Originally published May 2013.
May has arrived pretty quickly and summer is around the corner! It’s also time for the Management Journey Blog Carnival. Topics this month include communication, social media, marketing, generations in the workplace, sales, career management, entrepreneurship, leadership development, emotional intelligence, and other topics.
The featured article that starts us off this month discusses the important topic of what it takes to stay in business—sales!
Featured Articles
So you want to be a leader in your organization? The path to getting there may be simpler than you think. As Amy Gallo of Harvard Business Review explains, to become a leader, Act Like One Before You are One. — Leadership/Career Management
There’s power and effectiveness that comes when leaders understand and embrace their own strengths. Such wisdom often comes through a breadth of professional experiences that highlight the error of one-size-fits-all approaches to leadership. In her article, Introverts Rule (Quietly), best-selling author Julie Giulioni explains why leadership is much more than being confident and outgoing. Leadership can also be reflective and collaborative.— Leadership
You are a real “people person” so it’s only natural that you are ideally suited for a career in human resources. Right? As Jane Watson of Talent Vanguard explains, great HR involves so much more than being a people person. In her article, HR’s Future: ‘People Persons’ Need Not Apply, she explains why the premise that doing HR well is really just a matter of caring about people is nonsense and a significant disservice to the HR profession. — Human Resources
From Management is a Journey
Many articles on business and effective leadership praise the virtues of decisive leaders who make quick decisions. Given the rapid rate of change, it’s understandable that leaders can never wait to know everything. They must be able to take risks and make smart decisions under uncertainty. What’s missing from many of these discussions are the instances when delayed action or no action is needed. From Management Is a Journey, I discuss, Five Situations When the Wisest Thing You Can Do Is Nothing at All! — Decision Making
This concludes the May Management Journey Blog Carnival.
This article is accurate to the best of the author’s knowledge.
Content is for informational or educational purposes only and does not substitute for professional advice in business, management, legal, or human resource matters.
