From the Independent Business Blogs: 9/26/18

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Independent business blogs are blogs that aren’t supported by an organization like a magazine, newspaper, company, or business school. Those people provide lots of great content, but they don’t need any additional exposure. In this post, every week, I bring you posts of quality from excellent bloggers that don’t get as much publicity.

This week, I’m pointing you to posts by David Dye, Art Petty, Steve Keating, Eikenberry, and Todd Ordal.

From David Dye: Frustrated or Focused – Leadership Tips for Managing Emotions

“Leadership is challenging. Things never go exactly according to plan, disappointments creep up where you don’t expect them, and people can be erratic. Leading means you’ve got to deal with the human element.”

From Art Petty: For Aspiring Managers—Why You Will Love Managing

“This article is all about balancing the scale a bit for those aspiring to management or early in their careers as first-time managers. You see, in spite of my ample warnings on the difficulties of this role, it turns out, managing is genuinely an excellent job for the right people. Heck, I’ll go so far as to suggest the position of manager at different times is exciting, engaging, and even fun.”

From Steve Keating: Where Self-Respect Comes From

“Self-respect can be hard to define but it’s really about being the kind of person you are not afraid to show to the world around you. It’s about being the kind of person you, and the people you care about, can be proud of.”

From Kevin Eikenberry: Why It Takes More Than Skills to Be a Great Leader

“More is written about and more time and money are spent on leadership development and leadership effectiveness than ever. The reasons are many, and yet the results often fall far short of the hopes and expectations of those involved. While leadership and leadership development are complex, I believe there is a fundamental reason why there is so much frustration and a prevailing sense of futility around building greater leadership effectiveness.”

From Todd Ordal: Effective Leadership: Folly And Chance?

“Few would argue the notion that successful business requires good fortune, and many would argue that it benefits from divine intervention. I wouldn’t quarrel with either concept. One thing I know, however, is that unless you have the luck of the Irish or a lock on divine intervention, effective leadership requires you to think strategically and plan.”

That’s it for this week’s selections from independent business blogs. If you liked this piece you may enjoy my curation posts on this blog. Every Tuesday, “Leaders and Strategies in Real Life” helps you learn about leadership by studying what real leaders do. On Fridays you can wrap up your week with “Weekend Leadership Reading” consisting of choice articles on hot leadership topics culled from the business schools, the business press and major consulting firms.

How I Select Posts for this Midweek Review

The five posts I select to share in my Midweek Review of the Independent Business Blogs are picked from a regular review of about sixty blogs I check daily and an additional twenty-five or so that I check occasionally. Here’s how I select the posts you see in this review.

They must be published within the previous week.

They must support the purpose of the blog: to help leaders at all levels do a better job and lead a better life.

They must be from an independent business blog.

As a general rule, I only select posts that stand on their own, no selections from a series.

Also as a general rule, I do not select posts that are either a book review or a book report.

I reserve the right to make exceptions to the above.

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