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How to Communicate in Times of Crisis

Marshall Goldsmith

In crisis, you want to say as much as you know, but no more than that, because you will get hammered if you do not state the facts. In crisis communication there are only 3 avenues you can take, really only three things you can say: The first is “I didn’t do it.” If you didn’t do it, just say that.

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How to be a Damn Good Developmental Manager

Great Leadership By Dan

Have you ever worked for a manager that consistently helped you learn new skills and develop? And if you’re manager, that’s the kind of reputation you should aspire to have. Most managers have good intentions – they want to be known as a developmental manager – but there’s often a huge gap between the “should do” and the “do”.

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Take Initiative and You’ll Stand Out

Your Voice of Encouragement

No one asked her to do this. Alison developed a reputation as a star assistant throughout the company because she not only got great ideas – she translated them into action. They keep trying other things because they’re confident that at least a small percentage of the things they do will work. But they don’t let that stop them.

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3 Qualities of a Great Mentor

Steve Farber

If you want to learn what it takes to become a great mentor, one place to look is at the great mentors who’ve influenced your success. If you don’t think you have a mentor yet, try looking at others who’ve achieved their goals and see what they learned from their mentors. She always told me, ‘This or something better,’” Sweeney said.

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3 Qualities of a Great Mentor

Steve Farber

If you want to learn what it takes to become a great mentor, one place to look is at the great mentors who’ve influenced your success. If you don’t think you have a mentor yet, try looking at others who’ve achieved their goals and see what they learned from their mentors. She always told me, ‘This or something better,’” Sweeney said.

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When One Person’s High Performance Creates Resentment in Your Team

Harvard Business Review

As the Japanese proverb warns : “The nail that sticks up gets hammered down.” Our evidence from both the field study and the experiment points to a clear social downside of high achievement, as peers were more likely to belittle, insult, and damage the reputation of high performers.

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Have You Earned the Right to Lead? Ten Deeply Destructive Mistakes That Suggest the Answer Is No (and How to Stop Making Them)

Strategy Driven

Unusually Excellent explains why your employees may not see you as a leader…and what you can do to change their hearts and minds. In other cases, they never learned these fundamentals or mastered them earlier in their career. The CEO’s reputation for trustworthiness had been wounded forever. You’re really just masquerading.

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