thoughtLEADERS, LLC

APRIL 3, 2023

Today’s guest post is by Henry Mintzberg, author of Understanding Organizations…Finally! Management is a practice, not a profession or a science. To appreciate the true complexities of managing, we have to understand its intrinsic conundrums. Structuring in Sevens (CLICK HERE to get your copy).

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Leading Blog

MARCH 13, 2023

Learn more at mintzberg.org , or check out Minutes with Mintzberg on YouTube. * * * Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * * He is the author or coauthor of 21 books. His latest book is Understanding Organizations…Finally! Structuring in Sevens.

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Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 20, 2016

Four years ago, I asked Henry Mintzberg for the word of advice he most frequently shares. His response is a guiding light. He said one word, “Connect.” Leadership in its fundamental form is… Continue reading →

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Inspired by Henry Mintzberg.) If the most powerful thing leaders do is connect, the most dangerous is isolation. Relationship building: “Half of Americans view themselves as lonely,” David Cordani, chief executive of Cigna. Cigna… Continue reading →

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Niagara Institute

AUGUST 15, 2023

As Henry Mintzberg, Canadian academic and author on business and management, put it, “Management is, above all, a practice where art, science, and craft meet.” While clearly, a lot goes into successful management, sometimes all you need to help you move forward is a quick tip or an editable template.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Henry Mintzberg Doesn’t Mind Being The Rebel Of Management Theory by @profkjmoore. Here are a selection of tweets from December 2019 that you don't want to miss: A Noble Purpose Alone Won’t Transform Your Company via @mitsmr. 5 Quotes That Teach You Everything You Need To Know About Leadership Storytelling by Esther Choy @LeaderStoryLab.

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Leadership Freak

MAY 26, 2018

This morning I thought of Henry Mintzberg again. About six years ago I asked Henry to share the one piece of advice he most loves to share. He said one word, “Connect.” Connect”… Continue reading →

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Leadership Freak

AUGUST 29, 2012

I’m still blown away by Henry Mintzberg’s one word of advice, “Connect.” You’re great at doing but are you great at connecting? ” Business stresses and people tensions result in unhappy, disengaged staff unless leaders model and encourage connecting. Connecting with others is the secret to [.].

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

” Henry Mintzberg […]. Every leadership behavior can be practiced as a volunteer in a not-for-profit organization. Leadership, like swimming, cannot be learned by reading about it.”

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Leadership Freak

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Henry Mintzberg. Humility is real power, arrogance façade. 15 Ways to be an arrogant leader: Rush. Important” people don’t have enough time. Look serious. The more important you are the more serious you look. Arrogance comes from detachment.” Take calls or text during meetings. Now we know you’re important. Act like you [.].

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Leadership Freak

AUGUST 24, 2012

I asked Professor Henry Mintzberg, author of 140 articles and 13 books, “If you waved a magic wand over businesses, what would you change?” Mintzberg’s quiet voice disarms but he [.]. He said, “I’d get rid of all MBA’s.” He explained, “We’d lose some good people but in the whole it would be a positive move.”

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Leadership Freak

DECEMBER 25, 2012

When I asked Henry Mintzberg for his favorite word of advice, he said one word, “Connect.” It doesn’t matter, skeptic, doubter, or believer, the Christmas Story contains useful leadership lessons. Connect: Leaders connect. Who can’t connect with a baby? If leadership is all about people then connecting is essential.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 3, 2019

Nights this month, unplug from your mobile phone and both enjoy and learn from Henry Mintzberg ’s 42 former blog posts compiled into his new book, Bedtime Stories for Managers. Mintzberg is Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at McGill University in Montreal and author of fifteen books.

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Mike Cardus

APRIL 24, 2022

Reference: Mintzberg, H. Managers, not MBAs: A hard look at the soft practice of managing and management development. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler. Effective leadership requires all three. Managers, not MBAs: A hard look at the soft practice of managing and management development. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 20, 2018

Schein, Henry Mintzberg, Tom Peters, Pascal Finette, Andreas Ehn, Murray Newlands, Brian Chesky, Hampus Jakobsson, Craig Newmark, Alf Rehn, Paul Nunes, Nathan Furr, Mette Lykke and others. He has curated ideas from 45 internationally–known doers and thinkers on the topics of entrepreneurship, innovation, and authentic leadership.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Change and Continuity - Mintzberg And Kotter Agree - You Must Manage Both by @profkjmoore. Move Over Economists : We Need a Council of Psychological Advisers by Barry Schwartz - @TheAtlantic. Doing Leadership. Part 1 of 6 by @Mark_Sanborn. Read " The Art of Receiving " by @LollyDaskal. The Many Faces of Greed by @FSonnenberg.

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Chartered Management Institute

MARCH 17, 2011

That’s the verdict from the first CMI Management Book of the Year event, which saw Henry Mintzberg’s 15th book beat off competition from 144 shortlisted titles to take the top prize. If you read just one management book this year, make it Managing.

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The Practical Leader

APRIL 6, 2022

McGill University management professor and author, Henry Mintzberg said, “an organization without human commitment is like a person without a soul: Skeleton, flesh, and blood may be able to consume and to excrete, but there is no life force.” ” Pharmaceutical company: “ Preserving and improving human life.”

