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Leadership & The Value Of An Inquiring Mind

You're Not the Boss of Me

Share this: 4 Comments Filed under Change Management , communication , Learning Tagged as change leadership , communication , curiosity , Leadership , Seth Godin ← The Practical Gift of Humility Becoming a leader…Shifting the Balance of Power. Announces Social Media, Branding & Diversity Strategies" by @ bizshrink.

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Q&A With Best Selling Author And Expert Storyteller, Paul Smith

Eric Jacobson

It’s one that started in the early 1990s with authors like David Armstrong and Peg Neuhauser, and continued in the 2000s by authors like Annette Simmons, Evelyn Clark, Lori Silverman, and Stephen Denning among many others. Each story reflects an unexpected moment of clarity in someone’s life when they learned a life-changing lesson.

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Becoming a leader…Shifting the Balance of Power. | You're Not the.

You're Not the Boss of Me

When I first became a manager, I tried to be friends with everyone. Acquiring a “larger view&# when we first undertake a management position, seems to be the first order of business if we are to bring leadership to the role. Harris Silverman [link] Reply Gwyn Teatro August 5, 2010 at 5:28 pm Hi Harris, Yes, you make a good point.

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19 Key Leadership Competencies & Behaviors from 29 Top Experts

Miles Anthony Smith

What is the number #1 book you recommend for learning how to become a better leader (boss/manager or leading self)? Not only does it provide tools and resources for those transitioning into a leadership role, it also includes development strategies for management teams who are overseeing the growth of new leaders.

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How to Succeed in Business Writing: Don't Be Dickens

Harvard Business Review

I believe in diversity of opinion. If you have a suggestion ("buy more cows") and a counter suggestion ("sell all the cows") that are both reasonable, but based on different assumption ("the ability of cows to manage portfolio investments for our clients") then put those two contrasting thoughts and their reasoning in separate paragraphs.

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Workers, Take Off Your Headphones

Harvard Business Review

Technology, for a free-lancer like me, creates a powerful and not entirely mad illusion that we work in a peopled environment of rich diversity and experience. And keep managing by walking around, even though text-messaging and email seem to make real-world encounters unnecessary.