We Don’t Need Leaders or Managers! We Need Both!!

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What is Most Important Leadership or Management? OK, let me warn you, this post is a bit of a rant! I believe it’s a necessary rant, however, as I need to get a few things off my chest. I  get bothered sometimes by what I read in business circles. It’s this perpetual discussion of what…

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The Carnival of HR – Early May Edition

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This month I am happy to be the guest host for Shauna Moerke’s Carnival of HR. The Carnival of HR is a long running blog carnival that focuses on human resources and has active participation from bloggers around the world. For this edition, I had no special theme. I just wanted to collect the wisdom…

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Five Situations When the Wisest Thing You Can Do Is Nothing at All!

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It’s usually true that the more management responsibilities you get, the more difficult your job becomes. The problems are more complex, office politics become more prevalent, and you have more people with different personalities and values to lead. Finding the balance between getting the results you want quickly and taking the wisest course of action…

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