Originally published in September 2011.
Welcome to the inaugural edition of the Management Journey Carnival. Topics for this blog carnival include interpersonal effectiveness, managing the 4 generations, emotional intelligence, communication, innovation, change management, teamwork, leadership skills, customer service, and other related topics. This blog carnival presents recent posts from thought leaders around the web.
Your time is valuable so let’s get started and learn more from our blog carnival thought leaders. We’ll start with the featured audio podcast for this month:
How much does our upbringing affect our leadership and interpersonal styles? In an engaging podcast interview with author Maggie Craddock, Anna Farmery of The Engaging Brand explores this question in Understanding Your Power Genes.
Featured Articles
The featured articles for this edition cover a wide range of management topics including communication, innovation, emotional intelligence, leadership and change management. We begin learning from these thoughtful bloggers with a book review:
Promoting workplace diversity is more than the right thing to do. It is also good business. Melissa Anderson of The Glass Hammer explains why this is true in her article, Men Who Get It: Jorge Benitez, Managing Director, North America and Chief Executive, United States, Accenture.
Managers should expect criticism as they fulfill their organizational responsibilities. It comes with the territory! Henrik Edberg of The Positivity Blog explains how to handle the inevitable in his post, How to Handle Criticism: 5 Easy Steps.
It’s easy to lead when everything is working well. The true test of leadership occurs when everything is falling apart however. Henna Imam of The Glass Hammer discusses, How Transformational Leaders Manage a Really, Really Bad Day.
Perseverance is a critical attribute that managers must possess if they want to be successful. J.D. Meier of Sources of Insight provides an original model for success in his post, Four Sources of Strength.
Do you think Kermit the Frog is just for kids? Think again! In Are You As Good a Leader as Kermit the Frog, Mitch Mitchell of TT Mitchell Consulting reminds us that leadership lessons come from many sources.
In life and business you learn with time that there is only so much you can really control. Finding balance in this area can be difficult however! To be a successful leader, Valerie Pendergrass of Leadership on Speed advises to Focus on What You Can Control.
Featured Video
A picture is worth a thousand words and this month’s video is on the important topic of innovation. Innovation is an important skill that can be challenging to implement in the workplace. For my contribution to this carnival edition, I offer the video Innovation: How Does Google Do It?
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