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New Book: Harvard Business Review Project Management Handbook

Eric Jacobson

I am a big fan of the series of Harvard Business Review (HBR)’s Handbooks , including the one for leaders and the one for family businesses. Newest in the series is the HBR Project Management Handbook. Nieto-Rodriguez defines projects as : Limited in time; they have a start and an end. Project failure is not always bad.

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Leadership at the Symphony

Great Leadership By Dan

While enjoying a live performance, it became obvious to me that, in addition to hearing great music or watching talented dancers, I was also seeing examples of good leadership. What an example of leadership and followership in action. That’s leadership! Members of the John F. This piece featured a world-famous violinist.

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5 Tips To Successfully Transition From Rookie To Leader

Tanveer Naseer

Even in organizations that invest in leadership development struggle with helping new leaders fully comprehend what it means to lead. What most leadership programs neglect to cover, but that new leaders quickly discover, is that leadership is massively freakin’ hard. Leadership can be a lonely endeavor.

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Current Method / Better Way Matrix Team Building Activity

Mike Cardus

Team Project tool to create shared language of progress & regress. Can break inertia (stuckness) in how your project team operates. The team facilitator I recommend the team leader / Project Manager documents the responses on flipchart paper. Current Method / Better Way Matrix Team Building Activity. Innovation tool.

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Encourage Employees to Talk More

Tony Mayo

It’s not just what they project that makes them charismatic; it’s what they elicit. Informally talking out problems and solutions, it seemed, produced better results than following the employee handbook or obeying managers’ e-mailed instructions. They pick up cues from others, draw people out, and get them to be more outgoing.

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28 Leadership Development Recommendations for your Individual Development Plan

Great Leadership By Dan

Welcome to the September edition of the Leadership Development Carnival ! For this month’s edition, I asked an all-star cadre of leadership development bloggers, authors, and consultants to submit an answer to the following question: “We all know that individual development plans (IDPs) need to be tailored for each leader.

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Work Culture Examples Abound: What Does Company Culture Mean to You?

HR Digest

and while s ome state it explicitly in their handbooks and paraphernalia, other organizations indicate it by their policies and actions toward employees. Setting good company culture examples is a task for the leaders of the organization to establish from the first day of operation.