All Posts Tagged With: "Ineffective management"

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Miss Brown Agrees with Colin Powell, Part 2

As mentioned in an earlier post, Colin Powell has published 13 rules for leadership.  Rule #10 is, “Remain calm. Be kind.” Miss Brown, in her common sense principle #6, says, “Take care of the best friends (aka people) that work for you.” In her explanation of this principle, she says, “Pay attention to your best [...]

2Mar2009 | Jo Ellen Roe | 0 comments | Continued
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She Doesn’t Even Say Hello!

I heard a leader story not long ago that I found hard to believe. Someone that works for her had this to say: “She isn’t there very often, but then, when she comes, she breezes in, passes my desk right by, and doesn’t even say  hello.  She just sweeps into her office.  She has only [...]

26Feb2009 | Jo Ellen Roe | 1 comment | Continued
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Hard to Believe

Tonight I heard about a leader who sent an employee to meetings to “learn” and later, share with his group.  It turned out that the meeting was simply a project report-out that consisted of going around the table and asking each person, “What’s your status?”  The reply was usually “Green.”  It also turned out that [...]

31Jan2009 | Jo Ellen Roe | 1 comment | Continued