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Goldman Leaders Forgo 2008 Bonuses
In a recent email from one of our readers, we were asked to weigh in on the Goldman Sachs Group’s leadership decision to request no bonuses for the current calendar year.

What are your thoughts on the following article?  How does this reflect leadership during these troubled times? – Tye Mills

(To [...]

Tags: leadership development, leadership news and views, leadership observations, Leadership Situations, Leadership Weblog, management 101

 
The 25 Most Annoying Business Phrases Managers Use
From the overused to the clichéd, we are inundated on a daily basis with annoying and ridiculous business phrases from the lips of well-meaning managers.
Why so many of us, present company included, rely on the latest catch phrases or tired business jargon to relay a particular message [...]

Tags: leadership observations, management 101, Management Advice, management mistakes, typical manager

 
Proper Email Etiquette for Business Signatures
In response to numerous requests to a recent series of posts covering proper email etiquette, the editors of AskTheManager.com decided it was time to put to rest the question on what should be included in a business email signature.
For those of you not familiar enough with Outlook to create your [...]

Tags: Leadership Advice, Links to Leadership Resources, management 101, Management Advice

New Managers – Avoiding the Inevitable Traps
AC from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (that’s in Canada for the geographically challenged leaders out there) wrote us in August for some advice on how to gain respect as a new manager. To read her original concerns and our response, please follow this link.
We were anxious about her situation, because [...]

Tags: management 101, Management Blogs, Management Training, sales management

Leadership and Impartiality
Of all the leadership development lessons we can learn from the 2008 Presidential Elections, there is probably none so clear as how the lack of impartiality equates to poor leadership.
Interestingly, these lessons are not learned so much from the candidates –Obama, McCain, Biden and Palin most certainly lost their ability to remain neutral [...]

Tags: Leadership Advice, leadership traits, management 101

 
Leadership and Business Bankruptcy
Bennigan’s, Mrs. Fields and Lehman Brothers. Not really three names you’d ever expect to see in the same sentence, but all three have one thing in common: they all declared bankruptcy in 2008 and substandard leadership is to blame.
Lehman Brothers is certainly the most shocking name on this list. A [...]

Tags: Leadership, leadership news and views, Leadership Situations, management 101

Leadership Lessons from Delta Air Lines
 
The editors of AskTheManager fly virtually every airline that caters to business travelers (i.e., the big ones), but we really seem to love Delta for some reason.
 
Delta is not always the cheapest, the friendliest or even the most convenient, but as one of the editors stated so ineloquently, “Delta [...]

Tags: business situations, leadership news and views, leadership observations, management 101

Effect Of Generational Differences On Young Managers
How does understanding generational differences affect the success of new managers? More and more managers are (and will be) younger than their team members. What must a “younger” manager consider when leading “older” team members? – Andy in Ohio
Great questions, Andy. As someone who has been on both ends [...]

Tags: Leadership Advice, leadership development, management 101, Management Training