Making the Grapevine Work for You as a Leader
Posted on01 Aug 2011
Tagssenior manager, reverberations, power, Personality, management by walking around, management, leadership, interpersonal, informal organizational power, impression, group, grapevine, executive, employees
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Business drastically discounts the interpersonal interaction in favor of group ones. Saying the same thing to ten people simultaneously is more efficient... Read More
Follow Up! People Aren’t Light Switches 2.0
Posted on27 Jun 2011
Tagsapproaches, communication, executive, follow up, Harvard Business Review, informal organizational power, management, Paul Leonardi, senior manager, Tsedal Neeley
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My initial post addressed the importance of managers following up with employees. I suggested that managers who believe giving instructions only once... Read More
Placebo Management: Impacting Employees’ Beliefs
Posted on13 Jun 2011
Tagsbelief, effectiveness, employees, enthusiasm, management, medical, Performance, placebo, Placebo Management Series, presentation, The Economist
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The article, “Think Yourself Better,” in the May 21, 2011 edition of The Economist discussed the placebo effect: belief in a medical... Read More
Directing People Lays Groundwork for Resistance to Change
Posted on06 Jun 2011
Tagscertainty, management, University of Louisville, University of California Berkeley, uncertainty, trial and error, thinking process, The Economist, process management, procedure, Patrick Shafto, exploration, Elizabeth Bonawitz, discovery, creativity, Cognition Journal, child, change management, change
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The article, Now You Know, in the May 28, 2011 edition of The Economist discussed a study published in Cognition by Elizabeth... Read More
Leadership vs. Management: The Difference (Part V)
In a comment about Leadership vs. Management: The Difference (Part III), the commenter described a situation in which she felt certain managers... Read More
Leadership vs. Management: The Difference (Part IV)
I received two related questions in a comment about Leadership vs. Management: The Difference (Part III). They help us refine the difference... Read More
Informal Organizational Power Your Personal Power
Posted on28 Mar 2011
Tagsorganization, wisdom, time, Talent, skills, situation, seniority, reliability, relationships, power, Personality, management, leadership, knowledge, judgment, intelligence, informal organizational power, formal organizational power, experience, education, credibility, character, attractiveness, achievement, abilities
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We are all born with power. Neither God nor evolution produces beings bent on their own demise. In groups this power takes... Read More
Leadership vs. Management: The Difference (Part III)
Leadership is about people, and management about things. Management will tend to objectify people as resources (i.e. human resources) and rely more... Read More
Change Management – Tactic #3: Break Into Small, Simple Steps
The Hot Spotters, by Atul Gawande in the January 24, 2011 issue of The New Yorker spoke primarily to minimizing medical costs... Read More
Problems With Asking “Do You Understand?”
Posted on10 Mar 2011
Tagsaction, approaches, assumptions, cognition, cognitive bias, emotions, employees, Influence, intuition, management, problem solving, reprimand, Techniques, training
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Long ago I sat in on the reprimand of an employee by a manager. The manager concluded his discussion by asking the... Read More
