YoungUpstarts

JUNE 2, 2011

you) has to recognize when debate, conversation, and analysis can’t take you any farther. With both OfficeMax and Max-Wellness, being the benevolent dictator provided the critical leadership necessary to take an idea and transform it into reality as fast as possible.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 3, 2011

Being a benevolent dictator combines an appreciation for consensus and the input of the team with the ability to recognize when debate, conversation, and analysis can’t take you any further. After OfficeMax’s first year, we’d actually grown nicely and were operating stores in Ohio, New York, and Michigan. There’s just no way around it.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Talk through conversations. Now that you’ve tackled emails and recorded messages, it’s time to move on to something a little less predictable: conversations. Also consider asking your employees to end all conversations and messages with a tagline that expresses your organization’s best attribute. Look in the mirror.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 17, 2011

The “dictator” part simply means that you have to recognize when it’s time for debate and conversation to end and a decision to be made. This dual leadership style keeps things constantly moving forward, despite the bumps in the road. When it comes to leadership, pronouns make more of a difference than most understand.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 25, 2011

But even if you embrace a less extreme version of the old “command and control” style of leadership, you’re blocking the natural flow of the life’s blood of the company. Yes, as the benevolent dictator, you have the final say-so at the point when debate, conversation, and analysis can’t take you any farther. Innovation.

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JULY 11, 2012

Ritter, a finance professor at University of Floridas business school. There are too many ways to converse, each of us has a favored method, and no one wants to compromise. Ohio Freight Train Derails, Catches Fire. The quality of conversations can deteriorate when real identities are not provided. Latest Headlines.

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