On a conference call October 19 with other members of the Lead Change Group, I learned about the 4 categories of emotional intelligence. The main divisions are Awareness and Management in one dimension and Self and Others in the other dimension. The grid looks like this: What quadrant would you say you naturally fell into? » Read More
Tag Archives: middle management
The Call of a Manager
As a manager, what’s the best thing you can do for your organization? Is your highest goal making money? Is it the financial largess of your organization, or the praise of your customers? Have you ever wondered how noble it is to help a very few people make a lot of money? What is the » Read More
Multicolored Leadership
I’ve read a few articles criticizing Warren Bennis and others for the way they tend to polarize leaders vs. managers or leaders vs. managers and supervisors. Wally Bock always has an interesting perspective and he posted a much commented Three Star Leadership blog post here. Wally has rich experience in leadership development, developing new leaders, » Read More
Lead From The Pack
I realize people don’t like the “middle-manager” term, but in reality, most of us are “middle managers.” We might prefer being the top person in charge or focus on being at the bottom of some organizational pile, but most of us manage from the middle. We manage people (ourselves at a minimum) but we also » Read More
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Cynthia J Stewart says
Great reflections on how to use anger constructively, Mike. Anger actually has a...
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