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Leadership Styles

Classic Leadership Styles

Martin Haworth asked: Much has been said over the years about leadership styles. Yet research into the best and most practical overview leads to the easiest conclusion (there will always be variables on these, as well as mixes of them), are that there are four distinct leadership styles. With one to avoid as well! 1. […]

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Micro Management

Moving from 'Chiefs' and 'Indians' Management

Martin Haworth asked: I’ve ummed and ahhed about the title for this topic, not wanting to cause offence. So if I do, I don’t mean to – the term “Chiefs and Indians” is a metaphor, not a culture statement, so bear with me, it will become clear. In many, if not most, business cultures, we […]

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Communicating as a Leader

Image Consultant Viewpoint: Ethics

Sandy Dumont asked: Written by Sandy Dumont “Expertise is of more importance to a successful career, while ethics is of the least significance.” This was the feedback of a study group at a well-known American university. This group recently completed a nationwide survey of university graduate program directors in the field of communications. They were […]

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Problem Solving

Creating Collaboration: A Process That Works

Greg Giesen asked: Over the years the term collaboration has lost some of its luster by becoming synonymously linked with words such as cooperation, synergy and teamwork. Although these words are each an important component of collaboration, they are not of equal value. Collaboration, as a term, is much more than simply a characteristic of […]