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Leadership: Balancing Art, Craft, and Science

Mike Cardus

Removing the person leading from the context creates confusion and uncertainty. Reference: Mintzberg, H. Leadership does not exist in a vacuum; others observe it while a person is leading, found while experienced within a particular context. Managers, not MBAs: A hard look at the soft practice of managing and management development.

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LeadershipNow 140: June 2015 Compilation

Leading Blog

Henry Mintzberg, the Anti-CEO , on The CEO Series radio show via @profkjmoore. New Tools Needed for Managing Uncertainty via @INSEADKnowledge. Excellence Comes From Saying No from @HBSWK. Jesper Sørensen: How to Be a More Strategic Leader via @StanfordBiz. Can You Manage Up?

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Wait, I’m the Boss?!? The Guide for New Managers to Succeed

Skip Prichard

” -Henry Mintzberg. And, in times of crisis and uncertainty, communication is more important than ever. Great managers attract and retain great employees, while the best employees quickly look for new opportunities when they are forced to work with a bad one. Great managers do four things better than mediocre ones: (1) Empower.

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5 Strategy Questions Every Leader Should Make Time For

Harvard Business Review

As famous management professor Henry Mintzberg has described, much of strategy is “ emergent.” Strategy, by definition, is about making complex decisions under uncertainty, with substantive, long-term consequences. It also means that you are at risk of leading your company astray. Sit down and think them through.