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Leadership versus Management
 
Included in the great debates of business today is the always interesting “Leadership v. Management” fight. Whenever I read an online business blog or leadership resource that tackles this seeming duality, I find it interesting that there seem to be only two ways this topic is presented…
 

Lists of overlapping similar and dissimilar characteristics [...]

Tags: Leadership, Leadership Advice, leadership development, Management, Management Training

Q. I’m faced with reducing headcount because of the economy, but I’m afraid to make broad cuts because I don’t want to lose the true leaders in my company. How can I identify the true leaders from the wanabees and the blowhards? My biggest concern is that I think I’m too old to know what [...]

Tags: business leaders, business situations, Leadership, Leadership Advice, leadership development, Leadership Weblog

I don’t know, I wasn’t there, but from all accounts of the Shawn Chacon v. Ed Wade brawl, Shawn was a little more than insubordinate.
 
Don’t know what I’m writing about? Former Houston Astros’ starting pitcher, turned reliever, Shawn Chacon was none to happy about his recent demotion to the bullpen. When reportedly called to [...]

Tags: Leadership, leadership development, leadership news and views, Leadership Situations, Management, subordinates

Although everyone has their favorites, the editors at AskTheManager.com chose the following tomes as The Best Leadership Books of All Time:
 

  The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People; by Stephen R. Covey – It’s hard not to put Dale Carnegie at Number 1, but Covey’s 7 Habits is simply the best leadership development book of [...]

Tags: Best Sellers, Business Books, Leadership