- Senior Leadership Team Conflict Good or Bad? By:-Ryan Scholz
The term “groupthink” was first used by Irving Janus in 1972 when he was researching why teams made excellent decisions one time, yet made disastrous decisions another time The two most famous and widely used examples of groupthink that led to disastrous outcomes are the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion
- Manage the Task, Not the Person By:-Ryan Scholz
In the early 1970’s Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard developed one of the most popular and used leadership models which is called Situational Leadership While I think a more appropriate name would have been situational management since it deals primarily with task execution, the model is still very relevant and useful today
- Leadership Lessons From the Chicago Blackhawks By:-Tony Rea
There has been much written about the turnaround of the Chicago National Hockey League franchise – from being almost dead last in attendance to winning the Stanley Cup in June of 2010 In 2004, ESPN had named the Blackhawks the worst franchise in sports
- Learning Preferences and Developing Subordinates By:-Ryan Scholz
A key role and responsibility of any manager is to develop those people who report to them Often, when developing subordinates through delegation or training activities, managers may fail to take into account that each person has different learning preferences
- A Players Manager By:-Ryan Scholz
Bobby Cox, the manager of the Atlanta Braves baseball team, is retiring at the end of this season after 29 seasons as a manager He is fourth on the all time list of wins by a manager
- Three Leadership Talents By:-Ryan Scholz
According to Michael Maccoby, a globally recognized expert on leadership, there are three distinct roles of a leader Those roles are strategic, operational, and relational
- Leadership and Communications – Part 2 By:-Tammy AS
No matter how well informed you may become, no matter how much knowledge you acquire in your field, it is important to remember that very few have ever accomplished more or gone far in any endeavor without the assistance and cooperation of many people Leadership, goal achievement, and effective communication are inseparable, and they are all inextricably tied to trust
- Effective Coaching Needed in Every Workplace By:-Joseph Pressley
If you have a higher rank in your office, you are responsible for how your subordinates will perform How you will be able to handle them will have a great impact on their performance and the success of what you are doing in general
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