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How to Manage an Insecure Employee

Harvard Business Review

Insecure employees are “hard to evaluate, hard to coach, and hard to develop,” says Ethan Burris, an associate professor at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas, Austin. Is it hurting morale? Managing a chronically insecure employee is challenging but you must try not to let your frustration show.

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Loyalty to a Leader Is Overrated, Even Dangerous

Harvard Business Review

I teach a course on ethics at the McCombs School of Business and have run the McCombs Speaker Series on Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility for the last seven years. This strategy may be uncomfortable for a manager because it means listening to potentially negative feedback. Leadership Ethics'

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