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Sometimes daily stress and extra pressure lead managers and bosses to derail or become destructive.
Leaders and managers are held to a higher standard than other employees, and for good reason. These are the people responsible for keeping the workplace running, motivating others and exceeding expectations. Expecting them to lead is acceptable; expecting perfection is ludicrous. [...]
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In this clip from The Office, Michael is unwilling to cooperate with his new boss because he feels he is being micromanaged. This of course leads to more trouble, and it could have been avoided had Michael been given an assessment to determine his most productive work style.
Each employee has a work style that maximizes [...]
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Leaders come in all shapes and sizes. Different leaders and leadership styles are required for different groups of people. Some respond to a firmer management team, while others prefer the laissez-faire approach. Understanding what type of leadership style a group needs can be challenging, but assessments can help leaders recognize attributes about themselves, and how [...]
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A leader’s main priority should be to continually develop his or her team members.
A leader’s main priority should be to continually develop his or her team members. Development can be achieved through a number of methods, and it is a leader’s job to ensure that his employees are being groomed into valuable professionals. The key [...]
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In order to communicate effectively, leaders need to be able to listen as often as they speak.
Communication may be one of the greatest challenges in business today. The convenience of technology causes people to assume that communication has become easier or simpler. This is a misconception. In order to communicate effectively, leaders need to be [...]
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Leaders are the ignition for their businesses. They are the instigators, the matches that light the flames of business. They are responsible for their departments and teams, and for progress in their businesses. Because their roles are so critical, leaders must be more than qualified if they are to be successful.
Just because an employee performs [...]
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Ineffective managers contribute to the decline of productivity in the workplace worldwide. Their contributions include the dreaded 80-hour work week, discouragement of initiative and creative thinking, opposition to risk-taking, massive turnover, and the ultimate failure of many organizations.
This scenario is repeated, often in scandalously public ways, year after year. One astonishing collapse of a poorly [...]
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