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Leadership BS: Fixing Workplaces and Careers One Truth at a Time - Jeffrey Pfeffer

9/15/2015

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Leadership BS? Whoa!! Got my attention. Excellent interview this morning on KSKA - "Here and Now", featuring Stanford Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer. How important is it for a leader to be inspirational? More important that facts, evidence, or ideas? 

Here's one segment from that interview.....

......"If you are a leader seeking to actually change a workplace’s conditions so as to improve employee engagement, satisfaction, or productivity, or if you are an individual seeking to chart a course to a more successful career, inspiration is not what you need. What you need are facts, evidence, and ideas. Cheering may be helpful at sporting events, but not so much in the nitty-gritty job of fixing workplaces and careers. This chapter lays out the many reasons why inspiration is not only a poor basis from which to attempt serious organizational change but also useless for figuring out how to have more personal success inside work organizations." 

Once again, NPR and KSKA delivers!!! Thank you!!!

http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2015/09/15/jeffrey-pfeffer-leadership-bs
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5/16/2025 12:44:13 pm

I agree that facts, evidence, and ideas are crucial for effective leadership.

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