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Leaders: Still Making Progress On Your 2013 New Year's Resolution?

Eric Jacobson

Which one of the 70 tips for how to become a more effective leader did you select as a 2013 New Year''s Resolution? This list was published last December in my blog, about the time many leaders were identifying their professional and personal goals for 2013. Don''t micromanage 2. And, only 8% will achieve their goals.

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Weekly Round-Up: On 7 Acts of Generosity That Help Leaders Grow Business, 4 Steps for Getting Honest Feedback & Leading With a Light Touch

leaderCommunicator

based companies invested more the $15 billion in 2013 to develop their leaders. Developing Leaders: Turning Life Into Learning By Julie Winkle Giulioni, SmartBlog On Leadership “ According to Bersin by Deloitte, U.S.-based The dollars were spent on a variety of activities designed to build leadership competencies and skills.

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Can a Manager be a Coach?

Great Leadership By Dan

Originally posted at Smartblog on Leadership 5/23/2013: Can a manager be an effective coach? Then again, a lot of managers think they are already coaching when what they are really doing is a lot of teaching, advising and telling — or, worst case, micromanaging (think Pointy Haired Boss from “Dilbert” ). Both are valid positions.

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4 Areas Where New & Frontline Leaders Can Be More Engaging

Center for Creative Leadership

Bill’s book, Be the Boss Everyone Wants to Work For: A Guide for New Leaders , outlines how leaders can: Increase job engagement by bringing in internal or external stakeholders who have directly benefited from the work their employees have done and not micromanage. Increase team engagement by providing direction, alignment, and commitment.

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70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders

Eric Jacobson

With only a couple weeks left of 2013, it''s time to select your New Year''s Resolutions for 2014. To get you started, how about selecting one or more of these 70 New Year''s resolutions for leaders ?

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Have You Already Abandoned Your New Year's Resolution To Be A Better Leader?

Eric Jacobson

Which one of the 70 tips for how to become a more effective leader did you select as a 2013 New Year's Resolution? This list was published last December in my blog, about the time many leaders were identifying their professional and personal goals for 2013. Don't micromanage 2. And, only 8% will achieve their goals.

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How to Stop Micromanaging Your Team

Harvard Business Review

Micromanaging is a hard habit to break. If you’re the kind of boss who lasers in on details, prefers to be cc’ed on emails, and is rarely satisfied with your team’s work, then—there’s no kind way to say this— you’re a micromanager. How should you prioritize what matters?