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The Trouble with Control

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by Jen Shirkani : I write about the damage done when, as leaders, we don’t fully allow employees to have control over their tasks, projects or budgets. Everyone I know says they hate being micromanaged, and we certainly don’t want to list “control freak” as a skill to be endorsed for on our LinkedIn profile page.

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Aim Higher: Leading with Grace, with John Baldoni

Skip Prichard

They exhibit symptoms such as micromanagement, taking credit for others’ work, the inability to see the big picture, or even a failure to do succession planning. I really like this, because it can help focus both seasoned and aspiring leaders during every phase of a leadership journey and throughout many parts of our days.

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Why Your Employees Count as Much as Your Clients

Strategy Driven

In other words, if you would like your employees to care enough to reach above and beyond for your customers, leaders and managers must reach above and beyond when caring for their employees just like a good servant leader. Empowering Employees Empowers Leaders. Great leaders like to be redundant.