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We’ve all heard of the Peter Principle, the idea that in organizations, individuals rise to their highest level of incompetence. I’ve seen this happen time after time in organizations because when we look for those to promote, we tend to look at those who do their current job best.
So, in other words we tend to promote the best bank teller to Head Teller; the best customer service representative to Team Lead and so on. This dynamic tends to be repeated over and over again as we make our way up the organizational hierarchy. If we [...]
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In my senior year of college, way back when I was 20 years old, I had a business experience that I can point to as being one of the defining moments of my leadership development.
This defining moment came from taking a specific course, a 400 level strategic management course. Most business schools have an equivalent course, one students take towards the end of their degree program that has the student look at big picture decision making. You know, the kind of decision making that executive leaders need to make every day.
The interesting thing looking back [...]
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This is Part 6 in a series of articles that introduce the main ideas about Reflection Leadership.
Leaders have a responsibility to not only pay attention to those things that are happening within the organization but also those things that are happening outside of the control of the organization. What happens outside of the organization helps to shape the activities inside of the organization.
As leaders, when we are able to look outside of the organization, we’re able to scan the environment in which we operate for various threats and opportunities. Our ability to recognize the importance [...]
