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8 Important Skills that the Leaders of the Future Need
August 8, 2010 – 1:25 pm | 4 Comments
8 Important Skills that the Leaders of the Future Need

Are you learning how to become a leader? Or do you want to become a better one? Harvard Business interviewed eight management thought leaders, who share their ideas on what future leaders will need. Check out the 8 leadership skills you’ll need in the future.

The Best INSEAD Podcasts on Leadership, Management, and Women in Business
November 17, 2009 – 9:57 am | One Comment
The Best INSEAD Podcasts on Leadership, Management, and Women in Business

The Smart Lemming’s recommendation of the best INSEAD Knowledgecasts (podcasts) on Leadership, Management, and Women in Business.

The Best Podcasts on Management by Harvard Business Review’s Ideacast
November 13, 2009 – 12:35 pm | No Comment
The Best Podcasts on Management by Harvard Business Review’s Ideacast

The Smart Lemming recommends these Harvard Business Review podcasts on management:

HBR IdeaCast:How to Manage the Alpha Male
HBR IdeaCast 6: Make Better Decisions & Retain Your Best People During Change with David Garvin
HBR IdeaCast …

The Best Podcasts on Innovation by Harvard Business Review’s Ideacast
November 13, 2009 – 11:57 am | No Comment
The Best Podcasts on Innovation by Harvard Business Review’s Ideacast

The Smart Lemming recommends these Harvard Business Review podcasts on innovation:

HBR IdeaCast 10: Opening Up Innovation & Dealing with Underperformers with Henry Chesbrough
HBR IdeaCast 28: Chris Trimble, co-author, with Vijay Govindarajan, of Ten Rules …

The Best Leadership Podcasts by Harvard Business Review’s Ideacast
November 13, 2009 – 11:37 am | No Comment
The Best Leadership Podcasts by Harvard Business Review’s Ideacast

The Smart Lemming recommends these Harvard Business Review podcasts for developing and evolving your leadership skills:

HBR IdeaCast 8: Leading Through Conflict & Setting Priorities in a Pinch with Mark Gerzon
HBR IdeaCast Episode 14: Your …

Teachable Moment: Managing the Angry Employee
October 23, 2009 – 2:47 pm | No Comment
Teachable Moment: Managing the Angry Employee

How should you manage a subordinate who is taking out their frustrations on coworkers or even you?
If this person is a valued member of your team who delivers results, give them some leeway. Your angry …

Teachable Moment: Business Lessons from Star Trek - Take the High Ground
October 20, 2009 – 12:46 am | 7 Comments
Teachable Moment: Business Lessons from Star Trek - Take the High Ground

To succeed in your career, you have to learn how to admit mistakes, and to take the higher ground. You also have to assess if you’re really ready for that promotion you want, or if …

How to Avoid a Whack A Mole Management Style: Manage the Problem, Not the Symptoms
September 1, 2009 – 12:33 pm | One Comment
How to Avoid a Whack A Mole Management Style: Manage the Problem, Not the Symptoms

Reactive Management = Whack A Mole
Does management ever feel like you’re playing a game of “Whack A Mole” at work? Most managers I’ve worked with or observed either don’t have the time or haven’t carved …

7 Questions For Entrepreneurs as They Build Their Business Models
June 22, 2009 – 9:58 am | One Comment
7 Questions For Entrepreneurs as They Build Their Business Models

You have a brilliant idea. But do you have a business model? Check out,“Your Business Model: More Than a Pitch” by Gwen C. Edwards, who used to run a $400 million networking division of SBC …

Low Performers: Both Sides of the Coin, Being One and Managing One
June 18, 2009 – 9:54 am | 2 Comments
Low Performers: Both Sides of the Coin, Being One and Managing One

Low performers negatively impact coworkers and companies. No one aspires to be a low performer. Sometimes it just happens to knowledge workers, who are unhappy with their jobs, employers, or lives. How we know if …

Can You Lead Remotely from Your Home Office?
June 17, 2009 – 10:26 am | No Comment
Can You Lead Remotely from Your Home Office?

Can you lead remotely from your home office? If you aspire to move up the corporate ladder, should you telecommute? In their column and podcast, “The Welch Way,” Jack and Suzy Welch answer the question, …

What Your Leader Expects of You
June 10, 2009 – 11:01 am | No Comment
What Your Leader Expects of You

As a worker, do know how you need to be managed? As a manager, do you direct reports know what to do with or without you? Are you a new manager, wondering how to manage …

The Favoritism Test: Discover If You Play Favorites
June 8, 2009 – 11:58 am | No Comment
The Favoritism Test: Discover If You Play Favorites

Leaders like suck-ups? Really? Marshall Goldsmith knows how to identify if leaders like ”suck-ups” and are in denial about it. In his post “The Favoritism Test” at Strategy+Business.com, Marshall shares his ideas on:

Why leaders knowingly …

6 Tips on Meeting Management
June 3, 2009 – 10:34 am | No Comment
6 Tips on Meeting Management

Meeting management is an art form. It’s also a political skill that you must learn, if you want to move up the ladder. Ram Charan writes a column on Yahoo! Finance called “What Every Company …

Colin Powell’s 12 Leadership Lessons
June 2, 2009 – 11:00 am | No Comment
Colin Powell’s 12 Leadership Lessons

When Colin Powell isn’t taking on the right wing Republicans or Dick Cheney, Powell uses his leadership and diplomacy skills to improve the United States’ image on foreign policy. On the side, he’s also insisting …