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Leading Blog

MARCH 6, 2019

Henry Mintzberg, Professor, McGill University. ? Activism is good if it fits your company’s values. Otherwise: Keep your ego under control. Peter Oswald, CEO, Mondi Group. ? It’s not about fixing capitalism. It’s about fixing society. If you push solutions onto a problem effects may be temporary and short-lived.

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LDRLB

DECEMBER 29, 2010

The other day I was listening to an interview with Henry Mintzberg, legend in management thought. Mintzberg said a plethora of things I am still processing but one thing in particular struck me. Mintzberg said it quickly and then moved on, but my mind won’t let go as quickly as he did. Perhaps Mintzberg is right.

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In his article on “Crafting Strategy,” McGill University professor and management author, Henry Mintzberg, provides a good example of innovation and organizational learning in high-performing, agile organizations: “Out in the field, a salesman visits a customer.

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Coaching Ourselves

OCTOBER 12, 2021

CoachingOurselves is offering a virtual Free Public Event with Professor Mintzberg on October 28th. Use Mintzberg’s 90-minute CoachingOurselves module “Understanding Organizations” in small groups of managers and leaders, and then meet with Professor Mintzberg afterwards for Q&A. Read the rest of Henry’s blog here!

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Coaching Ourselves

JUNE 30, 2022

Interestingly, the IDG framework is quite similar to one of the fundamental CoachingOurselves learning frameworks as outlined by CoachingOurselves founders Professors Mintzberg and Gosling in their Harvard Business Review article, “The Five Mindsets of a Manager”.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 14, 2012

I’m delighted to share this guest post from Henry Mintzberg and Peter Todd, one of the professors and Deans from m y alma mater, McGill University. Henry Mintzberg is the Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at McGill University. Do you ever disconnect, even for just a few minutes? Was it at home over the weekend?

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 14, 2012

I’m delighted to share this guest post from Henry Mintzberg and Peter Todd, one of the professors and Deans from m y alma mater, McGill University. Henry Mintzberg is the Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at McGill University. Do you ever disconnect, even for just a few minutes? Was it at home over the weekend?

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First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an interview of Henry Mintzberg by Art Kleiner for strategy+business magazine (March 15, 2010). To read the complete interview, please click here. * * * Managing author Henry Mintzberg believes that to improve business schools, we must first understand the essence of what managers do.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 30, 2015

Henry Mintzberg, the Anti-CEO , on The CEO Series radio show via @profkjmoore. Six Characteristics of Virtuous Organizations via @GraziadioSchool. When to change how you lead from @McKQuarterly. Excellence Comes From Saying No from @HBSWK. Jesper Sørensen: How to Be a More Strategic Leader via @StanfordBiz. Can You Manage Up?

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Managing is not about sitting where you have become accustomed,” writes Mintzberg. The lesson is that managers/leaders (both sides of the same coin) need to get out and run their businesses. They need a dose of reality. It’s about eating the scrambled eggs.” Work Like a Cow. In section 2 we learn about the cow.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 23, 2023

Management professor, researcher, and author, Henry Mintzberg, points to a critical leadership issue, “Organizations should be built, and managers should be functioning so people can be naturally empowered. Promotions send the clearest signals about the true culture of an organization. Are you promoting your cultural standard barriers?

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Coaching Ourselves

MAY 30, 2022

Try out a 90-minute discussion guide with your team or create a program—we have almost 100 discussion guides written by experts in management and business including Professor Henry Mintzberg of McGill, Professor Linda Hill of Harvard, leadership coach and author Marshall Goldsmith, and many others.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 28, 2012

Prahalad and Henry Mintzberg joined me as silent colleagues. Years later I referred to these notes in my capacity as a consultant. A client in need of innovation? Yep, I can help with that,” I’d say. And sure enough, bright folks such as Gary Hamel, C. A Mentor Doesn’t Have to be a Person.

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Mike Cardus

JUNE 6, 2013

Henry Mintzberg. businesses now have too many leaders who are detached from the messy process of managing. So they don’t know what’s going on…We’re overled and under-managed. This last quote really hits home the need for a strong competent management. Strong management is exercising leadership within your role.

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CEO Blog

JANUARY 2, 2011

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Sunday, January 02, 2011 Management - Its not what you Think Management - Its Not What You Think is a book of articles edited and complied by Henry Mintzberg.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 24, 2012

Leadership, like swimming, cannot be learned by reading about it." — Henry Mintzberg. "I'll bet most of the companies that are in life-or-death battles got into that kind of trouble because they didn't pay enough attention to developing their leaders." - Wayne Calloway, former Chairman, Pepsico, Inc.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 31, 2011

Forbes: Porter or Mintzberg – Whose View of Strategy is the most Relevant Today? Look back, zero in on what worked and adjust your focus. Make Quarter 2 look like the best of Quarter 1. AubreyDaniels: Famous Sports Wisdom to Use at Work. by @profkjmoore. Bonus for my Twitter followers: free performance assessment ($24.95

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LDRLB

MAY 16, 2011

There are ten main schools of strategy as first outlined by Henry Mintzberg, Joseph Lampel and Bruce Ahlstrand. In reality, there are numerous schools of thought surrounding strategy, each one with an infinite number of perspectives on how to implement the ideas of that school. View/Download Paper ].

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LDRLB

MARCH 23, 2011

Strategy learning mintzberg strategy surveyingstrategy' Like the prescriptive schools, the entrepreneurial school emphasizes the need for information, both internal and external. But this information isn’t to be collected by the chief strategists, rather its circulated to all in the interest of pursuing the best ideas.

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