July 2011

A Powerful Source of Employee Inspiration

by George Ambler on July 24, 2011

Photo by lululemon athletica An important part of a leaders job is to provide and environment that helps to inspire and motivate the people around them. Inspired, motivated and passionate employees lead to improved results and higher levels of innovation. This is why the June 2011 issue of Harvard Business Review article “How Customers Can [...]

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The Booz & Company is the one of the oldest management consulting firms which completed a survey of more than 1,800 executives. According to the survey: A great majority of executives (64% of the survey respondents) say that their biggest frustration factor is “having too many conflicting priorities.” Executives report that their biggest challenges are [...]

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A recent post on Harvard Business Review, “Why American Management Rules the World” discusses research from a group of European researchers which found that on average American firms are the best managed in the world. “Over the past decade, a team from Harvard Business School, London School of Economics, McKinsey & Company, and Stanford has [...]

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Leadership Manifesto

by George Ambler on July 3, 2011

Those of you who are new to “The Practice of Leadership” this Manifesto briefly describes the key leadership ideas talked about in this blog. This manifesto is a work in progress which is updated once in a while. This is the second version of the manifesto. The focus of this manifesto is on the practices [...]

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