What is Leadership? There seems to be a lot of focus these
days about “leadership”.
Apart
from all of the books and articles
about
leadership, many
executives and
managers that I talk to
seem to mention it as well.
There’s “we need more
leadership”, “our
leadership initiative”, “our
leadership group/team”,
“servant
leadership”,
“leadership skills”
and “different kind of
leadership”, read more.....
Courage One of the qualities mentioned most often as a
requirement for
successful
leadership is courage. I love that word
because it derives
from the French
root meaning “heart”.
But I digress. read more .....
Leadership Styles Thanks to Stacy, who identifies 2 of the
leadership "styles" that I use when talking about situational
leadership. These styles are often adapted depending on 2 factors:
1) the level of ability of the participants, and 2) the perceived
level of risk presented by the situation. read more ....
Leaders are Readers This is the comment that I believe is
remarkable: Saillant commented that his bosses never asked
him how he accomplished his results. That seems
newsworthy in and of itself! “He concluded,” Senge writes,
“that this was because, at some level, they knew it
entailed a degree of vulnerability, of being human, that is
never comfortable, and most of them were not
prepared to feel that exposed.” read more ....
The Leader Wiithin Debate If you are like me, there is nothing
better than an engaging read about
leadership and current
applications of insightful thinking. So it was
with more than a
little disappointment that I read a recent article read more ....
Followership Styles While Leadership styles can certainly influence
the
effectiveness of a
Leader. So can the styles exhibited by the
followers. Three styles to consider are the Opposer,
the By-stander and the Follower. read more ....
The Trouble with Coaching The trouble with coaching is that it
challenges you to play a bigger
game. And, when you engage in
playing a bigger game, feelings of
self-doubt and overwhelm
accompany you onto the playing field — alongside
the feelings of excitement and bravado! read more ....
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