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Dealing with the Dangers of Hub and Spoke Management: All Roads Lead to …
Some managers use a method that I call “hub and spoke management.” I am not a fan and here’s why. In this approach, the manager is the hub of all communication and the manager communicates with each direct report (and sometimes other employees) in separate private channels. In hub and spoke management “team” meetings, most…
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What Power and Authority Do You Have and How Do You Use It?
As we celebrate the inspirational life of Nelson Mandela this week, I am struck by how he developed a masterful understanding of power and authority. This may be a good opportunity for each of us to reflect on our own power and authority and how we are using it. There are many different definitions of…
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Four Keys to Building Your Credibility as You Start a New Job
When you start a new job, you want to hit the ground running and build your credibility without stepping on those political landmines that can derail your plans. Here are four keys to building your credibility. First, avoid the ingratiating informers. Informers want to increase their power and influence in exchange for telling you who…
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Strategy Is About Making Choices, Not Just Decisions
Strategy is about making choices among realistic options to use your resources to achieve a business goal. A good way to test whether you have a strategy is whether you can point to the options you have chosen between or among and explain why you made the choice you did. For example, “We are choosing…