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LeadershipNow 140: December 2013 Compilation

Leading Blog

10 Reasons why Managers are Clueless about Leadership by @greatleadership. Leading in the 21st century: An interview with Ford’s Alan Mulally | McKinsey & Company. Leon Festinger, the social psychologist that coined the term “ cognitive dissonance ” in 1957, makes this observation. Be aware in 2014 by @TomAsacker.

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Culture – The Secret To Helping Align Organizational Goals

Tanveer Naseer

Lou Gerstner captured the importance of culture as he reflected on his experience in transforming, or as he would say, “trying” to transform IBM from a hardware company to software consulting company. So how can management insure that the organization’s culture is properly aligned with strategy?

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The Fatal Flaw with Anger Management Programs

Harvard Business Review

Handling conflict is one of the most difficult aspects of any manager''s job. In the 30 years I''ve worked with C-level executives, I''ve noticed that playing King Solomon to warring colleagues has gotten even harder, thanks to the "anger management" programs designed to eradicate intense emotions in the workplace.

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With New York Schools Appointment, Bloomberg Did it His Way

Harvard Business Review

Black has no management experience in education — her entire career has been spent in magazine publishing — and her contact with the public school system in New York has been very limited. The contretemps over this appointment brings to mind three classic management issues, and research about them that is too often ignored.