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Bottom-Up or Top-Down: What Shapes Organizational Culture?

CEO Insider

Combining top-down and bottom-up management methods allows leaders to embody a leadership style that prioritizes shared power and put the needs of employees first to drive performance. Your business’s culture is the […] The post Bottom-Up or Top-Down: What Shapes Organizational Culture?

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The Power of a Naked Leader

Lead Change Blog

There was no riding the elevator up to mahogany row on the top floor. There was no giant desk or nameplate or other symbols of power. Command presence is not about control; it’s about connection; it’s not about power; it is about poise. The post The Power of a Naked Leader appeared first on Lead Change.

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Your Personality Is Someone's Experience

Sales Wolf Blog

How a leader manifests their personality not only defines their leadership and has the potential to profoundly impact the organization's culture, performance and ultimately, its bottom line. This is because the way you "show up" to your employees and colleagues directly influences how they engage with one another and with Customers.

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quickpoint: What Middle Managers Do

Leading Blog

I N Power to the Middle: Why Managers Hold the Keys to the Future of Work , authors Bill Schaninger, Bryan Hancock, and Emily Field contend that middle managers are crucial to the new world of work. The people in the middle were the only ones who could connect the big goals at the top with the details at the bottom, and do so quickly.

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Charge Forth With Confidence: Exploring Power in the Workplace

HR Digest

Leaders hold a position of power in the workplace—this we know, understand, and accept on most days. We treat authority with some reverence and listen to those who hold different forms of power at work in order to function within the organization. Image: Freepik How do We Define Power in the Workplace?

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One Secret of Power Negotiating

Skip Prichard

This is an excerpt from Secrets of Power Negotiating, 25 th Anniversary Edition by Roger Dawson is available wherever books and ebooks are sold or directly from Career Press, the publisher at www.redwheelweiser.com. His girlfriend snuggles up to him and says, “Oh, let’s buy it, Poopsy. Adapted, and reprinted with permission.

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7 Powerful Phrases to Boost Your Productivity

Lead from Within

Here are seven powerful phrases that will make you more productive. When procrastination sets in and things start to pile up, it’s time to commit to a change. If anything is going to happen, it is up to you. The timing is up to you too, so choose to make it happen now. Repeat after me: 1. If not now, when?