Leading Blog

MARCH 6, 2019

This year’s theme was Management: The Human Dimension. Management has maybe become too machine smitten. Many managers mix up formulating a strategy and developing a plan. Philip Kotler, Professor, Kellogg School of Management. ? Henry Mintzberg, Professor, McGill University. ? I have commitment.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 23, 2023

In A Tale of Two Managers: Command versus Commitment , I contrasted two leaders, Denise and Joel. Denise balances management and leadership very effectively. Joel is out of balance with a techno-management approach. She sees people as adults who are generally self-managing. Denise cares about people.

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Coaching Ourselves

MARCH 1, 2024

Elevate your organization’s commitment to health and wellbeing with “ Psychological Protection at Work ” and many other relevant CoachingOurselves peer learning discussion guides. Workload Management 10. For 15 years, CoachingOurselves has been a trusted partner to McGill University. Involvement and Influence 9. Engagement 11.

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Coaching Ourselves

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

CoachingOurselves, the world leader in peer coaching is reinforcing our commitment to CSR with the publishing of our new sustainability module “ One Planet Business ” by authors Jean-Paul and Sally Jeanrenaud. We are proud to join forces with the Jeanrenauds who exemplify expertise and commitment to practical action.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Since the collapse of Enron, through the financial crisis, to the insider trading and LIBOR scandals, the question just keeps recurring: How did those institutions of higher learning, whose claim is to develop business leaders, influence the conduct of leaders who let so many people down? These critiques have brought about some change.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

And thinking is in fact quite an important activity when it comes to assessing and developing a strategy. As famous management professor Henry Mintzberg has described, much of strategy is “ emergent.” Some of them can be the result of what in Organization Theory we call “escalation of commitment.”

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