The Practical Leader

AUGUST 10, 2011

You may have a heart of gold — but so does a hard-boiled egg.&# Way too many managers confuse intentions, plans, and declarations with actions. They must clearly see leadership or change messages led out loud. You and your managers cannot set bold new directions and then delegate their implementation.

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The Idolbuster

AUGUST 21, 2012

Leadership guru Tom Peters also wrote of the dangers of hierarchy in his book In Search of Excellence. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not arguing that everyone in company management abuses their power and is only in it for the money. Waterman Jr. And I’m also not arguing that everyone else is caught up in the company mystique.

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Steve Farber

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Consider this: a recent survey conducted by NFI Research showed more than two-thirds of senior executives and managers said they believed their organizations would be more productive if “personal discussion” was used to disseminate information. We choose to talk via text rather than chat via…well…chatting. The results? •

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Peters and Waterman — “In Search of Excellence”. Every so often, a person comes along, writes a book, and changes the way people act. Napoleon Hill did it with”Think and Grow Rich”. Dale Carnegie — “How To Win Friends and Influence People”. Stephen Covey — “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”. And Keith Ferrazzi — “Never Eat Alone”.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2014

Vic Roos, Lead Purchasing Program Manager, explained, “We let a finance guy in the room. At times it drove the materials manager crazy.” David Schofield, Design Manager — Refrigeration, said, “Typically we needed to have a one- or two-year payback. Leadership roles and responsibilities.

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Tim Milburn

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Bob Waterman has written a penetrating little book, Adhocracy: The Power to Change. The people in the Beaver Valley, Pennsylvania, AES plant learned what many workers and managers know across the country: They learned who is responsible for the way things run. Focused leadership over time implies productive, useful perseverance.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Bob Waterman has written a penetrating little book, Adhocracy: The Power to Change. The people in the Beaver Valley, Pennsylvania, AES plant learned what many workers and managers know across the country: They learned who is responsible for the way things run. Focused leadership over time implies productive, useful perseverance.

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