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Management advice: Tell people what you want done, not how to do it

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Ted Bauer
Manage By Telling People WHAT, not HOW

Was scrolling through Forbes this morning and came across this article, which is predominantly about Sheryl Sandberg trying to ban the word “bossy” from business discourse. I personally have really mixed feelings about Sheryl Sandberg (more on that at another… Continue Reading →

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