I recently saw a meme that wonderfully summed up the concept of a toxic corporate culture: How do you feel on Sunday night about going to work on Monday? It’s such a visceral question. When you think about corporate culture, it can seem like such a broad topic. But it really comes down to thisâhow…
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There you are, just sitting in the conference room minding your own business and waiting for the meeting to start. Then in it comesâa gray 10,000-pound trunk-swinging monstrosity. To your dismay, it plants itself firmly in the center of the room. The meeting begins as expected, but everyoneâs attention is drawn to the unwelcome centerpiece….
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Weâve all heard the adage, âPeople donât leave bad jobs; they leave bad bosses.â It makes great fodder for after-work gripe sessions, but is there really any data to back the claim up? As it turns out, thereâs a ton. In one study, 61% of those working for bad bosses said they were looking for…
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If you are an emotionally intelligent manager, you work hard to have good relationships with your direct reports and are rewarded by your employer for doing so. You pick up on the moods of your people, and youâve mastered the art of using your teamâs collective feelingsâboth the sour and the irrationally exuberantâto create positive…
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Few things are as costly and disruptive as managers who kill morale. Demotivated employees underperform and then walk out the door at the first opportunity.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela, clearly among the greatest leaders of our time, had different childhoods, different experiences, different struggles, and different goals. Yet both had a transformational impact upon those around them. What sets these two men apart as leaders? Transformational leadership. Unlike the traditional, dogmatic transactional leader or the hands-off…
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Great bosses change us for the better. They see more in us than we see in ourselves, and they help us learn to see it too. They dream big and show us all the great things we can accomplish.
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One of the most popular Dilbert comic strips in the cartoonâs history begins with Dilbertâs boss relaying senior leadershipâs explanation for the companyâs low profits. In response to his boss, Dilbert asks incredulously, âSo theyâre saying that profits went up because of great leadership and down because of a weak economy?â To which Dilbertâs boss…
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One of the most popular Dilbert comic strips in the cartoonâs history begins with Dilbertâs boss relaying senior leadershipâs explanation for the companyâs low profits.
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If you want to be a leader whom people follow with absolute conviction, you have to be a likeable leader. Tyrants and curmudgeons with brilliant vision can command a reluctant following for a time, but it never lasts. They burn people out before they ever get to see what anyone is truly capable of
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