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10 Common Thinking Errors Leaders Make

Mark Sanborn

A manager only listens to team members who agree with them, neglecting diverse opinions that could offer a new perspective. A manager ignores potential issues with a new initiative because they don’t want to be the only one questioning it. A manager focuses only on what went wrong in a successfully completed project.

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10 Common Thinking Errors Leaders Make

Mark Sanborn

A manager only listens to team members who agree with them, neglecting diverse opinions that could offer a new perspective. A manager ignores potential issues with a new initiative because they don’t want to be the only one questioning it. A manager focuses only on what went wrong in a successfully completed project.

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Shifting your Leadership as your Company Outgrows the Start-up Phase

Great Leadership By Dan

Here's a post that I wrote for SmartBlog on Leadership , published 10/25: The majority of popular leadership advice falls into one of two categories: 1. Leadership for the small-business owner (which usually deal with entrepreneurialism, sales, financing, and other basic management and business skills).

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The Dual-Career Mojo that Makes Couples Thrive

Harvard Business Review

This career advice from Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg makes good sense based on research. Just as lack of consensus around finances can doom a marriage, lack of support from one''s spouse can effectively sink a career. Career planning Gender Managing yourself'

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How You Make Decisions Is as Important as What You Decide

Harvard Business Review

Note that this inclusive process is not decision-making by committee or by consensus. As a leader in his company, Bud used what he called “Management by Wandering Around” (MBWA), where he’d stop into offices and ask the opinions of employees, clients, and others to gather insights about his organization and clients.

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6 Things Every Mentor Should Do

Harvard Business Review

Whether you’re a mentor to a medical resident or marketing manager, the same principles apply. Rather than being apologetic, Sam criticized the manager for cutting him loose. Moreover, faculty and managers alike are under constant and growing time pressure. That time has passed.

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44 Content Marketing Agencies Defined by 65 Marketers

Miles Anthony Smith

The biggest bonus is that these 65 experts also shared their greatest content marketing tips and advice, including some common myths. They somehow manage to engage with their audience consistently by constantly putting out articles, infographics, or anything of value, not just in content marketing but also in sales. 8 Stellar Ones.

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