Expand Your Mind: Leading Stuff
by Miki Saxon
It’s Saturday, so grab a cup of your favorite brew, settle back and enjoy some really interesting stuff.
If you are considering a move into management check out this article for, if not answers, direction on what you should consider.
Some people are natural managers. They love to lead, drive performance and contribute to the broader goals of a company. … Yet, management isn’t for everyone. It requires a unique set of skills to get the best performance out of all employees and to juggle a number of tasks all at once.
If you do decide to take the step to management, or it you are already there, Inc. says that leadership has changed and offers you a look at what they thing is needed not.
…the rules of great leadership have changed. So to guide the contemporary leader, Inc. has compiled 13 unconventional and surprisingly effective leadership ideas…
Anytime the talk turns to leadership Steve Jobs is usually mentioned. Harvard Business School professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter takes a different look at Jobs—v1 and v2.
…a remarkable leadership phenomenon: a founder who returns after a long pause to rescue the company, bringing a new mindset rather than trying to restore former glory.
Finally, a look at denial, the damage it does and why it happens. And while it’s a giant problem for business, it’s also a problem for individuals.
“Denial has always been a problem,” writes Harvard Business School historian Richard S. Tedlow in a new book, Denial: Why Business Leaders Fail to Look Facts in the Face-and What to Do About It. “What is different today is that the cost of denial has become so high. We are living in a less forgiving world than we once did.”
You may also find Tedlow’s view of the role denial played at Toyota of interest.
Have fun!
