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quickpoint: What Middle Managers Do

Leading Blog

I N Power to the Middle: Why Managers Hold the Keys to the Future of Work , authors Bill Schaninger, Bryan Hancock, and Emily Field contend that middle managers are crucial to the new world of work. They came to realize that they needed middle managers more than ever. What kind of qualities and skills does the job require?

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Managing Company Culture Anthropologically

Leading Blog

Despite its perceived importance, for the most part, companies have a miserable track record when it comes to managing their people. Companies consistently get culture wrong because they go about assessing it, and attempting to manage it from the top-down, not the bottom-up. But what does this mean?

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Beware Cargo Cult Management

Lead Change Blog

But they were intelligent people and they observed what the military people did to make all those goods show up. The soldiers would go up into a tower with little poles sticking out of the top. Then, they would pick up a small box and talk into it. Bottom Line. This is what they saw.

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7 Ways to Deal with Employees Who Drive You Crazy

Let's Grow Leaders

If you’re just tuning in, I’ve been teaching an MBA course on Managing Difficult Employees and gave these “students” (read that, really smart working millennials with big jobs in our nation’s capital) “homework” to developing an approach to manage their difficult employee and to journal about it.

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7 Ways to Manage a Talent Shortage

These are 7 actions you can take to help ensure your business lands the best of the best: Build an employment brand from the bottom up. Talent is going to be hard to find for a while. Optimize your recruiting efforts from the top down. Become a company known for learning & training. Become a company known for benefits.

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Finding Your Stride as a New Manager

Lead Change Blog

Management isn’t doing—it’s seeing that it gets done.” Belker, The First-Time Manager. Tons of information is accessible on the internet on mistakes that first-time managers make. Enough literature is available on developing new skills by new managers. The boss can also coach the new manager.

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Bottom-Up or Top-Down: What Shapes Organizational Culture?

CEO Insider

Combining top-down and bottom-up management methods allows leaders to embody a leadership style that prioritizes shared power and put the needs of employees first to drive performance. Your business’s culture is the […] The post Bottom-Up or Top-Down: What Shapes Organizational Culture?

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