Managing the boss is an essential leadership characteristic. John Kotter popularized the phrase in a seminal article, Managing Your Boss, first published in Harvard Business Review in 1980. In the article Kotter encourages leaders to ensure the boss has the right amount of visibility without being overwhelmed in details. Leaders must be proactive in helping…
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Links for Leaders 1/15/16
Insecurity is awful, isn’t it? It’s awful because it has both internal and external effects. Insecurity affects the way in which you see yourself, and, as a result, it affects the way in which you relate to and work with others. Insecurity can seep into the life of a leader at any time, and the…
Change the Character, Change the Story
While the plot and the context of a story are critical, the central characters are really what makes a story unique. The characters or central figures in a story are inseparable from the story itself. If you alter the character of the central figure, the story is not even the same story. For example, if…