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The Indigo Podcast’s hosts, Ben and Chris, swap entertaining stories of being scandalized and surprised by incompetent management/leadership.

They explore the question, “Why does incompetent management and leadership persist?” And, they offer advice on what people and organizations can do to thrive at the individual, management, and executive levels.

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Links and Other Information

John Kotter What Leaders Really Do

Situational Leadership

Blanchard, K. H., Zigarmi, D., & Nelson, R. B. (1993). Situational Leadership® after 25 years: A retrospective. Journal of Leadership Studies, 1(1), 21-36. click here

The Bowen Center for the Study of the Family

Tarzan Approach

What is industrial/organizational psychology?

Books we like

https://www.amazon.com/Be-Boss-Everyone-Wants-Work/dp/1626566259

https://www.amazon.com/Chimp-Paradox-Management-Program-Confidence/dp/039916359X

https://www.amazon.com/Difficult-Conversations-Discuss-What-Matters/dp/0143118447/ Mentoring: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1996-04951-007

https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2004-10572-010.html

https://www.amazon.com/Blackwell-Handbook-Mentoring-Multiple-Perspectives/dp/144433543X

Jane McGonigal: video

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/feb/01/top-five-regrets-of-the-dying

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