December 2009
Intermediate to advanced
2 pages
9m
English
article
Leadership in Action: A Question of Leadership: Which Skills and Competencies Will be Most Critical for Leaders as the Workplace Continues to Evolve?
by Lenore Mewton, Jim Ware, Charlie Granthan
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A QUESTION-of-LEADERSHIP
LENORE MEWTON
Mewton is principal of LM&A/Lenore Mewton & Associates, where she partners with organizations and consulting groups on leadership and talent development. She holds a master's degree in clinical social work from Simmons College.
You are working from home or on the road and rarely see your direct reports, who are virtual and geographically dispersed. Your team is ethnically diverse and includes full-time employees, e-lancers (freelancers who obtain work and connect to do work electronically), and older workers who have put off retirement. Technological advances and lower communications costs have brought critical information to frontline workers, who are now responsible for many operational decisions. Your ...
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