When it comes to exercising restraint as a leader, think of your self-control like a car’s gas tank: you’ve got to look at the gas gauge once in a while to see if you’re running on “empty”. That’s the analogy I use on my monthly Smartblog on Leadership post about ways to avoid losing your…
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7 Tips for a Happy Office
This post is provided by London Offices, offering handpicked, premier office space in London’s business hub. From natural light to strong coffee, small tweaks and changes to the way your office is run can have huge positive effects on productivity, happiness, and output. Thanks to the office experts at London Offices, who have prepared these seven…
Daily Ways to be a Mannerly Manager
Emily Post, considered by many to have helped shaped societal etiquette norms in the latter half of the 20th century, once said: “Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor.” I love the link between “manners” and “honor”! Here’s…
@LetsGrowLeaders Launches Frontline Festival for Frontline Managers
Leadership thinker Karin Hurt (aka @LetsGrowLeaders) has taken the leadership blogging community by storm in just a few short months with her blog Let’s Grow Leaders. By day, Karin is a practicing senior leader for a large organization. Somehow by night (or weekend?) she finds time to write this fantastic blog. She’s kicked it up a notch by starting…
Promoted to Senior Management? Read These 42 Rules
Are you about to embark on a new senior leadership role? Maybe you’ve been promoted from within, or are joining a new company as a new director or vice president. Or, perhaps you are coach or leader to someone in this role. I have an excellent resource to recommend – Pam Fox Rollin’s 42 Rules…