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Effective Leaders Are Two-Faced

Posted on September 10, 2020September 10, 2020Author James McIntoshPosted in Leadership

But there’s a right and a wrong way to be two-faced … … According to ancient Roman religion, Janus is the god of beginnings, transitions, and endings. He is the god with two faces, because he looks in two directions at once, the past and the future. Do you want to be an effective leader?…

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Pick a Mask, Any Mask

Posted on July 28, 2020July 28, 2020Author James McIntoshPosted in Leadership, Perceptions

Wearing a mask is normal. It’s part of social lubrication. … … By now you should be used to wearing a mask in public. Let me reword that. As a leader, you are used to wearing a mask. You put on a mask to project (a message; a mood) and you put on a mask…

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A bully at the top promotes team work

Posted on June 10, 2020June 10, 2020Author James McIntoshPosted in Leadership

– The typical organization is a hierarchy of imbalanced power, which makes it a perfect bully factory. Unless the leaders stop it. And most sensible leaders do prevent it because they know that corporate bullying makes your best people disappear. But what if the top gun is the bully? I once joined a company of…

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Here’s the one skill we don’t need in our leaders

Posted on June 9, 2020June 9, 2020Author James McIntoshPosted in Leadership

– If there is one thing I have learned in the land obsessed with leadership, then it’s this. I’m a silly old fool. To me, leadership is about leading. And leading implies movement, not standing still. It is about going places, not staying put in one place. Based on this view of leadership, I believe…

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Advice for wannabe leaders: Keep your shoes on

Posted on June 2, 2020June 2, 2020Author James McIntoshPosted in Leadership, Trust

– We keep hearing ridiculous statements from so-called leaders about how they feel our pain. And that they know where we’ve gone wrong and how we should now behave. Nice of them, to be sure. But annoying because they don’t really know, do they? So we’re tempted to say, please don’t judge others until you’ve…

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How to know which lead in leadership you should use

Posted on May 28, 2020May 28, 2020Author James McIntoshPosted in Leadership

– What do the letters “L E A D” spell?  Lead as in leader or lead as in heavy? The answer is? Both! And so it is with leadership. Sometimes it means “to lead” and other times it means “to weigh down.” Sometimes it means “let’s go” and other times it means “slow down.” A leader makes you want…

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