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This article examines problems many managers run into as they progress throughout their careers. The authors argue most of the problems are related to four fundamental dimensions of leadership (directional, Interpersonal, Personal and Implementational) and two primary skills (content and process). Read on for more…

Content: Article | Authors: Gary R. Casselman, Ph.D., Timothy C. Daughtry, Ph.D. | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Leadership, Personal Development

By engaging others in the innovation process, you’ll emerge with superior results and stronger bonds between people.

Content: Article | Author: Rick Maurer | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Management, Personal Development

Throughout the ages, plenty of people have written and spoken about success and excellence. But leave it to contemporary philosopher and popular business speaker Tom Morris to gather the best of it into a universal tool kit for achieving nearly any goal. From a clear CONCEPTION of what we want, to a stubborn CONSISTENCY in pursuing our vision, to a CAPACITY to enjoy the process, … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Tom Morris | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original size.

Content: Quotation | Source: Unknown | Subjects: Personal Development, Thought

Though not specifically a management article, this piece takes a look at the role of luck in our lives. Specifically, read about the four kinds of luck and the five luck skills.

Content: Article | Author: Ellen J Wallach | Subject: Personal Development

Frances Hesselbein (editor-in-chief of Leader to Leader) discusses a piece of advice she received years ago, “You have to carry a big basket to bring something home.” In particular, she mentions four leadership imperatives — innovation, inclusion, opportunity and equal access, and values-based management. Along with these, she reminds us that mission focus, the leadership essential, guides us in how we use what we … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Frances Hesselbein | Source: Leader to Leader | Subjects: Leadership, Personal Development

Experience enables people to understand and internalize ideas.

Content: Quotation | Source: CGE&Y Center for Business Innovation (CBI) | Subjects: Experience, Innovation

This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, throu canst not then be false to any man.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Character, Integrity, Personal Development

This article discusses the nature and the reality of managerial jobs and how managers spend their time.

The findings of the study suggest that in general, significant improvements in the use of managerial time can be obtained by addressing the following issues at work:
– the management of meetings;
– the management of paper work/desk work activities;
– delegation and supervision;
– … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Titus Oshagbemi | Source: ManagementFirst | Subjects: Management, Personal Development

Preparing for a speech – whether a keynote address, panel discussion, interview with the media, or presentation to the board of directors – can be done in five systematic steps.

Content: Article | Author: Gayle Brickman | Source: CEO Refresher | Subject: Personal Development

Five rules for mapping information so others can find their way.

Content: Article | Authors: Mark Fischetti, Richard Saul Wurman | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Miscellaneous, Personal Development

Confidence precedes competence.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Competence, Confidence

We all know it’s true: Managing up is as important as managing down. That’s especially true when you are starting a relationship with a new boss. HBS professor Michael Watkins discusses the importance of clearly defining goals with your superior.

Content: Article | Author: Michael Watkins | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

Here’s Fast Company’s eight-point program for presentations guaranteed to keep your listeners on the edge of their seats.

Content: Article | Author: Eric Matson | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Personal Development

“Winning communicators don’t strive for perfection, they strive for connection.”

Answer these five “yes or no” questions. Go with your first reaction.

1. Do you have anxiety about giving a speech or presentation?
2. Would you rather pass on the opportunity to make a speech?
3. Do you prefer to stay in the background?
4. Are you uncomfortable in front of large groups of people?
5. … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Judy Jernudd | Source: CEO Refresher | Subject: Personal Development

What is success to you? HBS professor Howard Stevenson offers insights from research he and HBS senior research fellow Laura Nash are conducting on the meaning of success for high achievers.

Content: Article | Author: Martha Lagace | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

Content: Book | Authors: Peter Block, Peter Koestenbaum | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

Content: Book | Authors: Bret Saxon, Elliot Goldman | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

Our most basic choice, the one that grounds all the others, is this: Do we attend closely to the business of our choices, or do we flee from them, in arrogance, or fear, or boredom–or some combination of all three?

Content: Quotation | Sources: The Wilson Quarterly, What Does It All Mean? | Subjects: Commitment, Management

Learning has to do with integrating information into your own internal framework so you own it within your own conceptual space. That means you have to engage in some kind of action with the knowledge being transferred to you.

Content: Quotation | Source: LineZine | Subjects: Knowledge, Learning