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The Unspoken Role of Confidence in Leadership

Great Leadership By Dan

Whilst leading the organisation does often come with a title – like CEO or Managing Director – leading a group of people does not. The latter, because of its lack of position power, implies the ability to influence without it.

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How to achieve a flow state of mind

Chartered Management Institute

Positive psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, who coined the term, has compared it to playing jazz. But why should managers care about flow? Management attention is one of an organisation’s most precious resources. Maximising your opportunity for concentration and focus will also help you find flow.

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Finding the Curl in a Disruptive Wave of Change

The Center For Leadership Studies

Case in point: Bennis was by no means the first scholar to draw a distinction between leadership and management. Managers make sure those things are done … right.”. If you are a frontline manager in any size organization right now, it is difficult (at best) to pinpoint the things you need to be doing. Doing Things Right.

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When Deming Goes to School

Deming Institute

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog. Or you have someone in a formal position but they have no knowledge or personality, they have a real problem there. We are already well motivated… The only thing you can do as a manager is demotivate people.

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New Study Shows Women Do It Better Than Men

The Practical Leader

” Jena McGregor published an interview with Zenger and Folkman last Friday. ” Senior managers rated the women in this study even more positively overall than did peers or direct reports. Their blog post has generated over 200 comments and perspectives on this issue so far. Ask for feedback.

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14 Leadership Studies – Quick Overview of Leadership

CO2

Today, the ability to be seen as a participative leader can still be important and those in leadership positions that don’t take the thoughts and feelings of their subordinates into account are rarely regarded as truly great leaders. Gary Yukl in 1971, with the leadership style being called delagative rather than participative.

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How to Get an Employee to Work Faster

Harvard Business Review

A slower worker doesn’t just reduce a team’s productivity — he can also hurt his colleagues’ morale, says Lindsay McGregor, the coauthor of Primed to Perform and co-founder of Vega Factor. “Start with assuming positive intent,” says McGregor. What the Experts Say.