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The 5 Disciplines of Wiki Management

Leading Blog

Rod Collins writes in Wiki Management , “Today’s managers may spend more time soliciting input from their workers, but at the end of the day, the basic social technology remains the same: The managers are still the bosses, the workers are still subordinates, and the latter are still expected to do as they are told.”

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How We Overlook Hidden Talent

Lead Change Blog

At times the talent was recruited by someone else, too late for the incumbent organization to reap the benefits of their talent pool. Phil Collins – When Peter Gabriel left Genesis in the mid-1970’s, the band auditioned over 400 vocalists before they discovered their drummer already had the voice they needed.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2021

Leading Blog

The Power of Pressure : Why Pressure Isn't the Problem, It's the Solution by Dane Jensen (Collins, 2021) What’s the most pressure you’ve ever been under? Emerging technologies, changing demographics, the data economy, automation, and other trends-the undercurrents of radical, systemic change-are crashing into each other. Blog Post ).

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Could Your Next CEO Come from Any Department?

Modern Servant Leader

How do you view each department in your organization? Do you value operations, maintenance, customer service , engineering, information technology , sales , finance, marketing , accounting – all departments, equally? Therefore, your organization is best served by looking across the entire company for future leaders.

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What Makes a Great Leader?

Next Level Blog

For those fortunate enough to be well-led, including team members in many of my client organizations, this year has happily shown the benefits of leaders who consistently do the work of non-heroic leadership. They understand that, over the long-run, you can’t get the first without attending to the second.

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Book Review: Ruthless Focus

LDRLB

The answers to these questions reveal one of five strategies: opportunity, differentiation, technological, implementation, and acquisition. When reading Ruthless Focus , the parallels to two authors develop immediately: Collins and Porter. The highlights of the book are the case studies. The highlights of the book are the case studies.

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25 Especially Inspiring and Empowering Quotes From Today’s Top Leaders

Lead from Within

Poorly motivated and uninspired people can bring down even the most amazing organization. “In technology it’s about the people: getting the best people, retaining them, nurturing a creative environment and helping to find a way to innovate.” “The organization is, above all, social. –Steve Jobs.

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