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Are You Crushing Your Employees?

Lead Change Blog

Sometimes when I’m under the gun at work and feeling the pressure of all my responsibilities, I can get tunnel vision about accomplishing my own goals and forget how my behavior is influencing others. Leaders can be fair by treating people equitably and ethically. I don’t think I’m alone in this regard.

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Leaders: Bullies by Nature or Nurture?

Great Leadership By Dan

micromanaging. Do your systems influence the likelihood of these behaviours? Do values, ethics, integrity and trust play a prominent enough role in the work you do? His focus is the practical use of power and influence in the workplace. Of the more innocent you haveā€¦. Demanding things at short notice. Of course you do.

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The July 2012 Leadership Development Carnival

Great Leadership By Dan

Here's Bernd Geropp , from More Leadership, Less Management, with Micromanagers and the e -mail trap. Linda Fisher Thornton from her Leading in Context Blog presents Leading for Ethical Performance. Art Petty , from his Management Excellence blog, presents Just One Thing: Always Add Clarity to Challenge.

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10 Ways To Be A Great Non-Profit Board Member

Ron Edmondson

You have influence places the organization may not yet have. In the end, even though you shouldn’t micromanage, it is your job as a board member to protect the integrity of the organization. Can Non-Profit Work Encourage a Poor Work Ethic? Be a connector. This may be one of the best roles for a board member.

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Should You Give Your Star Employees Star Treatment?

Harvard Business Review

Contrary to popular belief, there are universal traits that predict whether individuals will be part of an organization’s vital few, such as their higher levels of intelligence, work ethic, and social skills. In other words, people who are smart, nice, and hard-working tend to outperform their peers.

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If Employees Donā€™t Trust You, Itā€™s Up to You to Fix It

Harvard Business Review

Employees who don’t trust their managers usually point to big-picture, obvious things: Their superiors skate the edges of ethical behavior, hide information, take credit for others’ hard work, or flat-out deceive people. To demonstrate positive assumptions, show that you reject micromanaging. And promote transparency.