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the lighter side

a slightly irreverent look at leadership

Your daily duh with a twist: Humble people more likely to be helpful

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January 3, 2012
Your daily duh with a twist: Humble people more likely to be helpful

Via Scoop.it – Leading Lightly – Managing Mindfully If you’re looking for a helping hand, you’re more likely to get it from people who are humble than from those who are more arrogant, a study by researchers at Baylor University has found.   Arrogance and conceit, both almost automatic by-products of assertiveness and self...
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A Joyous Christmas to All

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December 24, 2011
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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Obviously not intuitive for most managers: How to honor your workers’ dignity

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December 13, 2011
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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Your daily “Duh”: 3 Ways to Be a Positive Leader

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December 11, 2011
Your daily “Duh”: 3 Ways to Be a Positive Leader

In a guest post on a leadership blog by best-selling author and speaker, Jon Gordon writes about the value of developing positive relationships with the people you lead. It is not satire, it is meant seriously. From the post: “It’s a simple truth: When you care about your employees and the people you work...
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A fun look at some seriously bad habits: 10 Ways to Act More Important Than You Really Are

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December 9, 2011
A fun look at some seriously bad habits: 10 Ways to Act More Important Than You Really Are

Via Scoop.it – Leading Lightly – Managing Mindfully I have a gut feeling that this post is going to rub a few people the wrong way. Why? Because many, if not all of the items on the upcoming list are grounded in some degree of reality.   A tongue in cheek look at some...
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Your daily ‘duh’: Employees Who Identify with the Company Boost Financial Performance

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December 9, 2011
Your daily ‘duh’: Employees Who Identify with the Company Boost Financial Performance

Via Scoop.it – Intuitive Business This post is part of the HBR Forum, The Future of Retail. Executives spend a lot of time worrying about their companies’ products and prices, but they don’t spend nearly enough time worrying about corporate character.   It seems silly and also sad that we need studies and statistics...
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Dilbert: … already dead

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December 7, 2011
Dilbert: … already dead

  I don’t really know whether to laugh or cry at this one. Sure, on the one hand this is rather amusing; Dilbert has given a presentation, by the reactions of his audience it was boring. One person speaks what we all so often think in a pretty brutal, staight-forward manner.  Then we get...
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A cure for the common job title

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December 2, 2011

Manager of this, vice president of that — yawn. A maker of business cards spots a spate of colorful monikers like Sales Ninja, Web Kahuna, and Head Cheese. Recently, I spent some time on some of the career networks reading colleagues profiles. It was absolutely fascinating to see the number of Vice Presidents our...
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No longer intuitive, this now needs teaching/preaching: If you love your Business, get involved!

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November 29, 2011

“If you love your Business, get involved!” um,….. yes !?!  With some of these articles it is so hard to not just say: “duh!”.   But, as this article shows, things are not always obvious to all. Iwan Jenkins describes very different experiences at 2 lounges in Toronto’s Pearson Airport. In one, open only...
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Why we love Dilbert

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November 20, 2011
Why we love Dilbert

As so often, here Wally once again takes the words right out of our ….. oh wait….. most people often think the words that actually come out of Wally’s mouth, but have not had the courage (or the death wish) to actually say them out loud. Is that a part of why we love...
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