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The Power of Language

I’ve been thinking a lot about the power of language lately. There was an interesting discussion on ASAE & The Center’s Executive Management listserve not too long ago about changing the name of a Board of Directors to a Board of Trustees, hoping that would help...

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Downloading Decisions

Harvard is not the only institution of higher learning in the Boston/Cambridge area, so I’m now reading MIT’s Sloan Management Review, in addition to HBR. Petere Senge is at MIT, so he’s got a great article in the Winter 2007 issue (blogged about it at Association...

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Authentic Leadership

I can’t stress enough how GREAT the February issue of Harvard Business Review is. I’ve already got the March issue, plus several other magazines I want to read, but I have been putting them off as I continue to read super articles in this issue. As I said in the last...

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Distributed Leadership

The next good article in Harvard Business Review is called “In Praise of the Incomplete Leader,” by Deborah Ancona, Tomas Malone, Wanda Orlikowski, and Peter Senge. They point to a myth of leadership in this country: that leaders are the flawless people at the top who...

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A Good Definition of Consensus

In addition to referring me to the California Business Review article, author Michael Roberto also (understandably) referred me to his book. He has a book from 2005 titled Why Great Leaders Don’t Take Yes for an Answer: Managing Conflict and Consensus. I’m impressed...

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Forgive (but Don’t Forget)

I came across a great quote to share about forgiveness. Forgiveness/reconciliation is one of the most difficult parts of conflict resolution (in terms of “intractable” international conflicts, I think it is THE biggest issue). But I admit workplace conflicts don’t...

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Forgive (but Don't Forget)

I came across a great quote to share about forgiveness. Forgiveness/reconciliation is one of the most difficult parts of conflict resolution (in terms of “intractable” international conflicts, I think it is THE biggest issue). But I admit workplace conflicts don’t...

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