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Informal networks: Strategies for middle managers to boost their influence

Chartered Management Institute

My current research is on people who thrive in these conditions – the stars who make things happen beyond their formal span of control and budget. Managers no longer simply pass orders down the hierarchy and pass information back up it. In a competitive world you can not succeed alone: you need allies.

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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.

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Why Your Leadership Is Overrated

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.