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The Art of Communication is the Language of Leadership

Rick Conlow

The quote “ The art of communication is the language of leadership” is often attributed to James Humes. This quote punctuates the critical nature of communication to effective and successful leadership. This is called Servant Leadership. He was a an author, and speechwriter for several U.S.

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People over Profit Book Review

Management Consulted

Our awesome intern Nate is here to bring you his unbiased review of a very unique book: People over Profit , authored by Dale Partridge. Partridge then lays out what he terms “The 4 Eras of Organizational Behavior” – The Honest Era, The Efficient Era, The Deceptive Era, and The Apologetic Era. INTERESTING BOOK INSIGHTS.

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Leadership Tip #20: Consciously Delegate to Free Your Management Time

Johanna Rothman

Most of the problem is that organizations reward resource efficiency, not flow efficiency —even for managers. And now we get to the sticky part—what the leadership thinks they pay you for. Do you want to do more technical work or leadership work? This is part of the intermittent series of leadership tips.

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Leadership Tip 8: Stop Focusing on Happiness & Measure Satisfaction Instead

Johanna Rothman

When I want to deliver books, I need a team to create a final delivery. See the Flow Efficiency series.). This is a part of the series of leadership tips. The post Leadership Tip 8: Stop Focusing on Happiness & Measure Satisfaction Instead appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant.

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Leadership Tip 21: How to Know if People Are Working Hard

Johanna Rothman

That's a classic example of resource-efficiency thinking. Since I now know about flow efficiency, I might do this differently if I was still a manager inside an organization. Learn how to do this with the Modern Management Made Easy books. This is part of the intermittent series of leadership tips.

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Encourage Management Collaboration to Integrate Leading and Serving Others

Johanna Rothman

I said in the Modern Management books that managers lead and serve the team (at all levels). Does the organization need to separate leadership from serving the people? Instead of separating leadership from serving people, integrate leadership and serving at all levels. In my experience, yes.).

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Leadership Tip #13: For Innovation, Remove at Least One Policy or Procedure a Week

Johanna Rothman

If people have to ask for books or training, could you offer everyone a book allowance or a training allowance? This is a part of the series of intermittent leadership tips. The post Leadership Tip #13: For Innovation, Remove at Least One Policy or Procedure a Week appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant.

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