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5 Insights to Managing Chaordic Tension

Leading Blog

Intuitively, yes, entrepreneurship is a risky career path. Managing this tension is the key to success in growing and stable organizations—regardless of industry, size, years in business, or profit motive. Here are my five insights on how to manage chaordic tension: 1. Some statistics show even higher failure rates.

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The May, 2012 Leadership Development Carnival

Great Leadership By Dan

Art Petty presents The Cruel, Bitter And Crushing Taste of Dump Truck Feedback , from his Management Excellence Blog. Managers everywhere are frustrated that their best employees aren’t moving ahead with the wonderful development suggestions they’ve been given. David Burkus from LeaderLab presents Why Most Managers Are Ineffective?

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The March 2012 Leadership Development Carnival Going Green Edition

Great Leadership By Dan

Welcome to the March 4th, 2012 Leadership Development Carnival Going Green Edition. Art Petty serves up some Leadership Caffeine-12 Shots of Leadership Espresso from his Management Excellence blog. When I ask executives and hiring managers what their biggest challenge is, at least 90% of the time I get the same answer: “People.”

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When Your Boss Is Younger Than You

The Horizons Tracker

This isn’t always the case in the workplace, of course, and a recent study from the University of Washington explored the dynamic of having a manager who is younger than you are. Status incongruence emerges when those markers don’t apply to a manager, and especially when subordinates have higher status markers than their boss.

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4 Keys For Bringing Out The Best From Introverts

Tanveer Naseer

One of the hottest themes in management and leadership today is the importance of understanding the introvert at work. The research I’ve done shows that about 25 to 30 percent of CEOs are introverts,” explains Karl Moore, associate professor of strategy and organization at Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University.

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Food For Thought – April 2012

QAspire

Michael Wade on “ What Managers Can Learn from Novelists ”. The best will remind you that nothing’s guaranteed but more is predictable when you take responsibility for you career rather than leaving it to your CEO, take responsibility for you life rather than leaving it to a smooth-talking politician and start reading every day.

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Managing Others? You Need to Declare Yourself

The Office Blend Blog

.”) Existing research focusing on newcomers, can offer managers clues as to what hey can do to support the process. However, we miss key opportunities to help newcomers find their way — and managers can actively contribute to building this needed sense of stability early on. How do I connect with my manager?