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Don’t be a Wimp: Give Direct Reports Negative Feedback
May 19, 2009 – 3:04 pm | No Comment
Don’t be a Wimp: Give Direct Reports Negative Feedback

Feeling uncomfortable because you messed up on a project, making looks like Ryan in The Office? Are you hearing crickets, as you ask your boss for feedback? There’s nothing worse than knowing that you could …

10 Keys to Leadership Success by Jeff Immelt
May 18, 2009 – 1:20 pm | No Comment
10 Keys to Leadership Success by Jeff Immelt

While I was waiting for the book, Jeff Immelt and the New GE Way: Innovation, Transformation and Winning in the 21st Century, I noticed Fast Company’s article “Things Leaders Do,” with bullets on Jeff Immelt’s …

Change Management, Managing Growth, and Organizational Theory
May 10, 2009 – 7:17 pm | One Comment
Change Management, Managing Growth, and Organizational Theory

Change in the work environment isn’t easy. We all fear change. As Carly Fiorina explains the dynamics of change and fear, managers and leaders experience fear like the rest of us. As they grow startups …

Managers vs. Leaders - The Reading List
May 8, 2009 – 11:25 am | One Comment
Managers vs. Leaders - The Reading List

What do you do if your company’s middle managers and executives suck? In the early 2000s, as I was climbing the ladder, I became cynical and disillusioned. I no longer believed in my superiors’ …

Why Employees Should Lead Themselves
May 4, 2009 – 12:45 pm | No Comment
Why Employees Should Lead Themselves

Is there a problem with strong leaders? Are team members value insights lost under dominant leaders? Under a strong leader, do direct reports only focus on their own roles, ignoring opportunities to develop new skills? …

Good Business : Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning
May 1, 2009 – 12:00 pm | 3 Comments
Good Business : Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning

“Leaders must make it possible for employees to work with joy, to their heart’s content, while responding to the needs of society.” Csikszentmihalyi leverages his definition of “flow”—-the capacity for full engagement in an activity—-to …