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The Power of Framing in Creating Psychological Safety
Over the past two decades, psychological safety has gotten significant traction both in academia and in real world applications. It’…
Leadership
Most of the widely disseminated information on leadership is just plain fluff or borderline useless, disconnected from the reality of what practicing managers and leaders face on a daily basis.
I try to cut through the noise and uncover actionable, proven frameworks that lie further upstream.
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How Leaders Botch OKRs and Strategy
OKRs and strategy are considered key responsibilities of leadership. But more often than not, managers end up doing more harm…
The Best Leadership Style - There Might Not be One
If you're the ambitious type, you've probably had your fair share of leadership books and management…
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Blake Mouton Leadership Grid - A Model on Leadership Styles
Most leaders and managers tend to fall into patterns in how they choose between prioritizing people concerns vs needs of…
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Design Principles for Practicing Reflection
For leaders and managers, the art and practice of doing regular reflection is essential to functioning at peak levels. The…
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Do Leaders Have to Be Confident?
What's the role of confidence in leadership? Is it a requirement for being an effective leader? How confident…
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Why Netflix Leads with Context not Control
Control was the dominant management paradigm in early twentieth century industrial factories. A century later, in many modern workplaces it…
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MBWA : The Lost Art of Managing by Wandering Around
Managing effectively using data is all the rage today. But most of it is shallow "hard data". The…
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Still In Search of Excellence — Attributes of the Best Run Companies
According to one estimate, around 12,000 business books are published every year. But back in 1982 this was not…
Why We Copy Leaders — A Complexity Point of View
Leaders are often cautioned to watch their actions and behavior because it sets an example and gets replicated through the…
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Warren Bennis on Self Invention and Authenticity in Leadership
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
— Leo Tolstoy
Leaders are often mentioned in…
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Leadership as More a Decision than Skill or Ability
The default way of looking at leadership ability is in terms of skill, style, or talent, which in turn drives…