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Being a Good Leader is Tough Stuff

Lead Change Blog

Getting the leadership part of supervising others right, however, is trickier because emotion and connection enter the picture. They know when to centralize and decentralize to maintain efficiency without sacrificing effectiveness. They ace the “art” of leadership—the people and character part. But they don’t stop there.

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Six Rules to Simplify Work

QAspire

I have seen very few reorganization efforts in my career that are focused on the most important aspect of how value is delivered to customers: Simplicity. Simplicity stems from decentralization of power. “ Gandhi, Leadership And A Few Lessons On Simplicity. More Posts on Simplicity at QAspire. On Simplifying Through Subtraction.

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Best New Leadership Books Of 2022

Eric Jacobson

This time each year, I select from all the leadership books I read during the year my pick for the best new leadership book of the year. It was a tough choice, so for 2022, I'm picking two books: Both books are timely, highly relevant, full of great teachings and well worth reading for leaders at any stage of their careers.

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Candidate Management During a Crisis

N2Growth Blog

I started my career in executive search right out of college over 13 years ago, so recruiting is work that I’ve always done and always loved. Now 13 years into my career, all of us will have to re-learn how to navigate recruiting during a severe global pandemic that is unprecedented in magnitude.

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Care for a white-water ride?

N2Growth Blog

Making plans flexible means that organizational developments and career plans have to be adjusted more frequently than we were used to. Decentralization of power: increasing responsibilities for line positions and lower echelons; fewer staff levels and hierarchical levels. No, that is certainly not my message.

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Culture Counts

Leading Blog

They understood the impact that a strong, adaptive corporate culture has on organizational performance, the true mark of leadership. Perhaps if today’s business leaders took a page from history, their companies would achieve the success created by the enlightened leadership of past corporate giants. Eich , Ph.D. General Business'

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How To Create A More Inclusive Workplace

Eric Jacobson

Rising Together is for readers at every stage and level in their careers who recognize that building a broad range of relationships is essential to their advancement, now and in the future. Believe they are valued for their potential as well as their contributions. Perceive that how they matter is not strictly tied to their positional power.

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