Follower Fatigue
(Originally posted in 2010) Organizational leaders are facing a real threat to their ability to rally their people: follower fatigue. The past two or three years have been witness to an unprecedented wave of crises that have reduced everyday folk to a state of resignation, apathy, and/or bitterness. We’ve all had to find our way […]
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If you’ve read What Your Boss Never Told You, my Quick Start Guide for New Managers, you met three types of employees – those who support you, those who sabotage, and those who split (but don’t actually leave). In March, I’m publishing a book to help managers with yet another kind of employee: those who […]
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It’s been widely observed and generally accepted that the world is changing at a faster clip than ever, and that the rate of change is accelerating. What’s not changing, however, is our capacity to absorb it, deal with it, and integrate it. We still do it the same old-fashioned human way as our ancestors did […]
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