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Why Middle Managers Need to “Fire” Themselves as Supervisors

Great Leadership By Dan

There are rich leadership lessons to be learned from politics and sports. Given that I try to avoid politics in this blog, please allow me the indulgence of referencing a headline from my favorite sport to make a point about leadership: Chiefs' Romeo Crennel fires himself. Select and hire capable first-line managers.

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Stuck in the Middle With You

Let's Grow Leaders

Many leaders go through their career (certainly once they get to a higher level) believing that their station or title in their company validates that their perspective is somehow best, or more insightful. The best good I can do is right here, stuck in the middle– with you. And I’ve also seen the other side.

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Leadership and Office Politics

N2Growth Blog

It doesn’t matter whether you’re in a senior leadership position, a middle manager, or an administrative staff member, the sad reality is political high-jinks are likely part of your world whether you like it or not.

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What Is Gratitude?

Let's Grow Leaders

a middle manager is frustrated in his current role, but overlooks his long career of exciting challenges and developmental experiences. True gratitude will transform our leadership. a team leader acknowledges the team’s steady progress, but fails to understand the deep personal sacrifices of her team.

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What Holds Middle Managers Back from Leadership?

Women on Business

Our panel discussion was titled, Working in Heels: Women in the Workplace today, and the focus of the discussion was the internal barriers and external barriers that women hold women back from advancing their careers [.]

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True Gratitude – More Than Pleasantries or Recognition

Let's Grow Leaders

a middle manager, frustrated in his current role, overlooks his long career of exciting challenges and developmental experiences. Genuine gratitude transforms your leadership. An Inexhaustible Source of Leadership Gratitude. Even your direct reports don’t have to follow your leadership. They choose to.

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First Look: Leadership Books for July 2023

Leading Blog

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in July 2023 curated just for you. The Leap to Leader : How Ambitious Managers Make the Jump to Leadership by Adam Bryant The chasm separating managers from leaders is widening as the skills required to be an effective leader grow in number and complexity.

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