Can a manager manage spiritually? Stewardship - As a manager, your job, at its essence, is to take what has been given to you and increase it. Liberating - So much of managing has been about controlling and staying on top of people, about distrust and fear. The spiritual manager chooses liberation instead of control. MORE >>

Many of us manage large projects on a regular basis.  project cannot succeed without a PM who seeks and listens to the advice of experienced partners, and then puts processes in place for soliciting feedback on a regular basis.    According to my sources, great PMs: Possess unofficial authority. Are networking stars. MORE >>

And if you know anything about us OD peeps (aside from being a little eccentric and the first ones to go in a down economy) it's that we LOVE our processes.  Process maps, decision models, communication models, you name it, we love 'em all.  We've got a process up our sleeve for every one of those scenarios.  Why you ask? MORE >>

Why does everything have to be a “process” or a “system”? As a hiring manager, I don’t have anything against a good solid process. work at an organization focusing on process improvement, so trust me, I’m a process geek. This needs to be a system (or process) for everyone to follow.”. Here it comes. MORE >>

A reader writes: Our department was asked by our director (male) to have an informal-type “interview&# with 2 of the finalists in line to fill our manager position (the current manager is retiring). Walk us through the problem and what your thought process was, and how you ultimately handled it. Do they manage by fear? MORE >>