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Leadership Development Carnival: June 2014 Edition

QAspire

These recall delays are a failure of internal systems, of engineering, and, most critically, a failure of the heart. Bill Bliss of Bills Blog breaks down the art of delegation into its value-added parts. Readers will never question the benefits (and bottom line impact) of delegation again after reading this post.

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Women In Leadership Is Not A Zero-Sum Game

Tanveer Naseer

It’s an issue that’s been weighing on mind over the past few months in light of the growing number of stories of women encountering sexual harassment and outright misogynistic attitudes on university campuses, as well as in many growing, high-demand sectors like the gaming industry and software engineering.

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Top Project Management Challenges

Strategy Driven

Did you know that organizations lose $109 million for every $1 billion invested in projects and programs? It’s a staggering number to consider, and even more shocking, it’s due in part to the fact that over the last year, less than a third of all projects were successfully completed on time and on budget. Evaluation. Visibility.

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How Leaders Can Let Go Without Losing Control

Harvard Business Review

Every organization has its mission, goals, and strategies to tell people where to go. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates.” Goals are what you want to see in the world.

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How to Know If Someone Is Ready to Be a Manager

Harvard Business Review

If the new manager doesn’t fully understand that, they might hold things up by: Doing tasks that should be delegated to team members. Taking back the tasks that they have delegated because they believe they can do them better. Who among your coworkers has already seen your ability to manage a group and a project?

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How to Manage an Insecure Employee

Harvard Business Review

“Reorient people’s goals in the workplace to be less about how they’re seen and how they perform and more about how much they improve,” he says. ” She recommends initially giving your insecure worker “ narrow, concrete types of projects ” with well-defined deliverables. Clarify expectations.

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The Best of September 2013

Harvard Business Review

But when the authors led 15 executives through a variation on the classic Start/Stop/Continue exercise — where they inventoried what they actually did each day, judged which tasks mattered most to them and their organization, and dropped or delegated the rest — they found they could free up as much as 20% of their time.