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Informal networks: Strategies for middle managers to boost their influence

Chartered Management Institute

Managers no longer simply pass orders down the hierarchy and pass information back up it. Instead, they have to make things happen through other departments which have different agendas, different priorities and needs, and are competing for the same limited pot of management time, support, budget and promotions.

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Leadership and Self-Awareness

N2Growth Blog

Those leaders who actively pursue gaining a better understanding of themselves will not only reduce their number of blind spots, but they’ll also find developing a sense of awareness is the key to increasing emotional intelligence. Control is about power – not leadership. Forget span of control and think span of influence.