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Peter Drucker Quotes

Some great quotes I posted on Twitter, from management guru, Peter Drucker: “When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.” – Peter Drucker “Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.” – Peter … Continue reading

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Recruiting for Business Jobs, the IT Way

  [click on image to enlarge] Business leaders and IT leaders have long seen things differently. But, according to Put IT where It Belongs, a recent Wall Street Journal piece (April 25, 2011; page R4), the solution can be as simple … Continue reading

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Only When Employees Ask?!

Some truly stupefying information courtesy of the March 2011 edition of Workforce Management magazine, regarding how often organizations do (and do not) communicate their promotions policy and/or guidelines to employees …  

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Decisions IT Employees Should NEVER Make

Another GREAT slideshow from our friends at CIO Insight about the importance of LIMITING how much empowerment you give to your IT employees because, “as reluctant as you may be to micromanage your teams, there are certain decisions that you simply … Continue reading

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Trust in the Workplace

Deloitte’s 2010 Ethics & Workplace Survey is out. Some interesting findings (and my reactions to them) …

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Clean Hands Clear Conscience

This in from Science magazine: Researchers from the University of Michigan report that washing one’s hands after decision-making helps lessen the cognitive (postdecisional) dissonance of that decision. (Cognitive dissonance is that uncomfortable tension caused by our conscience second-guessing the decisions … Continue reading

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RockStarLeader Guest Post #4: String Cheese, Dave Grohl, and Rock Star Leadership

The fourth guest post I’ve done for the RockStarLeader blog starts with an interview Foo Fighter front-man, Dave Grohl, did for the 12/14/2009 issue of Time magazine, passes through the category of “You Don’t Know What You Know until You … Continue reading

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Dissent and Other Keys to Success

Even in the worst of times, Bad Management causes dissension. In “Developing Managers for Team-Driven Success” (Baseline Magazine, November 2009) William Moskal identified several examples of bad management behavior: Micromanagement: “Decisions are imposed, not delegated.” Communication gaps: “Goals, strategies, expectations … Continue reading

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Levels of Delegation

Some great content from over at www.businessballs.com/delegation.htm, by Alan Chapman: These examples of different delegation levels progressively offer, encourage and enable more delegated freedom. Level 1 is the lowest level of delegated freedom (basically none). Level 10 is the highest level … Continue reading

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