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The False Choice Between Top-Down and Bottom-Up Leadership

February 22, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices
While some leaders religiously stick to being either a traditional top-down leader who believes in the organizing power of clear chains of command, or a collaborative, bottom-up leader who puts more faith in flat organizations, Mark Lukens claims that few complex challenges faced can ever be managed using just one leadership style.
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Creating Partnerships with Customers Through Service

By Jaime Elftman posted on February 13, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices, Department Management
While Don Zajac, service manager for Kern Machinery’s Buttonwillow, Calif., store, and James Boel, service manager at Kern Machinery’s Delano, Calif., store, have different levels of experience with the dealership and slightly different responsibilities, they both run their service departments with the same principle. No 2 days are the same for the pair and even under the best-laid plans, circumstances and schedules change.
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How to Teach Your Team to Thrive Through Adversity

By Jaime Elftman posted on August 10, 2015 | Posted in Best Practices
In an Inc. article, Jason Selk writes that to maintain profitability during times of adversity, leaders need to emphasize improvements and progress in their team. He says that while it may be easy to focus on the shortcomings of your team, this kind of thinking is detrimental to a business, especially in times of adversity.
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How Stories Can Reinforce the Culture You Want

July 27, 2015 | Posted in Best Practices
S. Chris Edmonds writes that the stories shared in your company can positively or negatively impact your company's culture depending on the message of the story. He writes that company principals need to be knowledgeable of what stories are passed around at the company and the message they may be sending to employees.
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