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Unleash The Power of a Leadership Mindset: How to Develop and Cultivate It

Experience to Lead

Resilience and adaptability became part and parcel of what many businesses had to do during the pandemic. Micromanagement Believing that employees are incapable of doing things on their own leads to conflict and tension and pushes people away. Pivoting in a way that allows you to adapt becomes much easier.

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Google, Don't Choose Micromanagement

Harvard Business Review

Would they be able to micromanage the vast tidal wave of creativity that they needed to unleash? So seeking more information is just part and parcel of that message. How would they be able innovate faster and better than all of the other firms out there? So how would they keep that innovation on track? Make tough trade-offs.

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How to Design Work Projects for Maximum Learning

Harvard Business Review

They get better at devoting attention and providing support — without micromanaging. The severances team aimed to increase the number of land parcels processed per day by 50% in one field office in 100 days. The severances team increased parcels processed per day by 175%. Both teams exceeded their targets.