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Workplace and Life Advice You Can Use

Leading Blog

T HIRTY-NINE LEADERS were interviewed on subjects related to leadership and were assembled by Roger Dean Duncan into LeaderSHOP Volume 1: Workplace, Career, and Life Advice from Today’s Top Thought Leaders (not to be confused with the LeaderShop ). Even the best ideas will go nowhere if you don’t anticipate the potential resistance of others.

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Tackling Problems – How big is your “O”? | You're Not the Boss of Me

You're Not the Boss of Me

It is part of a mental process that Edgar Schein refers to as ORJI in his book Process Consultation- Lessons for Managers and Consultants. And, in thinking about it now, apart from doing just about everything wrong, we simply didn’t spend enough time in “O”. “O” O” stands for observation. Here’s how it works. So, how do you stay in “O”?

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