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Leading From Within: Shifting Ego, Ceding Control, and Rising Empathy

Great Leadership By Dan

The identity of an organization is shifting away from the CEO; elements of control are being willingly transferred to the employee, with empathetic and individualized attention being paid in order to increase engagement. In the emerging “Future-of-Work” settings, it is employee egos that matter, not the CEO's.

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The Role of a Manager Has to Change in 5 Key Ways

Harvard Business Review

For almost 100 years, management has been associated with the five basic functions outlined by management theorist Henri Fayol: planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling. Idris Mootee, CEO of Idea Couture Inc., These have become the default dimensions of a manager.