Friday Features: 30-August-2019
Friday Features - a weekly selection of useful insights from business schools, consulting firms and publications to help you Unleash Your Leadership
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BY Marc Zao-Sanders via MIT SLoan Management Review
Until leaders can get serious about their own development as managers, the skills gaps throughout their organizations will only continue to grow.
BY Shiv Khemka et al. via Knowledge@Wharton
Probably the most important reason why many companies have failed, is because the leaders often haven’t been able to build a really resilient institution of trust. They don’t have the people skills to [retain] people through the thick and thin of the entrepreneurial battle that’s going to happen. As companies change direction, it’s almost like going through the rapids. You need to be able to shift through those rapids as you build a company.
BY Adam Kahane via Strategy+Business
If you’re in a position of authority — as an official, boss, or parent — it’s easy to convince yourself that you’re a leader. But if the people you’re in charge of didn’t have to do what you wanted, would they do it anyway? Real leaders have voluntary followers. And truly voluntary followers trust their leaders..
BY Derek M Pankratz and Michael A Roberto via Deloitte Insights
We demand that leaders be decisive, but research in social psychology and behavioral economics suggests that decisiveness is not an unequivocal good. Studies on “mindset” reveal that, when contemplating an important decision, prematurely focusing on execution can exacerbate decision-making biases and lead to overconfidence and excessive risk-taking.
BY Aytekin Tank via FASTCOMPANY
It’s easy to overlook great ideas when you’re caught up in your day-to-day work. Here’s how to create a workplace where great ideas can thrive..
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Narayan Kamath
