Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Increasingly, leaders exist in a much longer ‘span of control’ network. They need to get things done without too much ‘command and control’. Learning from mistakes is key to this approach—and patience, perseverance, and encouragement are required from line-managers in the process. He is fully committed to his development.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 15, 2019

The study also found that 26% of new hires fail because they can’t accept feedback, 23% because they’re unable to understand and manage emotions, 17% because they lack the necessary motivation to excel, 15% because they have the wrong temperament for the job, and only 11% because they lack the necessary technical skills. Valley of Despair.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 28, 2017

When giving feedback to your superstar performers, the key issue to recognize is that the “no news is good news” feedback approach is not an effective management technique for handling them. Based on our database of over 4 million leaders, the highest ranked behavior of our top performers is a commitment to self-improvement.

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LDRLB

AUGUST 8, 2012

For the past few decades, the business press and management consultants have pushed for large organizations to flatten their structure. Flattening usually refers taking two actions to change organizational structure – removing layers of middle management while widening the span of control for the managers that are left.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

You’ve taken the leap from front-line individual contributor to professional manager. According to a new study, middle managers are the most likely people in an organization to suffer from depression. The researchers then segmented those individuals into four categories: owners, managers, supervisors, and workers.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 27, 2011

If I do away with all the management speak and complex theory, leadership can actually be distilled down to one very tangible measurement; the quality of your relationships. It only requires effort on your part and a sincere desire to better serve those within your span of control, or your sphere of influence.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

Taking care of your staff by showing them respect significantly increases commitment and engagement. He was responsible for ten hospitals spanning the West Coast to the Indian Ocean and health care for eight hundred thousand patients. For me – and most leaders – being respectful to your staff is easier when things are going well.

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