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7 Traits that Unlock the Powerful Presence of Servant Leaders

Rick Conlow

Research also suggests that managers who focus on service to others are more successful than those that do not. Research by Kouzes and Posner indicates key characteristics of the most admired leaders. Aspiring and experienced supervisors, managers and executives alike have benefited from their findings. Being Credible.

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Why CEOs Can’t Dance Redux

Rick Conlow

All lights were off except a spotlight on the presenting manager and the CEO’s reading light. Consider GM as a case study. According to management studies, a key reason leaders derail is that they do not communicate well. Research shows that CEOs only spend 4.3 hours a week on people management issues.

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6 Traits that Unlock the Powerful Presence of Servant Leaders

Rick Conlow

Research also suggests that managers who focus on service to others are more successful than those that don’t. Research by Kouzes and Posner indicates key characteristics of the most admired leaders. Aspiring and experienced supervisors, managers and executives alike have benefited from their findings.

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How to Manage an Employee Who’s Having a Personal Crisis

Harvard Business

But as a manager what can you expect? Managing an employee who is going through a stressful period is “one of the real challenges all bosses face,” says Linda Hill, professor at Harvard Business School and author of Being the Boss. Here’s how to manage an employee going through a personal crisis.

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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. Don’t accuse.

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Why Leadership Development Isn’t Developing Leaders

Harvard Business

Participants are taken out of their day-to-day workplaces to be inspired by expert faculty, work on case studies, receive personal feedback, and take away the latest leadership thinking (and badges for their résumés). How talent management is changing. What would work better? Insight Center. Sponsored by Korn Ferry.