© Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Cynicism is distrust of the intentions of others, a belief that others are not representing their true motives. Research indicates a growing cynicism among managers and workers in America. However, there are few resources to address this syndrome. Also, it seems, few practitioners (educators, consultants, trainers …

Backlash Against New Business Paradigm? Are We Practitioners “Walking Our Own Talk”? © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. There is a recent explosion of management literature, much of which asserts the strong need for change in today’s business organizations. Few people, if any, disagree with this need for change. However, the unrealistic …

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Written by Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Copyright; Authenticity Consulting, LLC (Note that there are separate topics about How to Design Your Leadership Development Program and How to Design Your Supervisor Development Program. Those two topics are very similar to this topic about management development, but with a different focus.) Sections of This …

Your Guide Carter McNamara MBA, PhD website my blog Various Competencies Needed by Management (Including Supervisors) Assembled by Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD The following articles provide a variety of advice, hints, tips, etc. to be a more effective manager. Note that the role of supervision is also a management role in the organization. Therefore, the …

© Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Competencies in the Management Development Also, consider Related Library Topics Learn More in the Library’s Blogs Related to Management Development In addition to the articles on this current page, also see the following blogs that have posts related to Management Development. Scan down the blog’s page …

Guidelines for Reading Leadership Literature © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. There is a recent explosion of literature about leadership. The literature offers a great deal of advice from many different perspectives, which can be quite confusing to readers. (After years of reading leadership literature, I’ve begun to notice that, despite the …

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Much of the information on this topic is adapted from the books Field Guide to Leadership and Supervision in Business and Field Guide to Leadership and Supervision for Nonprofit Staff. Training and development — or “learning and development” as many refer to it now — is one of the most important aspects of our lives …