Introverted leaders, less blow, more go, less talk, more action

Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 8 December, 2009 to the comment subset

Managers or leaders who are introverts have a way of reducing the noise to signal ratio and possibly achieve more in the process.
Introverted leaders are energized by spending time alone. They suffer from people exhaustion and need to retreat to recharge their batteries frequently. These regular timeouts actually fuel their thinking, creativity and decision-making and, [...]

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Government warning needed: bad bosses can be a health hazard

Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 4 November, 2009 to the comment subset

A bad, poor, or toxic, boss may not just mean one bad day at work after another, they could also precipitate health problems later in life, and often long after you have left their employ.
They discovered that male residents of the Stockholm area ran a 25 per cent greater risk of suffering myocardial infarction [...]

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So aggressive managers are incompetent managers?

Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 21 October, 2009 to the comment subset

Managers who resort to temper outbursts or aggression are often trying to conceal their own insecurities and lack of competence.
Flattery seems to temper the aggressive urges of insecure leaders. When Fast and Chen coaxed the egos of these volunteers by praising their leadership skills, their aggressive tendencies all but disappeared. This is proof that [...]

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The inverse pyramid of management hierarchy

Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 20 February, 2009 to the comment subset

A good manager is in-fact a servant and facilitator ensuring their “subordinates” are sufficiently resourced and removing all possible obstacles to productivity.
The word manager makes many people uncomfortable. It calls up the image of a bossman telling you what to do and forcing you to slave away at doing it. That is not effective management. [...]

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The 7 Types Of Bad Bosses According To Star Trek

Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 23 May, 2008 to the comment subset

The 7 Types Of Bad Bosses According To Star Trek (And How To Survive Them)
Captain Jean-Luc Picard was far scarier than I remember him.
He’s your best pal, playing poker with you and listening to you whine about your holographic love life – until you piss him off, and then suddenly he’s all shouty and mean. [...]

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Microsoft seeks patent for office ’spy’ software

Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 21 January, 2008 to the comment subset

Microsoft seeks patent for office ’spy’ software.
Microsoft is apparently seeking to patent new software that sounds a lot like something out of a science fiction story…
The system would allow managers to monitor employees’ performance by measuring their heart rate, body temperature, movement, facial expression and blood pressure. Unions said they fear that employees could be [...]

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Toss the boss

Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 23 July, 2007 to the comment subset

Conventional wisdom tells us “the internet” has simplified the job search process.
I beg to differ though. If anything, it has made the process more complicated.
Sure, we can join any number of recruitment websites, find leads, send resumes, and dispatch query emails, all pretty much instantly.
But the internet has also made the process far more invasive.
Recruiters [...]

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