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On Leadership Thought Revolutions
revolution Pronunciation: /rɛvəˈluːʃ(ə)n/ noun a forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favour of a new system an instance of revolving Is there really such a high demand for leadership...
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Competitive Advantage through Transparency, Part One – Competing for Clients
In this three part series, I will outline how adoption of a mindset and practices centered on transparency can lead to a compelling strategy within the traditionally opaque world of professional...
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Competitive Advantage through Transparency, Part Two – Competing for Talent
In part one of this three part series, I described how professional services firms typically define themselves and choose to compete for consulting opportunities. I also suggested how adoption of more...
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Competitive Advantage through Transparency, Part Three – Accessing the Blue...
In parts one and two of this three part series, I described how professional services firms typically define themselves and choose to compete for consulting opportunities, as well as for the very...
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You’re always communicating something, even when you’re silent
Regardless of the specifics of culture, we have all been socialized to pay closer attention to the people in a position of authority over us than to others. We may not even be aware of this during most...
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The biggest cognitive error that a leader can make
1. The qualities of the best leaders It goes without saying that an effective leader is both visionary and motivator: an effective leader builds powerful visions which draw people in, and also has a...
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Avoiding the Leadership Traps of ‘Bad News’
An All-Too-Common Situation Consider the following hypothetical: Sally is a valued member of Team 5, one of the teams within the business unit you manage. She is highly competent and well-liked by her...
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What time-zone do you work in?
Time differences are a logistical reality for today’s global businesses. But the time difference between many mature organizations and the societies in which they operate can be fifty years plus. No...
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A History of Management Histories… (Goodbye ‘Modern Management’)
Management’s Perspective on Motivation The question of how to ‘motivate the workers’ has been a serious topic of management discourse since the time of Frederick Winslow Taylor’s The Principles of...
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Building Enduring Engagement
The Imperative of Building Engagement Most management practitioners now realize that the age old question of motivation has now morphed into a question of engagement (refer to my previous post, A...
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The Credibility Gap
It’s usually pretty easy to identify an organization’s espoused values – these are what we tell each other and the outside world about our organization (and, by extension, about ourselves). We embed...
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The Courage to Speak Up
Why Speak Up? “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. (1) “…just about everything worthwhile we’ve seen happen in teams originated in the...
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The What and Where of Speaking Up
In the previous post The Courage to Speak Up, we looked at why speaking up is so crucial to collaboration and yet remains so rare in organizations today. I suggested that both personal integrity and...
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How to Speak Up
We have looked at why speaking up is so crucial to collaboration and yet remains so rare in organizations today (refer to The Courage to Speak Up). We have also explored the reflective skills needed to...
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