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Cultures of Disengagement
- By Mitch McCrimmon
- Published December 15, 2009
- Motivating Employees
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Organizational cultures are disengaging because managers hog all the ownership. They compete for advancement by being goal scorers, solution generators. Thus they want to own the best solutions, develop their own answers and just use employees to execute their visions. No wonder employees feel like passengers on the bus.Henry Mintzberg on Management
- By Mitch McCrimmon
- Published December 3, 2009
- Leadership vs Management
- Unrated
Theories of management range from academic discussions of planning, organizing and controlling to the detailed descriptions of how managers actually work, an approach championed by Henry Mintzberg ever since his 1973 book, The Nature of Managerial Work and updated in his recent book, Managing. But both approaches share a common assumption - that should study managers in formal management roles to understand leadership. If, instead, we examine management as an activity in which anyone can engage we can develop a much different picture of management.Leadership Reinvented for the Creative Class
- By Mitch McCrimmon
- Published October 30, 2009
- Leadership vs Management
- Unrated
Leadership needs to be reinvented as a one-off act, abandoning its current obsession with its role-based associations. This is necessary to account for leadership as shown by creative class employees who show leadership by challenging the status quo and promoting a better way rather than by climbing the ladder or by taking charge of others. The main benefits of this change are greater employee engagement and innovation.Leadership in a Multi-cultural Environment
- By Francis Paul Jagolino
- Published January 6, 2009
- Organizational Culture
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Leaders who work with people of different nationalities must learn to accept differences in culture to truly break all barriers that will hinder good working relations.
Why “Leaders” Can’t Fully Empower Employees
- By Mitch McCrimmon
- Published November 26, 2008
- Leadership vs Management
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Leadership as conventionally conceived is disempowering because it is paternalistic. We are far too dependent on leaders to have some special insight into the future. Organizations need to cast off their outdated concept of leadership if they want to reap the full power of employee creativity.Recent Articles
Change The Relationship
- By Liz Weber
- Published June 3, 2009
- Confidence at Work , Management Training , Emotional Intelligence , Influence and Negotiation
- Unrated
Is it more important to be their leader or their friend?
More of the Same
- By Liz Weber
- Published June 3, 2009
- General Business , Managing your Career , Coaching at Work
- Unrated
Are you employing Albert Einstein's definition of insanity: "Doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results."
When Hiring, What Are the Most Import Attributes to Look For?
- By Rob Mckay
- Published April 1, 2009
- Recruitment
- Unrated
Several years ago, two well respected organisational psychologists, Bartram and Lindley, conducted a survey of managers (n=875) and graduate students (n=150). The purpose was to measure the attributes these people considered the most important when it comes to selecting new employees or applying for a new position - what attributes do these managers/graduates see as critical “must haves” to be successful in the role?
Manager's Corner - So You Say You Coach Your Employees
- By Liz Weber
- Published March 26, 2009
- Management Training , Coaching at Work
- Unrated
Why is it that your staff seems nervous and slightly on edge when you're around?
Why is it that your staff doesn't know what's happening in other departments or with the company?
Why is it that your staff looks with skepticism when they
hear: Coaching for Results, Living Performance Management, and Holding Positive Performance Reviews?
Recognize Potential
- By Liz Weber
- Published March 6, 2009
- Talent Management , Employee Motivation , Team Building , Motivating Employees , Delegation/Empowerment
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Help others recognize their own potential.
Do Your Job
- By Liz Weber
- Published March 6, 2009
- Managing Difficult Employees , Leadership Styles , Motivating Employees , Communication Skills
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Being a manager is a tough job, but someone has to do it. Do it well.
Listen Critically
- By Liz Weber
- Published March 6, 2009
- Politics at Work , Team Building , Influence and Negotiation , Communication Skills
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Why 'listening critically' is beneficial to the team.
Recent News
Leadersdirect Thinking
- Published January 23, 2008
Leadersdirect Thinking is an article bank for new thinking about leadership. It was launched on
January, 24th, 2008 to provide a free resource for managers at all
levels to help them continuously develop their management and
leadership skills. Leadersdirect is unique for having very specific article categories. Many other online collections of articles
have only a few very general management categories, hence making insufficient differentiation between
the vast number of sub-topics within the field of management.
By drilling down to more specialized management topics, Leadersdirect Thinking encourages authors to focus their articles on very specific topics for greater depth of insight, thereby discouraging superficial surveys. In addition, more specific categories enable visitors to find more articles faster on topics of interest to them without having to wade through a lot of articles of no relevance.
Leadersdirect Thinking is sponsored by the Self Renewal Group, an executive assessment and coaching firm. See www.leadersdirect.com for more information.
By drilling down to more specialized management topics, Leadersdirect Thinking encourages authors to focus their articles on very specific topics for greater depth of insight, thereby discouraging superficial surveys. In addition, more specific categories enable visitors to find more articles faster on topics of interest to them without having to wade through a lot of articles of no relevance.
Leadersdirect Thinking is sponsored by the Self Renewal Group, an executive assessment and coaching firm. See www.leadersdirect.com for more information.
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