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RIP: Retired in Position

Lead Change Blog

employees are not showing up to work fully committed to delivering their best performance. All jobs have a learning curve—but as time progresses, and the skill is enhanced, the challenge of the job will lessen. Is there a function they would like to learn, such as project management?

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Christy Pambianchi on Shaping HR Leadership

HR Digest

Pambianchi advises startup leaders to prioritize human capital management, stressing the importance of assembling agile teams. We’ve been taking a phased approach to roll out new tools and learn how to enable our employees with those tools—all to help them unlock exciting new potential.

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Managing Others? You Need to Declare Yourself

The Office Blend Blog

There are a myriad of elements that must be mastered; core tasks, a new organizational culture and team commitments. The bottom of the learning curve that newcomers face is often a steep one — characterized by a brisk influx of both information and people-focused demands. .”) How do I connect with my manager?

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5 Leadership Lessons You Can Learn from a Micro-Manager

Lead by Adventure

During that season, I worked for a guy that was a micro-manager. But I was willing to work on the things that I didn’t know, and I was committed to do whatever I needed to make things work with my boss. No matter your situation there are leadership lessons that you can learn. .” It was like a country song gone bad.

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How To Be Your Best-Self Leader Every Day

Eric Jacobson

Su shares both Western management thinking and Eastern philosophy to provide a holistic yet hands-on approach to becoming a more effective leader with less stress and more equanimity. As you read the book, you’ll learn how to: Prioritize, elevate, tolerate or eliminate tasks. Find balance in calendar commitments.

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Let’s Stop Pushing “Development” as a Cheap Replacement for Training

Great Leadership By Dan

Sales reps were trained in their products and how to sell them, scientists went to conferences, engineers were offered continued training to keep their skills up to date, and new managers were trained how to manage. Sure, without training, people can still “wing it”, try to learn on their own, and sink or swim.

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The Art and Science of Professional Development

Great Leadership By Dan

Most high-performing leaders are committed to using a combination of all three to accomplish their goal to be the best. One of the main focuses for my business is sales and leadership training in order to stay abreast of the needs of today’s fast-paced learning curve. Simply developing them, however, is not enough.