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The More Senior Your Job Title, the More You Need to Keep a Journal

Harvard Business

The best thinking comes from structured reflection — and the best way to do that is keeping a personal journal. I started keeping a journal when I took over a manufacturing research, software, and consulting firm. A journal is an effective, efficient, private way to take a similar break.

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25 ideas to help you set good goals in 2025

Halo Psych

Write your goals down Best-selling author and leadership expert, Mark Murphy, wrote about the power of writing our goals down, in a piece for Forbes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 120 (1), 226-256. Journal of Applied Psychology, 105 (4), 372389. S pecific clarifies exactly what needs to be achieved. Burchard, B.

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What's Servant Leadership?

Organizational Talent Consulting

Have you ever wondered what servant leadership is? Maybe you already understand the basic concepts but have questions about how servant leadership differs from other leadership styles or if a servant leadership approach is appropriate for your team. For example, consider two employees walking down a hall.

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7 Key Differences Between Managers and Leaders

Clarity Consultants

In a book excerpted in the Wall Street Journal , Alan Murray explains that while leadership and management often go hand-in-hand, today’s knowledge economy requires the inspiration and purpose-driven vision that can only come from true leaders, not just efficiency-focused managers. Not really.

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Why New Leaders Should Be Wary of Quick Wins

Harvard Business

That’s because when a new leader takes hold, changes aren’t just about efficiency or revenue; they are also about people’s feelings of vulnerability and uncertainty about what the changes will mean for them. As a consequence, quick wins may soon be undone, or they may beget new leadership problems.

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Change Readiness?—?Essential but Oft-Omitted

Harmonious Workplaces

During the month of October, I had the pleasure of learning Organizational Development (OD) and Change Leadership from The Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University. Preparing organizations to handle change both efficiently and sustainably requires a systematic approach. Is your organization ready for it?

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How to Activate Team Creativity and Innovation

Organizational Talent Consulting

Enhancing an employee's self-leadership capability improves self-awareness, inspiring experimentation with new ways to solve existing challenges. Organizations searching for efficiency tend to hire and promote employees who conform to group norms and encourage unity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 45 (2), 357-376.

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