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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. Now, these same managers want business agility. However, the policies and procedures increase friction and make it harder to get the Right Things done. Yet, the policies and procedures remain.

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When Someone You Manage Isn’t Following the Return-to-Office Policy

Harvard Business

How do you strike the right balance between following company policies and understanding the needs of your employees? What should you do if some of your team members still don’t want to come into the office after your company has imposed a mandate?

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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 Tip #11: Substitute the Word Trust for Empower

Johanna Rothman

However, every manager's micromanagement pervades all levels. Management—not the teams—often chose a Scrum board with three columns. Why do managers persist in demanding teams use a “standard” board, or use “standard” metrics, such as velocity? Managers don't trust the teams to do their work.

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Leadership: See, Think, Do

CaseInterview.com

Years ago, a client of mine taught me an influential leadership framework called: See, Think, Do The idea is that if you want an employee, customer, or partner to do something differently than how they are currently, you need to: 1) Change how they see the situation. Let’s say you manage facility maintenance at a SpaceX industrial site.

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The Power of Servant Leadership

Rick Conlow

The power of Servant Leadership is changing organization’s cultures. Because it is the best alternative to traditional leadership practices that caused the Great Resignation and Quiet Quitting. On top of this, high levels of management disengagement bears down on company results and employee morale.

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Leadership = Public Speaking

CaseInterview.com

The ability to speak, convey ideas, and inspire others to act is an enormous part of what’s perceived and experienced as leadership. Do you know who gets leadership positions in a company? If you need to demonstrate leadership before you are given a leadership position, how do you do that when you lack formal authority?