Leading Blog
MARCH 8, 2019
A FTER 18 YEARS on the MIT faculty, I thought I knew a thing or two about leadership. After all, I was tenured and had supervised dozens of students seeking undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. But in 1999, at the height of the Internet boom, I took a two-year leave of absence to serve as director of system architecture at Akamai Technologies, an MIT start-up located here in Cambridge.
Joseph Lalonde
MARCH 8, 2019
Getting your foot in the door of a leadership position can be difficult, if not seemingly impossible. Yet you can become a leader without an education. Many great organizational leaders have stepped into a leadership role without formal education. They didn’t let their lack of education stop them from becoming great leaders. These leaders often […] The post The Uneducated Leader appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.
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Leadership Freak
MARCH 8, 2019
Dear Dan, I just inherited a team where they were publicly scrutinized and now everyone wants to leave.
leaderCommunicator
MARCH 8, 2019
Welcome to my weekly round-up of the best-of-the-best recent leadership and communication blog posts. 4 Tips For Improving Management Information Cascade By SnapComms ( @snapcomms ) “Staff would rather communicate with their immediate supervisor than any other level of management. This is particularly true during uncertain times. Staff may start to distrust the ‘corporate mouthpieces’ such as the intranet, and turn to their managers for interpretation.
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Strategy Driven
MARCH 8, 2019
As a fan of classic films, I am always searching for films that apply to family businesses. I recently viewed the 1936 film, Dodsworth, that stars Walter Houston in the title role, as well as Ruth Chatterton and Mary Astor. Dodsworth, an entrepreneur, owns an automobile manufacturing company, who sells his company and retires without a plan for his future—not unlike many real-life entrepreneurs.
Eric Jacobson
MARCH 8, 2019
David S. Pottruck 's book, Stacking the Deck , teaches readers a nine-step course of action leaders can follow from the first realization that change is needed through all the steps of implementation, including assembling the right team of close advisors and getting the word out to the wider group. This book tells the in-the-trenches stories of individuals who led bold, sweeping change.
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Eric Jacobson
MARCH 8, 2019
There are eight specific actions business leaders can take to show that they value their employees , according to Andrew Leigh , author of the book, Ethical Leadership -- Creating and Sustaining an Ethical Business Culture. Those eight behaviors are: Attention -- Pay attention to what people say to show your interest. Listen -- Make time to hear what colleagues, peers and employees have to say to show you care.
Women on Business
MARCH 8, 2019
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Harvard Business Review
MARCH 8, 2019
Until this is fixed, the way organizations select leaders will be biased.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 8, 2019
Based on a survey of 840 companies in eight countries.
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Harvard Business Review
MARCH 8, 2019
Companies can help, but real change will require new legislation.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 8, 2019
Beware the data science pin factory.
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