Tag: leadership
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Yes, You Can Be Friends
Don’t Be A Soulless Weasel. Someone I follow on LinkedIn, a “career expert” with a lot of followers threw this out. I never found myself disagreeing with her before. But this time she lost me. She was adamant: “Managers cannot be friends with subordinates.” There are other prohibitions that so-called wise people like to throw…
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How To Be A Leader
Lots of people want to be leaders. Just check LinkedIn. Leader leader leader. This can be a difficult job, mostly because to be a leader one must have followers. Face it, without the followers, it would be a walk in the park. But, according to LinkedIn, followers are a mandatory thing. Apparently. Fortunately for you,…
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Best Intentions Don’t Count
Japanese General Masaharu Homma was in charge of the invasion of the Philippines at the start of World War II. The mistreatment of Allied prisoners of war and Bataan death march must be laid at his feet because even though none of it was his intent, he still presided over the disorganization and lack of…