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If you have lived through the time of the Wall mania of the Pink Floyd, then you’ve probably heard Roger Waters go solo later in life. He made that choice. In the concept album Amused to Death, Roger penned this amazing lyric for the tile “It’s a miracle” –…

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Insightful delegation has been around for a while. Just what do leaders do to come across effectively as they delegate? Judgment is involved, and as such will rest on the leader’s knowledge, experience, acquired

competences and personal style. Leaders perform at least three cardinal checks

before delegating. Delegation is not an exact science, but a human endeavor of

subjective character laced with objective…

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Some stories remain in my head for its symbols. I have the silhouette remembered far greater than the image in the center. I know that some of my classmates from my alumni institution brought back shawls from Tilonia, in Rajasthan. The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) had its spin-offs in learning no matter what you learnt. I don’t quite recall how the following pieces stumbled into the storyline. I remember… Continue

Dave Hanna so profoundly put it once when he said "Organizations are

perfectly designed to get the results they deserve". It mildly states

and yet deeply registers the effects of organisation design. Most HR competency models do not throw up organisation design as a competency. I salute Dr. Worley and Dr. Mohrmann who've graced this thought discipline with finesse and scholarship of the highest order. With Dr. Lawler's timeless grace, USC's Marshall school has managed to keep this…

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My background is in counselling psychology. I have taught educational psychology at the University of Manitoba for over 20 years, I was a crisis counsellor, and I was the employee assistance counsellor and career development coach for Seagram Ltd. for 15 years.



When the going gets tough...it really gets me going. This current economic upheaval really has me going...



I would appreciate your responses to two of my blog posts from this week:…



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The following points are a result of five years of research to understand the actions which any group leader (or line manager) can take to help people (members, beneficiaries, and stakeholders) become self-motivated, passionate,…

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Great points all Theresa! I agree with everyone one of them completely!



Taking a user-centered approach and working backwards beginning with team leaders and line managers--people engage themselves in their own daily activities No one can engage someone else! They can only help others learn to have the activity itself provide the feedback as opposed to only providing additional feedback from colleagues and supervisors.



I define engagement (agreed it has become a… Continue

I will be posting results from the leadership pulse and inviting everyone to share comments on results, best practices, and more. What else would you like to see us do with the network? And what can we do to engage more people in the learning process? Please add in your ideas and comments. Thanks!

Love it! Looks great!
Looking forward to many fruitful dialogues...
Antoine