Earlier this week I shared a book review of Seth Godin's Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us as well as another post inspired by the book about leading from the bottom. Today's post has its genesis in one sentence found in the book where Godin lists his principles related to creating a movement. His final …
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Leading From the Bottom
In yesterday's post, I reviewed Seth Godin's book Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us. One point briefly mentioned in the review is the idea of leading from the bottom. Today I want to explore that idea more. When Godin first discusses the idea in his book, he tells the story of when he started full-time …
Book Review: “Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us” by Seth Godin
I finished re-reading Seth Godin's Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us today. It's a book that is on my very short list of books worth re-reading now and again. The point of this small 2008 book is that there are groups of people (a.k.a. tribes, followers) just waiting for someone to step up and take …
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Book Review: “Buzzing Communities” by Richard Millington
I have long been a fan of Rich Millington and the excellent advice he dispenses daily from his blog at FeverBee.com. For those involved with leading online communities, you need to go to FeverBee and subscribe to his updates. You'll benefit from the brief, insightful posts he publishes nearly every weekday. I was extremely glad, …
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Leap Year Lesson #355: You’re Likely Being Fair if Both Sides Accuse You of Favoritism
Very few days go by without someone complaining to me about something happening in our company's internal social network. Usually it's about a specific discussion that someone takes offense at or because they think a rule or two have been broken that requires my intervention as community manager. That goes with the territory of managing …
