In the latest edition of the Fortune Roundup, we have posts from a variety of perspectives: an HR professional, a sales management guru and a few leadership experts. Enjoy!
Working With Jake-The-Jerk And More Lessons From Marshall Goldsmith
By Jess Booth of HR Club Sydney
Marshall Goldsmith's twenty bad habits of a leader, as outlined in his book "What you've got here won't get you there", can be quite instructive for leaders and managers of any kind. Jess brings a few points from this list to life by recounting some experiences with an old boss, aka "Jake The Jerk". If you've ever wanted to know exactly how to disengage your staff as quickly as possible, look no further than Jake!
Promoting Your Best Salesrep to Manager? Not So Fast...
By Dave Stein of Commentary on Sales Leadership
All too often top performers are promoted into management without any regard as to whether they possess management skills, which can have serious negative consequences on the employee and business alike. Dave offers an illustrative example of a company that could have rushed down this same path with a top salesperson but instead took the intermediate step of training him on the responsibilities of the management position and providing him with the support to develop the necessary skills. Dave ends with a few tips for both top performers and senior executives to consider when an employee is looking to join management.
How To Love Your Mistakes (In 4 Easy Steps)
By Terry Starbucker of Ramblings From A Glass Half Full
We've written here in the past about why you must embrace failure in order to grow, and implicit in this idea is that you must learn from these failures, or mistakes. In this post, Terry breaks down how you can do this in four simple steps. Neglect any of these, and you'll be sure to not only repeat the mistakes of your past, but inhibit your future personal and professional growth.
Hearing What Isn't Said
By Dan Rockwell of Leadership Freak
Expanding on another topic we've covered in the past, the importance of non-verbal communication, Dan provides a list of three ways to hear what isn't said: hear intent, hear assumptions and hear non-verbals. Some very valuable thoughts, which can be applied in any profession.
Finally, for a huge list of some great reading on leadership development, head over to the September Leadership Development Carnival, hosted by Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership. You'll find a wide variety of perspectives from some of the best leadership bloggers, including our post on leadership of employee creativity.