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This article ran yesterday on BusinesWeek.com: http://www.businessweek.com/managing/content/apr2009/ca20090414_421745.htm


The ups and downs of our economy are enough to make any executive dizzy. Just look at U.S. Steel (X). In the second quarter of 2008, the company achieved record profits, yet in November executives laid off 675 workers and postponed the construction of a new $450 million plant.

When the… Continue

Has work lost its luster in your organization? Do your employees avoid their leaders, speak with a hint of sarcasm, take off early, show up late, or call in sick? If it seems that people in your organization are getting the corporate life sucked out of them it's possible they don't respect their leaders.

According to a survey conducted by VitalSmarts, a corporate training and research company, more than 50 percent of survey respondents listed a disagreeable bos… Continue

Original blog post here: http://www.theinfluencerblog.com/

I often meet with managers who struggle to get started with their influence projects. Their problems don’t always fit comfortably into the change model: results, vital behaviors, and influence strategies.

In this post, I’ll use the example of Sarah, a front-line manager over a team of five software test specialists, to demonstrate the process for getting started in an Influencer approach.

1) Create and choose a problem statement. Sara… Continue