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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. Ultimately, though, the goal is for your employee to operate more autonomously, says Burris. What the Experts Say.

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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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Why Organizations Forget What They Learn from Failures

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For example, it increased both the number and status of safety personnel, and it strengthened safety operating procedures. Further, managers should remain especially vigilant in the promotion of a culture of safety. Following the Challenger explosion, NASA did take concrete steps to correct flawed organizational processes.