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Three Reasons Why The Situational Leadership® Approach Is Effective

The Center For Leadership Studies

Strengths of the Situational Leadership ® Model Organizations have an ever-expanding spectrum of criteria that determines why they adopt one leadership methodology over another. What would explain the popularity of this model over the last six decades with all those people? Accessibility is a big one these days. Same for translations.

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Book Review: Multipliers

LDRLB

Don’t be fooled by the title, the authors do NOT offer research support for their claim that leadership can make folks smarter. It isn’t just how intelligent your team members are; it is how much of that intelligence you can draw out and put to use. (p. Chris Argyris , W.E. Leadership book review'

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How Criticizing in Private Undermines Your Team

Harvard Business Review

You are holding your weekly team leadership meeting. You are discussing with your direct reports how to handle the project delays that have caused the team to miss its quarterly numbers. You've seen this kind of behavior before from Ted, and you've seen the team's frustration with Ted.

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28 Leadership Development Recommendations for your Individual Development Plan

Great Leadership By Dan

Welcome to the September edition of the Leadership Development Carnival ! For this month’s edition, I asked an all-star cadre of leadership development bloggers, authors, and consultants to submit an answer to the following question: “We all know that individual development plans (IDPs) need to be tailored for each leader.

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Your Team Needs an Intervention

Harvard Business Review

By 10:30, the team has efficiently sketched out a job description for the point person who will lead the effort. One team member, a no-nonsense American with a Bain Capital pedigree, thinks the answer is obvious: North America Human Resources. With no end in sight, tension rises and the four other team members retreat.

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How Criticizing in Private Undermines Your Team

Harvard Business Review

You are holding your weekly team leadership meeting. You are discussing with your direct reports how to handle the project delays that have caused the team to miss its quarterly numbers. You've seen this kind of behavior before from Ted, and you've seen the team's frustration with Ted.

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How to Act Quickly Without Sacrificing Critical Thinking

Harvard Business Review

For example, Jenna was a new manager struggling to adjust to the dueling pressures of delivering her own work, while keeping the team accountable for theirs. The result was that her team felt increasingly micromanaged and less engaged in their contributions. To stop leading with such an acute sense of urgency, Jenna made two changes.

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