leaders
4 myths about "heroic leadership"
November 14 by William Cohen, Ph.D."Heroic leadership" may not be what you think. It’s not about leaders running around shouting orders or leaders simply ensuring obedience with no participation of those led.
Managers Need Not Apply: Our Obsession with Leadership
May 06 by Process Excellence NetworkBusinesses don’t want mere managers, they want leaders, writes PEX Network Editor Diana Davis. But why? Within the pages of just about any business magazine you’ll see them: advertise...
Charisma, the Undoing of Leaders?
May 05 by Robert W. Swaim"The definition of a leader is someone who has followers. Without followers, there can be no leaders," management theorist Peter Drucker once rather simplistically said. In the latest Drucker Files, D...
Why Leaders Need to Focus On Goals During Downturns
November 03 by Process Excellence Network Editor
Allan Leighton on the Characteristics of the Best Leaders
October 19 by Process Excellence Network Editor
Lean and Six Sigma in Our Turbulent Economy
December 22 by Terence T. BurtonWave good-bye to the economy we’ve known. The complexity and global scope of the credit crisis has changed the world of business, and the huge federal restructuring isn’t going to bri...
Getting the Truth Into Workplace Surveys
December 09 by Dr. Palmer Morrel-SamuelsThere’s no doubt that companies can benefit from workplace surveys and questionnaires. A GTE survey in the mid-1990s, for example, revealed that the performance of its different billing operations, as...