Via Scoop.it – Postmodern Leadership and OrganizationsFor those who cling to the picture of the Leader as Hero, Manufacturing Weekly has some great tips taken from watching the now deceased Kim Jong-Il. While most of them are simply funny, their consequences for the people of North Korea are not. … Just as in...
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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Heroic Leadership: “How to manage like a North Korean despot”
If you only do one thing different in 2012…..
The end of the year is always a good time to take measure of where we are and where we seem to be heading. The Library of professional Coaching just published a story by Charles Smith, Ph.D. that (in true coaching manner) looks back out of the future. In the story, the year is 2015 and...
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Unfortunately, the “Top 10 Corporate Responsibility Stories of 2011″ are not good ones
Via Scoop.it – Intuitive BusinessThe major stories about corporate doings in 2011 have not been good – whether you look at Fukushima and its handling by the Japanese, News International and the phone hacking scandal, corruption in various major sports associations, and so on and so forth. No wonder the Occupy Wall Street...
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Unfortunately, the “Top 10 Corporate Responsibility Stories of 2011″ are not good ones
Via Scoop.it – Intuitive BusinessThe major stories about corporate doings in 2011 have not been good – whether you look at Fukushima and its handling by the Japanese, News International and the phone hacking scandal, corruption in various major sports associations, and so on and so forth. No wonder the Occupy Wall Street...
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A Joyous Christmas to All
Best wishes for a Joyous Christmas, may the New Year bring you all Good Health, Peace and Happiness Susanne Ramharter Image: FreeDigitalPhotos.net
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If you must lie, do it face-to-face: Lies, lies, lies (Management Issues)
If you must lie, do it face-to-face – that way, if you get caught the repercussions may be less than if you had lied in writing.Another some things that we may intuitively feel are now proven through studies: we tend to lie more easily in writing than face-to-face (video counts as face-to-face),because it is harder, they...
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Two leaders die, only one will be missed | leadinglightly.com
Kim Jong-il & Vaclav Havel die to very different world reactions, one leader will be missed, the other leaves a power vacuum. This effect is not limited to world leaders. It is often seen in organizations as well. Managers’ authority comes not from within, due to character and personality, but from without, from their...
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From bureaucratic, divided, passive, and exhausted to productive, creative, autonomous, and happy company | Management Innovation eXchange
The Management Innovation eXchange (MIX) is an open innovation project aimed at reinventing management for the 21st century. The story of Tokio Marine Nichido Systems is a wonderful example of the postmodern workplace. They managed to move from a bureaucratic, divided, passive, and exhausted to productive, creative, autonomous, and happy company which did very...
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Obviously not intuitive for most managers: How to honor your workers’ dignity
This post is by Donna Hicks, an associate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University and author of “Dignity: The Essential Role It Plays in Resolving Conflict.” She speaks of the importance of treating people with dignity and also, of recognizing when someone’s dignity has been injured. Then she describes the...
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Give a man a fish: Great Leadership: Ambiguity Breeds Mediocrity
Dave Mastovich writes that ambiguity on the part of a manager in assigning work will lead to mediocre results from the employees. He then continues to give some tips both to employees (repeat and confirm the task), and the manager (don’t just eMail, meet with the employee, be specific). Which is fine for starters, and...
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The way we work isn't really working; so I offer ideas for a postmodern approach based on many years as leader, manager and coach.
