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Negative Personalities Can Help Entrepreneurs (To A Point)

The Horizons Tracker

The right blend The study found that founders with a moderate level of Machiavellianism and psychopathy actually encouraged knowledge-sharing and supported their team as they were better able to manage any conflicts between team members. It’s only when these dark traits reach extreme levels that problems emerge.

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First Look: Leadership Books for February 2023

Leading Blog

Culture Is the Way : How Leaders at Every Level Build an Organization for Speed, Impact, and Excellence by Matt Mayberry Former NFL Pro, world-renowned keynote speaker, and management consultant Matt Mayberry delivers an incisive and hands-on blueprint to employee engagement and peak productivity. Sound familiar?

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How To Build An Extreme Team

Eric Jacobson

Extreme Teams is a fascinating book by Robert Bruce Shaw , where he takes you inside top companies and examines not just great teams (your more “conventional” teams), but extreme teams. According to Shaw, extreme teams : View work as a calling —even an obsession. Pursue a limited set of vital priorities —less is more.

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Upshift: How to Turn Pressure into Performance and Crisis into Creativity

Leading Blog

International crisis management specialist Ben Ramalingam writes in Upshift: Turning Pressure into Performance and Crisis into Creativity , that between the two extremes is the “sweet spot” where we experience a healthy level of stress. But with too much stress we become overloaded, and we just feel like shutting down.

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The Impact Of Benevolent Marginalization At Work

The Horizons Tracker

One extreme example was sheltered workshops, where people with disabilities work in protected spaces. They found that managers with good intentions sometimes create inclusion plans assuming all employees with disabilities need the same kind of help. First off, they suggest managers take a moment for self-reflection.

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Leadership—Are You Using the Most Effective Ratio?

Lead Change Blog

Leaders engage in a number of related activities including managing and leading, discovery and delivery, as well as giving and receiving feedback. . Managing and Leading. Managing and Leading. How much time do you spend managing vs. leading? . Managers use current methods, procedures, and resources to get the work done.

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Peak Leadership Fitness: Elevating Your Leadership Game

Leading Blog

“Leadership is an extreme test of performance, stamina, and endurance. Interpersonal Skills: Collaboration, conflict management, diversity and inclusion, and teaming. Personal Skills: Executive presence, communication, and public speaking, project management, and time management. It requires sacrifice and training.