Contrarian Thinking

On management, leadership and organizational life.


"The essence of the independent mind lies not
in what it thinks, but in how in thinks."
- Christopher Hitchens

Sunday, March 15, 2009

The Manager’ Series, Part 6: Miscellaneous Advice

Last post of this series on management!
  1. Measuring Management
  2. 5 Facts Leadership Gurus Don’t Tell
  3. Don't Let Yourself Be Surprised
  4. Learning to Act Like a Leader
  5. A Boss Who Changed My Life
  6. Ten Commandments of Management
  7. Seven critical questions to assess your leadership
  8. Leader as social architect
  9. Engagement - Rarer now. Needed more now.
  10. What’s Your High Performance Team Experience?
  11. How good are you at making decisions in uncertain conditions?
  12. Questions for Leaders at the end of the First Quarter
  13. Decision Traps: Barriers to Better Decision Making
  14. Staying with no
  15. Management’s False Darwinians
  16. Why Don't Managers Think Deeply?
  17. Put the "You Factor" to Work
  18. The Three Rules Every Manager Forgets
  19. Why You Need to Be a Happier Manager
Not quite blogs, but worth the read:
  1. The psychology of human misjudgement
  2. Management of the Absurd: Paradoxes in Leadership
  3. Vital Smarts Videos (funny!)
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Saturday, March 14, 2009

Management, Part 5: Management Philosophy


  1. The importance of philosophy to great leadership
  2. What beliefs support your leadership philosophy?
  3. Does "Management" Mean "Command and Control"?
  4. 20th Century managers inhibit 21st Century work
  5. 25 Stretch Goals for Management
  6. Miles’ Law and Six Other Maxims of Management
  7. Twas Ever Thus
  8. Measurement Versus Trust
  9. How is Your Leadership Changing?
  10. How practicing leaders can manage paradox, dilemma and polarity
  11. The Army’s Leadership Framework and Philosophy
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Labels: civil service, Contrarian Thinking, Etienne Laliberté, leader, leadership, management, manager, PS Renewal, public service of Canada, Public Service Renewal

Friday, March 13, 2009

Management, Part 4: Traps, Pitfalls and Things to Avoid

Today we flirt with the "dark" side:
  1. The Challenge of Becoming a Better Manager
  2. What is Reflective Leadership?
  3. Can leaders walk on water?
  4. 7 Ways Leaders Handicap Themselves
  5. Growth: Moving to the Next Level
  6. Our Strengths Are Not to Be Indulged, But Managed
  7. 10 Lessons For Self-Leadership
  8. The Specialist
  9. The Generalist
  10. Help Wanted: Great Leader. No Technical Experience Needed?
  11. Why good managers make bad decisions
  12. Why good managers make bad decisions (another take)
  13. On Apologies and Seven Failings of Really Useless Leaders
  14. The single most costly and common error a manager can make?
  15. Twenty indicators of failing at leadership
  16. Leadership’s New Rules
  17. 10 signs of an unsafe leader
  18. Can YOU answer WHY…!
  19. These are tough times for managers - Time to tune up!
  20. 10 Leadership mistakes that we’ve all made
  21. Focus on Relationships
  22. How do you feel about your boss?
  23. The Three Traits of a "Me First" Manager
  24. 11 Habits of the Worst Boss I Ever Had
  25. Learn From Your Mistakes
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Labels: civil service, Contrarian Thinking, Etienne Laliberté, leader, leadership, management, manager, PS Renewal, public service of Canada, Public Service Renewal
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