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Decision Making Scenarios

Coaching Tip

Before making an important decision, prudent managers evaluate the situations confronting them — and often fall into one of the eight traps of faulty thinking. This tit-for-tat mode of operation can produce success, but it doesn''t invoke the power of reciprocity and so fails to yield extraordinary success.". The Antidote.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2016

Leading Blog

When it comes to the powerful ideas in our heads and the core values in our hearts, we censor ourselves.” How do we create the future while managing the present? Managing in the Gray : Five Timeless Questions for Resolving Your Toughest Problems at Work by Joseph L. Anyone can innovate if given the opportunity and the support.

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Givers give without expectation of immediate return.

Coaching Tip

This tit-for-tat mode of operation can produce success, but it doesn't invoke the power of reciprocity and so fails to yield extraordinary success.". Baker explains, "The lesson is that we cannot pursue the power of reciprocity. Cialdini, author of "The Psychology of Persuasion" (William Morrow, 1993). Related articles.

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Buy-In – The Imperative Strategy

Strategy Driven

In providing research and developing training programs for various large corporations about managing change, we find that the biggest stumbling block for employees from top-down is lack of buy-in. Top executives have the vision, but often fail to get buy-in from managers who have to carry out the change initiative.

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New Managers Shouldn’t Be Afraid to Express Their Emotions

Harvard Business Review

Becoming a Manager. 5 Things New Managers Should Focus on First. New Managers Need a Philosophy About How They’ll Lead. New Managers Don’t Have to Have All the Answers. As soon as you make the transition to manager, rather than avoiding emotion, you should harness it. You and Your Team Series.

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Personal Branding for Introverts

Harvard Business Review

As well-known psychologist Robert Cialdini told me during an interview for my book Reinventing You , simply placing diplomas or awards on your office walls can help reinforce your expertise to others. Branding Managing yourself Networking' Introverts can also use subtle cues to establish their personal brand.

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Great Leaders Embrace Office Politics

Harvard Business Review

A rising young executive found herself strategically ousted in an internal power play. Jill should have spent much more time managing up. She should have better managed decision makers, her boss, her image, and her own career. Managing a career in these ways is critical, but surprisingly few people do it. What happened?