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Why CEOs Can’t Dance Redux

Rick Conlow

Yet, their work cultures produce 85% disengaged employees. Consider GM as a case study. According to Dr. Travis Bradberry, CEOs and other executives have the lowest emotional intelligence skills of all management levels. If so, check out this complimentary inventory: Servant Leadership: Leading by Example.

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7 Traits that Unlock the Powerful Presence of Servant Leaders

Rick Conlow

Leadership through position power involves these strategies: Domination approach. Leadership through personal power includes these strategies: Service approach. Never has there been so much statistical evidence linked to leadership effectiveness. What are these characteristics of servant leadership? Do as I say!”.

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How to Develop Empathy for Someone Who Annoys You

Harvard Business

Cultivating compassion for these kinds of colleagues, however trying they may be, is a good place to start, according to Rich Fernandez, the CEO of the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute. ” To muster emotional empathy for that colleague, “find something in them to care about,” McKee says.

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How to Respond to an Offensive Comment at Work

Harvard Business

Research by Alexander Czopp, the director of the Center for Cross-Cultural Research at Western Washington University, and his colleagues show that there is a “discrepancy between what people predict they would do and what they actually do.” Case Study #1: Focus on your reaction. Case Study #2: Don’t accuse.

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The Right Way to Check Someone’s References

Harvard Business

If, for instance, you want to assess the candidate’s leadership skills, talk to former subordinates; for questions about the candidate’s strategic orientation, talk to former bosses. But what you learn will help you get a sense for whether the candidate is “a cultural fit” for your organization.

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Why Leadership Development Isn’t Developing Leaders

Harvard Business

Edelman estimates that one in three employees doesn’t trust their employer — despite the fact that billions are spent every year on leadership development. Part of the problem: Our primary method of developing leaders is antithetical to the type of leadership we need. What would work better? Make it experiential.