Dan McCarthy, author of the blog Great Leadership was asked by talent management and training provider DDI to compile a list of favorite leadership blogs posts from 2010. Dan, in turn, tapped his vast network of leadership bloggers and culled the submissions into the Top 20 for 2010. You can see the full list here…
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Just Not With Their Ears
The following post is written by one of my mentors Sarah Gutek, a former Human Resources Executive. It’s a delight to have her contribute to The People Equation. Does this scenario sound somewhat familiar? You’re getting ready to go into a staff meeting when Esther from accounting reminds you to make a big point to…
When Leaders Let It All Hang Out
Organizationally Speaking, That Is I heard an interesting interview last night with Ned Breslin, CEO of the nonprofit Water for People on American Public Media’s Marketplace radio program. Water for People’s mission is to provide safe drinking water all over the world. The interview explored the level of transparency that was created when the organization…
Five Reasons I Like Lance Haun
I met Lance Haun via phone about a year ago after reading his blog post Connecting in Person in the Digital Age. He said to his readers, ““If we haven’t connected yet, let’s make 2010 the year. Seriously”. So I did. I sent him an email to see if he was interested in connecting and…
The Urban Legend of Command and Control Management
An email arrived the other day; it was a request for assistance from a person who is gathering research for his Master’s study program. His thesis will explore, in part, a study of the demise of the command-and-control management style. I was happy to supply the information he sought. After sending the email, I found…