’s a progression of passages, or at least there should be. Passage #3: Managing Others and Teams.

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How Boards Can Set a New CEO Up for Success

Harvard Business Review

Few people have more experience with CEO successions than Ram Charan. For more than three decades, Charan has been involved in CEO searches in the United States, China, Japan, India, Brazil, and Europe, as a director, an adviser, or a member of the selection committee. Can you elaborate?

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How New Managers Can Send the Right Leadership Signals

Harvard Business Review

One of the most exciting and — sometimes anxiety-producing transitions in a career — comes when you move from being an individual contributor to becoming a manager. Set a leadership values-based goal. Set an aspirational goal to serve as a guiding compass. ” You and Your Team Series. Becoming a Manager.

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3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips

Eric Jacobson

This is best accomplished by allowing employees to see clearly where they stand in the organization versus where they want to be in their careers. It is about mentors imparting the multiple lessons that theyve learned to their mentees and helping them better navigate through their own careers.

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Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011

Eric Jacobson

Friday, December 24, 2010 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Having a mentor is one of the best things you can do to advance your career as a leader. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac. So, decide today to secure a mentor who will work with you during 2011.

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Give Positive Feedback. Don't Praise.

Eric Jacobson

Worse yet, without positive feedback, employees feel no sense that they are appreciated as individual talents with specific desires to learn and grow on the job and in their careers, reports Nicholas Nigro, author of, The Everything Coaching and Mentoring Book. Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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When To Coach And When To Counsel

Eric Jacobson

As a coach , a manager: identifies an employees need for instruction and direction and this need is usually directly related to his or her performance or career goals. It relies on mutual, progressive goal-setting, personal feedback, and an ongoing, supportive relationship. Coaching is collaborative.

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