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In Case You Missed It: From Workplace Communication to a Leader’s Influence – Best Posts of the Week

leaderCommunicator

While there are minor exceptions, organizations by and large spend incredible dollars trying to help executives and managers play to their strengths. Bringing the Virtue of Honor to Management By: Shawn Murphy via Switch & Shift Management has become a dirty word. It’s ubiquitous with bureaucracy.

Influence 144
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Trust Issues

Coaching Tip

Surveys and statistics abound: only 22% of the public trust government.only 10% of employees trust management.50% They reward unfavorable behaviors, while operating with myopic interests and escalating bureaucracy. Trust isn''t about "those" people in senior management; it''s about us in our individual work groups.

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The Diversity Index Review

CEO Blog

This is where it's tough because governments like to bring in quotas and introduce bureaucracy. They developed a core mantra that fused their diversity goals and ethical principles with their business strategy. Managers' pay was partly determined by how they were rated and how they developed diverse employees.

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How Successful Leaders Use Culture To Influence Behaviour

Tanveer Naseer

In their manager-oriented manual, “ The Moment You Can’t Ignore – When Big Trouble Leads to a Great Future ”, they ably explain “how culture drives strategic change.” The purpose of these perks is, of course, to encourage employees to spend more time working productively, and less time managing their personal lives.

Influence 100
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The Big Picture of Business – How Business Advice Turns Into Company Strategy

Strategy Driven

This ladder holds true for managers and employees within the organization, as well as outside consultants brought in. Philosophy : purpose, vision, quality of life, ethics, long-term growth. Appointed agency heads in a government bureaucracy. Some advance into management and encounter similar situations there too.

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More of Us Are Working in Big Bureaucratic Organizations than Ever Before

Harvard Business Review

Writing for the Harvard Business Review in 1988, Peter Drucker predicted that in 20 years the average organization would have slashed the number of management layers by half and shrunk its managerial ranks by two-thirds. Between 1983 and 2014, the number of managers, supervisors and support staff in the U.S. in 2001 to 16% in 2015.

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How Managers Should Respond When Bribes Are Business as Usual

Harvard Business Review

Managers on the ground should be prepared with the following line: “I can’t give you a bribe, but I can do this, this and this, for you,” says Kent Kedl, the senior partner for Greater China and North Asia at Control Risks. “That’s enlightened management.” You can easily add 10 to 20 percent.