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Henry Mintzberg’s Bedtime Stories for Managers

Leading Blog

M INTZBERG’S 20th book, Bedtime Stories for Managers , is a thought-provoking page-turner. (In The theme running through most is that managers/leaders need to get out from behind their desks and see the world from the perspective of their employees and customers. Management is not eating the eggs. That requires some explanation.

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35 Leadership Quotes from the 10th Global Peter Drucker Forum

Leading Blog

This year’s theme was Management: The Human Dimension. Marshall Goldsmith, Business Educator & Executive Coach. ? Management has maybe become too machine smitten. Many managers mix up formulating a strategy and developing a plan. Philip Kotler, Professor, Kellogg School of Management. ? Adopt mindfulness; 2.

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Does a Mentor have to Breathe?

In the CEO Afterlife

To most of us, mentors are people of experience and knowledge who help the less experienced advance their careers and/or their education. In the early days of my 40 year business career, I was lucky to work under two gentlemen who instilled several critical success factors that guided me from Brand Manager to CEO. Strategy.

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Peer Learning Comes of Age | CoachingOurselves in HBR

Coaching Ourselves

For years, we spent a lot of time and effort educating people and explaining the workplace benefits of social learning from peers. When CoachingOurselves was founded 15 years ago, we were one-of-a-kind in the marketplace. Thankfully, organizations have finally caught on and peer learning is coming of age.

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For Managers Who Want to be Part of the Solution: New Sustainability Module “One Planet Business”

Coaching Ourselves

This module is ideal for middle management teams in organizations that are serious about dealing with the impacts of climate change and being part of the solution. As our co-founder Henry Mintzberg has stated in his blog, the obvious theme on which to focus the efforts to rebalance society is climate change.

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Management Excellence Book Review: Management? It’s Not What You Think

Management Excellence

I confess to having a proclivity for essay collections when it comes to reading about management. Also, there’s the reality that many management books struggle to adequately fill the space between the book-covers, offering up their best in the introduction, the first chapter and the wrap-up chapter. Here are my thoughts on: Management?

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5 Ways Learning Professionals Create Impact with CoachingOurselves

Coaching Ourselves

We have been collaborating with top management and business thinkers since 2008 to develop expert content in the form of peer learning discussion guides. Support a Culture Change Educate and inspire your change champions as they internalize new mindsets and behaviours through peer group learning.

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