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The Best Collection of Advice for New Leaders

Great Leadership By Dan

For this month’s Carnival, I asked an all-star collection of leadership experts the following question: What is one piece of advice would you give to a new leader/manager? Jennifer Miller , from The People Equation : “My advice is: don’t underestimate the power of the grapevine. Post related to this advice appears here.

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No Joke: The April 1st, 2013 Leadership Development Carnival

Great Leadership By Dan

Bruce Lewin from Four Groups' Blog presents Why is Understanding People So Hard. Mary Ila Ward from The Point Blog: Sound Advice for Career and Leadership Development presents Questions for Striving Servant Leaders. Advice on listening from Greg Blencoe's book, The Supermanager”. Don’t Forget to Change Your Oil.

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Leadership Posts from Top Bloggers

Michael Lee Stallard

It’s an eclectic mix… some reflections, predictions, “best of&# lists, and the usual sage collection of leadership questions, advice and wisdom. More great leadership advice: David Burkus presents another Bret Simmons piece The Importance Of Working With People You Like from his LeaderLab.

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How to Have the Courage to Move into A Brave Place

Frank Sonnenberg Online

The concept can be traced back to Kurt Lewin , a founder of social psychology and of management theory. Lewin and his colleagues created “safe spaces” in which groups of employees and managers could speak honestly about working conditions and productivity goals without fear of retaliation or retribution.

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The June 3rd, 2013 Leadership Development Carnival

Great Leadership By Dan

Bruce Lewin from Four Groups'' Blog presents 3 Barriers to Adaptability and Change. Mary Ila Ward from The Point: Sound Advice for Career and Leadership Development presents Are your employees on the border of ''boredom and anxiety''? Instead of focusing on problems, picture the results you desire.”. Prioritising Short Term Profits 2.

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Grieving for a Colleague: Deep, Silent, and Solitary

Harvard Business Review

The news had just hit that Danny Lewin — the co-founder of Akamai Technologies, its charismatic CTO, a former commando in the Israeli Special Forces, and MIT mathematics genius who led the company from a math class to an IPO and a market cap of $30 billion — had suddenly died. Then I noticed the silence. People sat alone, mostly.

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