Good Boss, Bad Boss
Sutton discusses and presents data to understand what makes a good boss and what makes a bad boss. We all know what a bad boss “feels like”, but how can we really define it? Sutton does a great job laying…
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The ‘Great Resignation’ Is A Workers’ Revolution: Here’s What Real Leaders Must Do Right Now
Forbes surveyed 1000 people who had all left and started jobs at companies with at least 500 employees and asked them why they left and what they were looking for in new employment. Leadership and bad bosses could be connected…
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Intellectual Structure of multigenerational workforce and contextualizing work values across generations: a multistage analysis
Journal Article highlighting the evolution of generational diversity in the workplace and a study of changes in value systems across generations. Themes of interest emerging from the research were communication, retaining and engaging millennials through leadership, generational differences in work…
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Managing Bad or Toxic Leadership
Marco Tavanti addresses the attributes of toxic leadership in the article titled, “ Managing Toxic Leaders: Dysfunctional Patterns in Organizational Leadership and How to Deal with Them. The article offers an overview of toxic leadership, its typology and consequences in…
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The Causes and Consequences of Bad Leadership
This literary review focuses on negative forms of leadership, that is, destructive leadership in its different forms, rather than re-emphasizing the still more common focus on positive leadership (Schilling, 2009). Here, the quest is not to find the holy grail…
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How to break bad management habits before they reach the next generation of leaders
Companies are counting on their future leaders to manage with more speed, flexibility and trust than ever before. But how can middle managers climb the corporate ladder while also challenging the way things have always been done? Leadership expert Elizabeth…
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How Organizations Achieve Hard-to-Imagine Results in Uncertain and Volatile
In this call to action, John Kotter and his co-authors Vanessa Akhtar and Gaurav Gupta argue that the rapid, constant pace of change means ending the current era in business and society, and beginning anew. Today’s VUCA world – an…
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Internal Communication Effectiveness Enhances Bottom-Line Results
Influencing leadership to invest in improving the effectiveness of communication, including the purchase of new tools to support communication, will require an understanding of the financial impact of improved communication. Watson Wyatt’s research, explored in this article by Kathryn Yates,…
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8 Essential Leadership Communication Skills
A leader’s most powerful tool for inspiring change and achieving results is communication. In this Harvard Business School article, Lauren Landry provides a brief and valuable summary of eight competencies required to be an effective communicator. Keep this resource handy…
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The Rise of Unified Communication & Collaboration Tools In The COVID-19 Era
This informative article published by the Forbes Communications Council provides creative and strategic recommendations on choosing the right digital tools for your remote team. It also introduces the term UC&C – Unified Communication and Collaboration tools – which represents the…
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