February Management Journey Carnival

Originally published February 2012.

Welcome to the February edition of the Management Journey Carnival! Topics for this month’s Management Journey Blog Carnival include time management, employee engagement, project management, interpersonal effectiveness, social business, generational management, innovation, organizational learning, teamwork, leadership skills, customer relations, self-improvement, and other related topics. This blog carnival presents top posts from thought leaders around the web. Let’s get started!

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Savvy managers and leaders have learned an insider secret! They understand that some of their best and most effective allies in the organization are individuals without any formal authority. Robert Bacal of Leader Today discloses this insider secret in his post, Understanding Informal Leaders In An Organization (and Benefiting From Them).

What are the fundamentals of success for implementing information technology projects? This is an important question as the percentage of troubled IT projects that were late, over-budget, or that failed to meet expectations was high (according to a study done by IAG Consulting several years ago). Good intentions and an honest soul are not sufficient to create successful IT projects as Michael Krigsman of ZDNET explains in his post, CIO View: Three Truths that Bridge the Great Divide.

The Tuskegee Airmen were African American, World War II heroes whose contributions were not properly acknowledged when they returned home from the war.  George Lucas recently honored their accomplishments in his film, Red Tails. The film also provides lessons on leadership that I explain on my Management is a Journey post, What Does George Lucas’s Film Red Tails Teach Us About Leadership?

Are you a logical thinker with a knack for detailed analysis? Do you seek and consistently follow the advice of experts? Is your life highly ordered and predictable? These are good qualities for managerial success but they can be creativity-killers as Michael Michalko of The Creativity Post explains in his post, 21 Ways to Kill Your Creativity.

It’s true that time flies! Managers who inefficiently manage their time will find it does more than fly, however. It will disappear! Left uncorrected, these managers and their teams will start to look like that bird that runs around even after it has lost its headAdam Williams of Brand Failure tackles inefficient work strategies in his post, Are You Wasting Time on Tasks that Masquerade as Being Important?

Life and work can present some difficult challenges! How can managers navigate these difficult challenges and also effectively manage their own emotions at the same time? Joe Wilner of Psych Central provides sound advice in her post, Going Through a Difficult Time? How Positive Emotions Can Help You Cope.

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Featured Video

Featured Video

Social media has dramatically changed business operations including relationship marketing. It is a force that managers can no longer afford to ignore as Facebook, Twitter, and other platforms have transferred power to individual customers. Social media is evolving into social business! The featured video this month comes from Mashable.com and it features social media author Mari Smith. In this video, The New Rules of Relationship Marketing, Mari provides strategies managers can use to grow a large, profitable network and build a consistent brand.

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Editor’s Pick

Editor’s Pick

The February Editor’s Pick comes from Robert Safian of Fast Company. Robert discusses the future of business and the chaotic nature of change that we are experiencing in this new millennium in his article, This Is Generation Flux: Meet The Pioneers Of The New (And Chaotic) Frontier Of Business. He explains (1) predicting the future is more difficult than it has ever been, (2) determining the core values that have staying power is problematic, and (3) weighing risks when everything keeps changing in unexpected ways is difficult and at times impossible.

To succeed in this new era, Robert argues that business professionals must become part of a new generation that is not defined by demographics but rather is defined by a mindset. He calls this group of professionals of all ages who can make this transition, Generation Flux. Generation Flux “embraces instability, that tolerates–and even enjoys–recalibrating careers, business models, and assumptions.” They also possess the most important skill for this era–the ability to acquire new skills. To illustrate this new generation, he picks examples from various demographic generations that fit the Generation Flux criteria. This Editor’s Pick for February is a thought provoking article on what it will take to lead and manage in this era of accelerated and disruptive change. It is sure to generate a healthy discussion.

This concludes the February 2012 edition of the Management Journey Carnival.

Robert

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Robert Tanner, MBA

Welcome to my leadership blog. I'm the Founder & Principal Consultant of Business Consulting Solutions LLC, a certified practitioner of psychometric assessments, and a former Adjunct Professor of Management. As a leadership professional, I bring 20+ years of real world experience at all levels of management.

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