Monthly Archives: July 2010

What Leadership Blog Writers Read

Let’s be honest. What this post is really about is what blogs this leadership blog writer reads, simply because these blogs may be of benefit to you. Like you, I skim read a number of blogs and newsletters. But there are only three writers who consistently offer me compelling reading.

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Discover the Difference Between Frontline and Senior Leadership

What’s interesting is what gets frontline managers and executives fired. While there is some basic commonality between frontline leadership and senior leadership, senior leaders get promoted for certain abilities that aren’t necessarily required of frontline leaders, they get fired for different things, and their role is fundamentally different.

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Don’t Say Don’t

There’s an easy way for you to practically apply the Dead Man’s Test. The easy way to pass the test is to avoid saying ‘don’t’. Or to put it another way, don’t say don’t.

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What Dead Men can Teach You about Frontline Leadership

It’s quite amazing what dead men don’t do. But dead men can teach you something about frontline leadership.

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