Leaders Beware. Surround yourself with people who makes you feel good through flattery may ultimately cost you your job! A 1-standard-deviation increase in the amount of flattery and ingratiating agreement that CEOs receive raises their likelihood of being fired by 64%, say Sun Hyun Park and James D. Westphal of the University of Michigan and…
Tag: Communication
Social-media skills every leader needs – McKinsey Quarterly
Once again GE points the way to how leaders are learning, embracing and using social media in organizational effectiveness. I like the concept of “reverse mentoring”, partnering senior GE leaders with media-savvy millenials. Read the following except taken from McKinsey Quarterly to know more. The leader as analyst: Staying ahead of the curve As companies…
Don’t Fire An Employee And Leave Them In Charge Of The Corporate Twitter Account – Forbes
Yesterday HMV, the beleaguered British entertainment retailer, laid off 190 employees, in an effort to cut costs and right its balance sheet. The company apparently pulled a large group into human resources and gave them the bad news. While this was going on, one employee, Poppy Rose, who had been an HMV community manager and…
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