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Decision-Making | Fictional Case | History | Leading Teams | Tools for Leaders | Trust The following case study is on decision-making that occurred during the Battle of Gettysburg and was written by the Founder of Leaders247, Gordon Whitehead. The case was developed...Bad Boss, Being Wrong, Case-Based Examples, Challenging Business Situations, Culture, Delegating, Developing People, Executing, Leader Communication Fundamentals, Motivation, Productivity, Project Management, Trust
Business Leadership | Communicate | Delegating | Fictional Case | Leader-Follower | Leading Teams | Prioritizing A Fictional Case This fictional case illustrates two scenarios: (1) How a mismanaged 1-1 can contribute to strategic drift and employee disengagement, and...Bad Boss, Emotional Intelligence, Motivation, Trust
Leader-Follower | Motivation | Vision People Choose You Subscription leadership is the millennial pattern – and it’s a good one. Like social media, where we choose who to follow and unfollow with a click, followers do the same with leaders. The upshot of this model is...Bad Boss, Empower, Motivation, Productivity, Trust
Motivation | Productivity | Team Productivity Orbit the Giant Hairball Gordon MacKenzie worked at Hallmark Cards for thirty years. He has a witty and insightful way of looking at organizational life. In one of the chapters of his book entitled Orbiting the Giant...Bad Boss, Developing People, Trust
Administrative | Leading Teams The Basic Question Every leader should ask themselves a basic question: “Do I care about people.” Let’s be honest – if the answer is no, then get out of the leadership business. But, if the answer is yes (which we hope is the case) then...Bad Boss, Case-Based Examples, Challenging Employee Situations, Difficult People
Coaching | Corrective Action | Firing | HR | Performance Management The Case of the Well-Meaning Manager by Gordon Whitehead, Founder of Leaders247 Mona complained to her HR partner venting for over 30 minutes. Her last sentences were, “I’m so sick of Jim’s work – we...Bad Boss, Delegating, Trust
Bad Boss | Delegating | Trust When Your Boss Doesn’t Delegate to You – Use Reverse Delegation When the boss doesn’t seem to be able to delegate, our advice is to be patient. When we have a boss who doesn’t seem to understand how to delegate the...Bad Boss, Delegating, Transparency, Trust
Bad Boss | Delegating | Empowering | Trust A Story of Common Confusion Hello Grace, good morning. Good morning Ralph. Grace, I have something I need you to do – we have this new product hitting the market as you know. Marketing is pushing us to get the customer...