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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? A manager that took an interest in your career, challenged you to be your best, and believed in your potential to grow? That’s the kind of manager that most employees want to work for. In many cases, managers just don’t know how.

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In Praise of Average Joes

In the CEO Afterlife

But the resource that continues to be overlooked by CEOs and Boards is the organization’s Average Joe. He refused to be blocked by the brick wall that separates management from union in most companies. In fact, it was Ronnie who took a sledge hammer to that wall and turned it into rubble.

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What Kind of Business Leader Are You?

Women on Business

Beate Chelette shares the following insights on The Glass Hammer regarding leadership models: “For the longest time, most successful women have adopted one of two main business leadership styles because there have been no other models. These are the women who will remain their entire lives in management positions and never advance.”

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What Kind of Business Leader Are You?

Women on Business

Beate Chelette shares the following insights on The Glass Hammer regarding leadership models: “For the longest time, most successful women have adopted one of two main business leadership styles because there have been no other models. These are the women who will remain their entire lives in management positions and never advance.”

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Top Down Leadership Does Work, If You’re Stuck in the Industrial Age

Lead Change Blog

And top-down, hierarchical leadership styles can still be effective for managing an organization, especially those that mass-produce specific products. Here’s where it gets sketchy… When left to their own devices under stress, these hammer-dropping leaders will lack the emotional intelligence to influence those they lead.

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The Secret to Success: It’s Not a Secret

Strategy Driven

During my career as a successful commodities broker, I learned a key lesson about success: self-management is more important than talent. In closing, remember that the only chains and shackles that hold any of us back from any goal in life are those that we ourselves forge in the fires of doubt and hammer out on the anvils of lack of belief.

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What Not to Do When Business Sours

In the CEO Afterlife

When I was a CEO, I managed to squirrel away a “rainy day” fund for nasty business blips. In a crisis, whether short or long-term, the most senior people in the organization need to step up and offer innovative solutions to the issues hammering the bottom-line. At best, they are managers. Those who can’t do this are not leaders.