HR Digest

APRIL 6, 2020

In Organizational parlance, there are four types of managers, the c-suite executives, the mid-level, the frontline managers, and the team leaders. This is the lose structural framework, but one can classify managers based on their leadership styles too. Middle managers.

Management 87

Management Chief Financial Officer Chief Executive Officer Supply Chain 87

Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 23, 2011

Although Toyota’s leadership style promotes employee involvement, the working environment of one of their factory sites was not motivating its front-line workers. Kaizen is the Japanese philosophy of continuous incremental improvement in life that Toyota has incorporated into its leadership style. Communication is key.

Kaizen 162

Kaizen Leadership Styles Leadership Motivation 162

Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

Salary raises and the importance of investing More CMI research – this time on salary raises – has sparked discussion in the news, with 48% of UK firms reporting no immediate plans to offer pay increases. Commentators from a number of industries – from motor retail to media planning – have shared views on this important subject.

Policies 121

Policies Article Skills Learning-by-Doing 121

Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Its goal is to seamlessly meld centralized vision and planning with empowered decentralized execution – where everyone is encouraged to exercise disciplined initiative, improvise, innovate, and take smart risks in accomplishing a shared goal. What if you are in middle management and the top management isn’t fully there.

Agility 89

Agility How To Decentralization Morale 89

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 23, 2010

He made certain the Navy’s plans and budgets were aligned with his priorities. When Navy budget officials proposed cuts related to training and developing people as part of the annual planning cycle, Clark wouldn’t allow it. He required everyone in the Navy to have a personal development plan. At the Pentagon in Washington D.C.

Long-term 207

Long-term Consensus Class Follow-up 207

LDRLB

MAY 13, 2014

It talks about the 4 underlying key leadership styles and visionary, operator, processer, synergists that determine which stage an organization settles into. What I’ve discovered is again and again, is it’s actually the underlying leadership style inherent in the business that has the biggest impact.

Brainstorming 60

Brainstorming Learning-by-Doing Operations Leadership Styles 60

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2011

Outdoor training activities, even those as straightforward as lightweight backpacking, enable students to actually practice different leadership and communication models so that they can learn about their own leadership style and its impact on outcomes in a group. Expedition leaders encourage active followers.

Wilde 14

Wilde Leadership Teamwork Leadership Styles 14