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Steve Farber - Greater Than Yourself
Here is a guest post from Steve Farber, author of Greater Than Yourself. I had this book on my much ignored to-be-read stack (due to moving chaos) for some time but finally took it with me on a recent trip. The thing about parable books, which this...
Hubris or Humility? Choose wisely and prosper.
My pal Starbucker offers this killer post about humility called, Starbucker on Leadership: The Welcome Return of Humility. Here's a wee snippet: It’s as if all of these executives ignored the existing conventional wisdom of achieving sustained...
Your Sense of Urgency - Redux, And for Good Reason :-)
I thought it would be a good time to again share the podcast I did with legendary Dr. John Kotter last November about his book, A Sense of Urgency. I love a distinction he makes in the book that matches my experience as a management consultant very...
So Much to Be Bullish About - We Have People, After All
Imagine being put into a battle with fewer weapons than your opponent. Imagine that you had many fewer soldiers than your opponent had. And imagine that your soldiers were less nourished than your opponent's men were. And they were more weary and...
Engagement - Rarer now. Needed more now.
Here's a management challenge. During tough times, employees can be a little distracted - they might be sad, worried, stressed, angry, anxious. This is particularly so if your business is struggling and might need to make changes (to costs, to...
Twitter and Business Management? OK, I give in!
I started twittering today. You can sign up to follow me here: http://twitter.com/LisaHaneberg.I know that I am late to this party, and I have admittedly held out because I was not sure whether twittering (sending tweets and following people) would...
Twitter - Tweet Etiquette
As I mentions in yesterday's post, I started twittering. This has been very strange. It feels like firehose of small messages. Some call it microblogging. There is a lot for me to learn! And there are so many differences with how people use Twitter...
10 Ways to Intensify Your Managerial Results
intensify:v 1: increase in extent or intensity; 2: make more intense, stronger, or more marked; 3: heighten, deepen; 3: become more intense. Tough times call for tough measures. Companies that have excelled in the past are struggling and others are...
Driving toward Success with Organizational Focus
If you asked me to help you determine whether your team or organization is focused on what’s most important to the business, I would look at six indicators. They are all individually important, but together paint a comprehensive picture of focus. I...
Gumby, the Manager - Management Styles
Here is a guest post by Paul Thornton, who writes and teaches about management. It has always been my belief that a great manager shows up as the person the employee needs at the time and that this changes based on the individual, the situation, and...
Unleash Employee Productivity
Here is a second guest post from Don & Sheryl Grimme, Authors of The New Manager's Tool Kit. We will have another follow-up post from the Grimme's in a couple of days.Unleash Employee ProductivityThis first decade of the new millennium is the...
Let's not pander to boredom!
A reader wrote me an email and asked my opinion of this interesting blog post from Thinking Faster called, Channel Surfing Management. Check it out and then come back here to better understand my comments. The author, Jeffrey Philips, is basically...
