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6 Tips for New Managers

Career Advancement

How management chooses to treat its people impacts everything—for better or for worse.”. Simon Sinek~. Client Julie says: I’ve just accepted a job as manager of my department. Coach Joel answers: Becoming a manager probably marks a dramatic shift from your previous role. “Corporate culture matters.

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A Productive Rant About Leadership and Organizational Development

Sales Wolf Blog

I have a healthy respect for the ideas of Simon Sinek (and other leadership gurus like him). While hope alone is not a sustainable strategy, there is much power in personal accountability. It takes more than sound bites like "people leave managers, not companies" to shape sustainable performance.

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Building Trust Through Behavioral Integrity

Great Leadership By Dan

Chris Edmonds : Cornell University professor Dr. Tony Simons’ powerful article, “ The High Cost of Lost Trust ,” appeared in the Harvard Business Review in 2002. Simons’ team defines behavioral integrity as “managers keeping their promises and demonstrating espoused values.” Guest post from S. Significantly higher profits!

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Great Leaders Focus on the Why and the What—Not the How

Great Leadership By Dan

Many of you reading are likely familiar with Simon Sinek’s Start with Why. Have you ever been in a work situation where your boss or manager is explaining in specific detail how to do your job? It’s frustrating when managers live in the weeds. What did I count on my managers and employees to do while I was away?

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The Best Leadership Books of 2020

Leading Blog

DeLong (Harvard Business Review Press, 2020) Teaching by Heart summarizes the author’s key insights gained from more than forty years of teaching and managing. Competing in the Age of AI : Strategy and Leadership When Algorithms and Networks Run the World by Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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The Best Leadership Books of 2022

Leading Blog

Rumelt (PublicAffairs, 2022) What passes for strategy in too many businesses, government agencies, and military operations is a toxic mix of wishful thinking and a jumble of incoherent policies. People don’t want to be managed; they want to be led. A New Way to Think : Your Guide to Superior Management Effectiveness by Roger L.

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Leadership and Work Teams

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Simon Mac Rory: If you work in an organization today as a leader you will lead a team. Your job is to deliver strategy and structure for the team and it is the team that delivers output, quality and customer satisfaction. Simon operates from London with a Dublin-based support office.

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