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15 great leadership questions

February 23, 2010 11:13am PST

In this article, Executive and leadership coach John M McKee shares questions any leader can use to improve results and morale.

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Get a woman's touch on your Big Data team

April 24, 2013 5:19am PDT

If there's a gender imbalance on your Big Data strategy team, you're doing yourself a great disservice.

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10 early signs that someone will make a great leader

May 8, 2008 5:41am PDT

It's important to identify individuals who have leadership potential so that you can help them step into that role when they're ready. Here are some behaviors and qualities that may indicate you...

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The 7 most important communication skills an IT leader should have

October 28, 2008 8:33am PDT

Everyone wants to tell IT pros that they need to develop people skills, but no one really tells what those skills are. Here are the most important skills an IT leader should have and how to...

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Seven reasons we need managers, not leaders

November 22, 2010 11:58am PST

Leadership articles often generate a lot of comments discussing differences between leading and managing. People provide definitions and quotes to reinforce their points of view. This week, John...

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Use Word's Tabs dialog box to set multiple tabs

September 4, 2007 12:00am PDT

Measure twice, cut once -- or, in the case of Word tabs, get rid of the ruler entirely. Mary Ann Richardson explains how you can use the Tabs dialog box to easily set multiple tabs with one dialog...

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Leadership lessons from Genghis Khan

November 12, 2012 5:26am PST

While we'll leave judgment about the larger historical implications of the Khan's rule to the historians, several things will strike you as relevant to IT leaders.

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Rebuilding trust in the workplace

December 20, 2010 12:47pm PST

When trust in a workplace remains broken, no one wins, and the process of rebuilding it can be hard. But by practicing these seven steps, you can mend broken trust and move forward with a more...

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9 favorite tips to improve your effectiveness as a leader

September 30, 2009 11:03am PDT

With fewer resources, many leaders realize that their performance has gone downhill. In this article, leadership coach John M. McKee shares time-tested tips that any leader can use to to improve...

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The 10 most dangerous species of IT team leader

February 12, 2008 11:24am PST

After yet more research into the various species that inhabit this working world of ours, I return with a new set of taxonomic classifications. This time, we concern ourselves with the team...

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10 leadership skills that are child's play

July 7, 2011 7:34am PDT

You can spot some of the most important leadership qualities by watching how kids interact. Steve Tobak lists a few lessons from the playground.

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10 things to check before you start working on the help desk

November 11, 2008 6:58am PST

If you're getting ready to jump into the help desk fray, you'll probably want to iron out a few things first. Veteran tech Jeff Dray learned this the hard way, and he shares some advice on what...

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Letting someone go doesn't have to be ugly

January 8, 2009 11:38am PST

Sooner or later, most leaders have to terminate someone's employment. In this article, leadership and career coach John M McKee shares his ideas about how to do it in a manner which is easiest...

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Video: Essential competencies for IT leaders

February 18, 2009 8:51am PST

IT leaders need a full arsenal of cross-functional skills, including a lot of stuff that goes beyond the traditional IT skill set. Learn several skills you need to develop in order to excel in an...

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Getting leadership and management in your organization

August 15, 2005 7:00am PDT

There's a difference in the skills sets for leadership and those for management. Learn the difference and how to incorporate the best of both worlds in your organization.

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How to kill innovation, in five easy steps

May 24, 2011 11:06am PDT

Innovation is the life blood of most organizations in the 21st century, but most of them regularly do things to snuff out innovation wherever it rears its head. Here are five of the main culprits.

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Achieving executive balance: Nine ways leaders and managers work together

May 16, 2006 7:00am PDT

Although it's not apparent in the structure of some organizations, leaders and managers have highly distinct roles, and both are essential to the success of the business. See if the traits...

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Essential competencies for IT leaders

February 18, 2009 8:50am PST

IT leaders need a full arsenal of cross-functional skills, including a lot of stuff that goes beyond the traditional IT skill set. Learn several skills you need to develop in order to excel in an...

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Making a case: How to become a thought leader and influence decisions

June 26, 2008 3:45am PDT

Decision making has been a popular topic of academic research and best-selling business books, due, perhaps, to an apparently fascinating fact: seemingly intelligent people are perfectly capable...

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Gamification data can drive ROI

November 1, 2012 6:26am PDT

Gamification isn't just for driving customer engagement. One company shows how its platform can drive ROI by giving enterprises more insight into how their site and products are used.