Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 15, 2016

Guest post from Bobby Martin : There comes a time for every founder of a rapidly growing entrepreneurial business when you have to decide if you can be the one to both lead and manage into and through this growth stage. You need to become primarily a manager. Learn how to manage the complexities of running a fast-growth firm.

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IPO COO Dunning Delegation 120

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

To achieve a large-scale goal for the first time, it is best to work your way up through more-manageable projects. You also have the opportunity to practice each of those steps on a project whose outcome is less significant than what people face when leadership is a significant part of their portfolio. Dorie Clark. Amy Jen Su.

Goal 15

Goal Dunning Project Fashion 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

There’s sometimes a disconnect between how we talk about leadership qualities (we tend to use words like authority , power , and emotional intelligence ) and what we actually require from the people leading teams and other working groups (arguably, competence and a deep knowledge of the specific work that needs to get done).

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Quality Leadership Dunning Emotional Intelligence 8

Mark Sanborn

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Leadership is not an easy task, and even the best leaders are susceptible to errors in thinking that can hinder decision-making and, ultimately, organizational success. Recognizing and avoiding these pitfalls can significantly enhance leadership effectiveness. This can result in poor decision-making and a lack of innovative thinking.

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Dunning Consensus Groupthink Charisma 86

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2017

This phenomenon is not limited to inclusiveness — the Dunning-Kruger effect, for example, explains that unskilled people are particularly prone to thinking they are more skilled than they are. In many of our other studies, we have found that senior executives have accumulated more leadership and managerial skill than junior managers.

360-Degree Feedback 8

360-Degree Feedback Diversity Dunning Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2016

Ray Dalio, one of the world’s most successful hedge fund managers, insists that his team ruthlessly second-guess his thinking. Christine Lagarde, managing director of the IMF, seeks out information that might disprove her beliefs about the world and herself.

Dunning 8

Dunning Hedge Open-book Course 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2015

As the famous Dunning-Krueger effect demonstrates, the less competent people are, the less self-aware they are, so poor performers are particularly likely to benefit from a reality check. Leadership styles have enjoyed a lot of airtime. You are not making it personal.

Self-aware 8

Self-aware Dunning Objective Benchmarking 8

LDRLB

APRIL 7, 2014

We have Denise Brosseau, founder of the Thought Leadership Lab here on LDRLB. It would be really boring if we had a podcast talking about a podcast, so let’s talk about the book instead, and let’s talk about Thought Leadership Lab. Thought leadership does not happen overnight. DENISE: (laughs).

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Open-book Influence Books Entrepreneur 74

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2013

Leadership risk: Psychology has found that "for most people, the fear of losing $100 is more intense than the hope of gaining $150", and IT leaders are no exception. IT creates risk confusing leadership, governance, and managing. Even more impressively, their spin out Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp.

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Dunning Project CTO Innovation 10