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EXTREME ORGANIZATIONAL POLITICS: 7 WAYS TO PREVENT WISHFULNESS & YESMANSHIP (Excerpted from my book "Leadership Basics for Frontline Managers", CRC Press, published 2014) https://www.crcpress.com/Leadership-Basics-//9781482219951 Imagine what your work would be like if the fear bred by organizational politics did not exist. Imagine workplaces in which employees were encouraged to tell the truth, no matter how unpalatable this truth might be for their executives. Imagine wha...Continue reading

TAKE THESE 6 STEPS TO MAKE BETTER BUSINESS DECISIONS (Excerpted & adapted from my book "Leadership Basics for Frontline Managers", CRC Press, published 2014) https://www.crcpress.com/Leadership-Basics-//9781482219951 As a leader, you are paid to make business decisions every day. Or more accurately, you are paid to make the right decisions. What separates a great decision maker from the rest of us? Can you learn to make better business decisions? ...Continue reading

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