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What If You Changed and No One Noticed?

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

He knew his people were capable of more, so he began delegating and stopped checking up on them. Or as Kurt Lewin described in his Force Field Theory , the status quo is maintained by equally opposing forces. Jim’s direct reports didn’t understand his intention was to stop managing so closely.

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Top Leadership Blog Posts

Michael Lee Stallard

posted at Business Wisdom: Words to Manage By , saying, “Part of executive development is recognizing the development that has already occurred.” Turner presents Lewin and Historical Traces to Change Management posted at JohnRTurner_HPT_resource. William Matthies presents Instead, How About. ” John R.

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No Joke: The April 1st, 2013 Leadership Development Carnival

Great Leadership By Dan

Managing this Carnival gives me a reason to connect with each of them, keep up with their blogs, and discover some new ones each month. Lots of managers spend 50 % of their time at work in meetings. Bruce Lewin from Four Groups' Blog presents Why is Understanding People So Hard. Many meetings are just a waste of time.

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The November 2011 Leadership Development Carnival

Great Leadership By Dan

posted at Business Wisdom: Words to Manage By , saying, "Part of executive development is recognizing the development that has already occurred.". Turner presents Lewin and Historical Traces to Change Management posted at JohnRTurner_HPT_resource. William Matthies presents Instead, How About.

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Leadership Posts from Top Bloggers

Michael Lee Stallard

Here’s something for all managers to think about… what’s the best way to “help&# your employees? Business leaders and management writers bemoan the lack of execution but there’s no problem getting executives to conduct planning sessions and planning reviews. posted at The People Equation.