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Perhaps the most frequent, and universal, task performed by leaders is holding meetings. On average, employees spend at least six hours a week in meetings while the act of preparing for and conducting meetings can take up as much as 75 percent of a manager’s time. [1] Despite their importance, howev...
Recently, a friend of mine was complaining about her supervisor. According to her, the boss claims to be “with the team,” but — from my friend’s viewpoint — the supervisor is incompetent to truly lead the team, so all he can do is to be with it. Coincidentally, another friend of mine has also been c...
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Key Takeaways Promoting a culture where team members feel safe to speak up with candor to disagree or point out problems is not only healthy for organizations, but it can be essential for thwarting negative outcomes with potentially disastrous results. Leaders have a responsibility to promote this ...
Christophe Boone Christophe Boone is a professor of organization theory and behavior at the Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Antwerp (Belgium). His research focuses on the dynamics of organizational populations in local communities, the antecedents and consequences of team and organi...
About Lead Read Today is a platform from The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business’ Leadership Initiative that provides evidence-based leadership and management best practices to assist current or emerging leaders. All of our articles have leadership as a core theme, and the majority of o...
Have you woken up in the middle of the night — worried about how an upcoming meeting will turn out? Talk yourself out of doing something that would be challenging but achievable? Or start worrying about how many ways a project could fail? You are not alone. At some point, everyone has negative thoug...
"Why not us? Why not now?" The refrain and inspiring battle cry of the 1995 Orlando Magic basketball team has once again ignited within the hearts and minds of athletes today — this time among those who have become activists for social change. Athlete activism is not a new phenomenon. Throughout his...
As you have grown your career from individual contributor, to manager, to manager of managers, to executive, have you ever looked at your organization and wondered why people are struggling to work together? Or why work is queuing up in certain teams? I know I did. I naturally gravitated towards ...
Key Takeaways: Like managing up, we can all demonstrate leadership in a paradoxical way: By being good followers. Research demonstrates that good followers demonstrate similar qualities as good leaders, and often end up becoming leaders. I found myself revisiting the topic of followership after sh...
