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What You Should Know About Power, Leadership and Consulting

Consulting Matters

At the end of the day, executive leadership is about power. The quality of a leader also isn't defined by how motivational their speeches are or how shrewd their policies are or how fast they can deliver results. Related: Five Essential Competencies for Executive Leadership. Implications of the Two Power Types to Consulting.

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

Johanna Rothman

Some managers wanted to prevent Bad Things from happening in the organization, so they added policies or procedures. However, the policies and procedures increase friction and make it harder to get the Right Things done. It's time to start removing some of those policies and procedures. Yet, the policies and procedures remain.

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Servant Leadership: Principles, Popularity, and Payoff

Rick Conlow

Grasp Servant Leadership principles, popularity, and payoff to begin to excel as a leader. With employee engagement and retention on a decline this leadership approach is long overdue. Robert Greenleaf first introduced the Servant leadership style in his 1970 essay, “The Servant as Leader.”

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Leadership in Consulting: What it is and Why it Matters

Tom Spencer

Leadership. For prospective consultants, this blog post will provide some clarity on what leadership means in a consulting context. One is to help you talk persuasively about your leadership skills in consulting interviews. Such leadership should not be confused with the ability to endure pain.

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Why Character Matters in Leadership

Organizational Talent Consulting

Leadership behaviors guide actions, but a leader's character determines how and if the leader acts. Great leadership is a combination of competence, character, and commitment. Leadership creates moments not defined by policy or procedures - situations where leaders have to choose between right and right.

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Leadership Tip #11: Substitute the Word Trust for Empower

Johanna Rothman

Which Policies and Procedures Govern Which Decisions? Why did they have this policy? At some time in the past, someone abused the limo policy. Those are policies and procedures that have outlived their usefulness. This is a part of the series of intermittent leadership tips. And they reimbursed me anyway.).

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What is Consulting? Is Management Consulting a Good Fit for You?

Tom Spencer

What is Consulting? Many of us have heard the term consulting before, whether it comes up in a chat with friends about making money or just throwing around the term loosely when trying to come up with an entrepreneurial idea. What does consulting actually mean and is consulting right for you?