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What Holds Middle Managers Back from Leadership?

Women on Business

A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to speak at Harvard Business School’s Dynamic Women in Business Conference. Our panel discussion was titled, Working in Heels: Women in the Workplace today, and the focus of the discussion was the internal barriers and external barriers that women hold women back from advancing their careers [.]

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Highlights – 28 February

Chartered Management Institute

As found in CMI’s recent Better Management report , bad management has prompted almost 33% of UK workers to quit. Management isn’t all about star CEOs. Failing to invest in first-time managers could become your biggest financial mistake, writes contributor Katy Edwards in HR News. But let’s not dwell on the negative.

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CMI Highlights

Chartered Management Institute

It’s less than two weeks to go until the highly anticipated CMI Women Conference on Tuesday 16 May. Plus, don’t forget you can still reserve your online place at the CMI Women conference , which will take place on 16 May. Check out our learnings from last year’s inaugural conference here.) Reserved your spot? Don’t miss out!

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Guest Blogger Nathan Zeldes: Why and How to Communicate Across Company Lines

leaderCommunicator

Throughout my career as a Principal engineer at Intel, I’ve repeatedly made a point to do that, and believe me, it wasn’t easy. Lastly, lack of priority, support and encouragement from one’s management (you’ll have noticed that whenever times are tough, travel to conferences and other meeting opportunities is the first to be axed.).

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August 2015 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Bruce Harpham of Project Management Hacks submitted Field Report from the World Domination Summit. Bruce asks, “Have you participated in a conference in 2015?” Jim Taggart of Changing Winds submitted The Incredible Shrinking Manager: Flat is Back. Find Art on Twitter at @artpetty. Find Julie on Twitter at @Julie_WG.

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Has Jim Goodnight Cracked the Code of Corporate Culture?

Michael Lee Stallard

The article is based on an interview I conducted with Goodnight at Giant Impact’s Leadercast conference in Atlanta. The Conference Board released research in January that concluded employee satisfaction and engagement in America were at the lowest point since it began surveying more than 20 years ago. The data suggest otherwise.

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The Rainmaker 'Fab Five' Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

  Center for Creative Leadership : Fundamental Four: Core Leadership Skills for Every Career Stage - It is safe to say that different levels of leadership require varying skill sets in order to be successful in that given position. Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration (ESA) - U.S. Fascinating.

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