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Five reasons to celebrate mistakes

07/04/2015 /

In this article, Alexander Kjerulf explains a simple but revolutionary idea: mistakes at work have to be celebrated. By taking inspirations by Peter Drucker, the famous management consultant who suggested that those who always do everything right should be fired, Kjerulf identifies five good reasons why mistakes should be acknowledged and celebrated, rather than stygmatized.

1. When you celebrate mistakes, you learn more from the mistakes you make

2. You don’t have to waste your time on CYB (covering your back)

3. When mistakes are celebrated, you strengthen creativity and innovation

4. Failure often opens new doors

5. When you celebrate mistakes, you make fewer mistakes

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Seven Ways To Become a Better Leader

29/05/2014 /

Some believe leadership is a gift. Others think it is possible to learn to be a leader.

For those who wish to strengthen their leadership skills, Laura Entis provides seven points to help you become a better leader:

1. Do not be scared to fail big

2. Banish self-doubt by acknowledging your accomplishments

3. Do not settle for the standard solution

4. Focus on results, not style

5. Always keep improving

6. Learn to act like an introvert and an extrovert

7. Cultivate generosity

Read the full article here.

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True innovation does not need to be exposed

17/04/2014 /

Taking his cue from an article on The Wall Street Journal, the Harvard Business Review’s Bill Taylor stages a brilliant takedown of today’s tendency to abuse the word “innovation” and, in general, of the seemingly irresistible need for leaders to apply fashionable buzzwords to all sorts of less-than-fitting situations. Sometimes, as the French like to say, “là où il n’y a pas la chose, il faut le mot”. True innovation does not need to be exposed, just as true leadership needs not be flaunted. By renouncing buzzwords, we just may end up actually thinking more deeply and more persuasively about what we do, rather than resorting to labels that conceal more than they reveal.

Read the full article here: http://bit.ly/1iGyGml

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Author: Umberto Boeri

Kwintessential for diplomats

08/04/2014 /

Understanding other people’s languages, cultures, etiquettes and taboos is of great value to the diplomat. Kwintessential is a homepage set up by a group of translators providing a series of guides concerning cultural patterns and management styles in different countries. Its purpose is not to develop stereotypes but to deliver an initial framework from where to start the discovery of each culture’s nuances.

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Author: Maria Teresa Del Re

Four ways to really accomplish more with less

03/04/2014 /

In an increasingly competitive global environment, doing more with less has become a mantra in many organizations. However, this expression evokes skepticism since it often implies that the management is raising the bar on goals and expectations while spending less money.

For valuable and motivated employees this could be frustrating. Managers should focus on those who want to give their best, but cannot because of organizational barriers. They should shift the focus from what employees have to do in order to do more with less to how leaders need to respond.

There are at least four ways to increase productivity even with resource constraints:

1. Specify “must-win” battles

2. Avoid the trap of routines

3. Design and treat training as a process, not an event

4. Provide “freedom to act”

Read more on the Business Week’s article By Mark Royal and Tom Agnew

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Common Leadership and Management Mistakes

16/04/2013 /

We learn from our mistakes. This is generally true.

However, there are common pitfalls managers and leaders should avoid:
  • not giving good feedback
  • not making time for their team
  • being too “hands-off”
  • being too friendly
  • failing to define goals
  • misunderstanding motivation
  • hurrying recruitment
  • not “walking the walk”, that is, not leading by example
  • not delegating effectively
  • misunderstanding their role.
The article “10 Common Leadership and Management Mistakes”
(http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/leadership-mistakes.htm), available on the Mindtools website, analyzes these mistakes and provides some suggestions on how to recognize and avoid them.
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Measuring stress

25/10/2012 /

The text, ‘Stress measurement in less than one minute’, free download at Bookboon.com, presents the development of a measurement tool called the Emotional Stress Reaction Questionnaire (ESRQ).

The first part of the book (chapters 1-9) is solely devoted to the ESRQ instrument and its theoretical foundation. The second part (chapters 10-14) provides an illustration of how the presented framework and tool can be practically used in personal coaching focusing on stress management.

Bookboon provides a collection of valuable free ebooks for professionals

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