Topic: Management
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The Love, Love, Love, Hate Syndrome
Perhaps the most prevalent dysfunction in companies (and other areas of our lives) is conflict avoidance. Many of us avoid conflict without giving it…
The Practice of Managing
Maverick business professor Henry Mintzberg’s new book, Managing (Berrett-Koehler, 2009), is a must read for those serious about management. He bases his book on…
Creating a Conflict-Management Plan
No one likes conflict in the workplace; most of us will go out of our way to avoid it. But here’s the paradox: Conflict…
Facilitating Constructive Meetings
Have you ever dared to count the amount of time you spend in meetings every month? Staff meetings, supervision, board meetings, work groups, strategic…
Productive Conversations: Using Advocacy and Inquiry Effectively
We can gain leverage for improving conversations by paying attention to advocacy and inquiry. Advocacy is stating one’s views. Describing what I think, disclosing…
The Dynamics of Good to Great
If you haven’t read Jim Collins’s latest book, Good to Great (HarperBusiness, 2001), you should—the findings could change the way you do business once…
“Cooking the Books”: The Downward Drift of Auditing Standards
Despite the booming economy, times are tough for many businesses, especially those in competitive industries. And when times get tough, many executives give in…
From “Teams” to “Teaming”: Organizational Learning for the 21st Century
In Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy (Jossey-Bass, 2012), professor Amy Edmondson of Harvard Business School has crafted…
Moving from Knower to Learner
Contrary to popular opinion, learning is not the process of merely accumulating more information. You have “learned” something only when you can produce a…
Organizational Success in the Digital Future
American inventor Charles Kettering said:, “My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there.”…