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Guest Post: Confidence in management

Lead on Purpose

Confidence in management is falling – can you stop the rot?”To ”To see yourself as others see you” – that’s the general premise of the 360-degree feedback process. Managers across the world certainly struggle when it comes to working out how well they are doing. By Dominic Wake.

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November 2016 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

As everyone in the US gears up to put the closing moments on a divisive political season tomorrow, I am heartened to be reminded how many great leaders there are out there, committed to helping one another be more effective and more true to themselves. Thank you all. ” Find Evan on Twitter at @evansinar.

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For Better or Worse: Meetings Are a Hologram of Organizational Culture

The Practical Leader

Change management processes create more rigidity and less agility. Some topics and discussions are politically charged and avoided. Inward and top-down organizations often make customers do the Bureaucratic Boogie. Meeting frequency and processes follow same old routines. How Are Your Meetings Reflecting or Reinforcing Your Culture?

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November 2016 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

As everyone in the US gears up to put the closing moments on a divisive political season tomorrow, I am heartened to be reminded how many great leaders there are out there, committed to helping one another be more effective and more true to themselves. Thank you all. ” Find Evan on Twitter at @evansinar.

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4 Strategies for Women Navigating Office Politics

Harvard Business Review

The politics of office life seldom fail to flummox and frustrate the top female executives my partners and I coach and train. In 2013, we conducted a number of interviews and surveyed 270 female managers in Fortune 500 organizations to determine what they liked and disliked about business meetings. HBR Guide to Office Politics.

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Office Politics: A Skill Women Should Lean Into

Harvard Business Review

Who says women don’t like office politics? They’ve all complained about office politics. Some women claim they are not good at it, while others simply avoid certain hot-button business situations because they think playing politics is “sleazy.”. Politically speaking, operating in “survival mode” can leave us isolated.

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When Coaching Finds That an Executive Isn’t in the Right Role

Harvard Business Review

In the traditional view of executive coaching, an executive, with her boss’s participation , takes personality assessments, receives 360-degree feedback , and creates and implements a development plan designed to address performance gaps, optimize her contribution, and prepare her for new responsibilities.