By Tom Peters
- Rule #3: Leadership Is Confusing As Hell
You think the past five years were nuts? You ain't seen nothin' yet! It's only going to get weirder, tougher, and more turbulent. Which means that leadership will be more important than ever -- and more confusing
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By Herb Kelleher
- HAT'S the secret to building a great organization? How do you sustain consistent growth, profits, and service in an industry that can literally change overnight? And how do you build a culture of commitment and performance when the notion of loyalty -- on the part of customers, employees, and employers -- seems like a quaint anachronism? I can answer basically in two words: be yourself.
(Added: 20-Apr-2001 Hits: 100
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By Brian Ward
- On a good day, most leaders would answer 'yes' to the above question. But what happens on the not-so-good days? What happens when you have to make tough decisions quickly, or you have to deal with a noticeable drop in team or individual performance? Do your people hesitate in following you then?
(Added: 9-Jan-2003 Hits: 117
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By Richard Pascale
- With bombs bursting in air, 4,000 soldiers do battle at the Army's National Training Center - the world's most powerful laboratory for leadership development and change. Five lessons from the front lines of learning.
(Added: 25-Jan-2002 Hits: 124
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By managementhelp
- This free guide to leadership and supervision contains an overview of the responsibilities of supervisors, explanation of core skills, delegation, meeting management, designing organizational structure and more.
(Added: 3-Apr-2006 Hits: 116
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By Russel Giles
- In another article, I suggested that command-and-control management, like the manufacturing era, was gliding into decline (see Altering Employee Performance). The cause for this lies not only in the sea change in the nature of work itself and the tight talent market, but also in the inherent limitations of commanding and controlling anything.
(Added: 1-Oct-2002 Hits: 80
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