Mike Lehr's Blog

This page contains posts which form series.  They are more specific and chronological than categories by taking a single theme and develop it. Series are the reverse of Collections which group related posts under a single theme. It’s easy to view series as sequels to a good story. I either received many visits to a post or commenters stimulated my thoughts that encouraged me to revisit the post’s topic and develop it. My first series was “Leadership vs. Management.” It came about because the first post received many hits (it still does). I also use series to describe steps in a process. The series, “Change Management,” is an example.

Intuition

Leadership vs. Management: The Difference

This series began when I read on the Harvard Business Review site the posting “True Leaders Are Also Managers” by Robert I. Sutton, Professor of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. It blossomed from the initial post because I received questions and a high number of visitations. I take an intuitive perspective incorporating change, emotions and informal power.

1. Leadership vs. Management: The Difference – Perspective: initiating change
2. Leadership vs. Management: The Difference (Part II) – Perspective: organizational power
3. Leadership vs. Management: The Difference (Part III) – Perspective: interpersonal connections
4. Leadership vs. Management: The Difference (Part IV) – How to tell if you’re a leader, manager or both
5. Leadership vs. Management: The Difference (Part V) – Tension between the two in the workplace

Intuition

Change Management

This series came about after reading The Hot Spotters, by Atul Gawande in the January 24, 2011 issue of The New Yorker. Even though it spoke primarily to minimizing medical costs, it had much relevancy to my experiences in effecting change. It mentioned five change tactics which I incorporated into five different posts.

1. Change Management – Tactic #1: Pick the Right Moment
2. Change Management – Tactic #2: Strengthen Relationships
3. Change Management – Tactic #3: Very Small, Simple Steps
4. Change Management – Tactic #4: Repetitiveness
5. Change Management – Tactic #5: Request Demonstration

Intuition

Beauty as Power

This series developed from the responses to my initial post and from my email correspondence with Ali Handscomb regarding leadership and love. Our discussion involved beauty, and Ali had some insightful questions that helped to guide me on a direction for the series.

1. Beauty as Power
2. Beauty as Power (Part II): Attraction vs. Beauty
3. Beauty as Power (Part III): Appreciation

Emotional Self-defense for Sensitive People

This series evolved from my work experiences; however, its significance as a collection of techniques did not hit me until a recent opportunity. They had such a profound effect on this person that the results inspired me to codify the approach and techniques.

1. Emotional Self Defense for Sensitive People (Pt I): Awareness
2. Emotional Self Defense for Sensitive People (Pt II): The Unconscious
3. Emotional Self Defense for Sensitive People (Pt III): Self-Awareness
4. Emotional Self-defense for Sensitive People (Pt IV): Talent
5. Emotional Self-defense for Sensitive People (Pt. V): Intimidation
6. Emotional Self-defense for Sensitive People (Pt. VI): Defeatism & Courage

Intuition