It’s only in the practice of leadership that we influence our world…
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Often I see leaders who are just going through the motions, Sheepwalking, following the well-worn cow paths, not making the choice to lead. In a nutshell many leaders lack passion for a vision. Consider the lesson in the following poem…
The Lesson of the Moth
By Don Marquis, Archy and Methitabel
I was talking [...]
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“The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.” - Michelangelo
This quote by Michelangelo is still true today. Many of us seem aim too low! One person who believes it’s necessary to aim high [...]
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The Leadership Challenge, by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner.
J.D. Meier has a great post the “Leadership Challenge Checklist” on his blog “Sources of Insight” providing a checklist based on one of the best leadership books I’ve read “The Leadership Challenge” by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner. The [...]
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By definition a leader is an innovator. Leaders are pioneers, seeking to break new ground, to make old things new, to put things together in a new and innovative way. A leader seeks new things with an eye on the future. The challenge in bring about new things is that [...]
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Management-issues has a great article that asks the question “Does your behavior damage trust?” and list the following 25 behaviours that contribute to creating mistrust within your team:
You fail to keep your promises, agreements and commitments.
You serve your self first and others only when it is convenient.
You micromanage and resist delegating.
You [...]
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Howard Gardner describes leadership as:
"… persons who, by word and/or personal example, markedly influence the behaviors, thoughts and feelings of a significant number of their fellow human beings."
Behaviour is critical to the practice of leadership. Talk is cheap. It’s great to define leadership values and principles. After all is said and done, it’s what’s done [...]
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I just finished watching a great YouTube video of Steve Job’s Stanford Commencement Speech, discussing some of his life experience, as well as some of his personal life lessons.
Two of the life lessons from Steve Jobs speech that I found interesting were….
Love what you do…
“…sometimes life is going to hit you in the head with [...]
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The Leadership Excellence magazine has published their list of the 100 top thought leaders in management and leadership. The gurus who make the list possess a rare combination of the following eight traits and abilities:
Preparation: academic and professional.
Character: values, ethics, beliefs, purpose, mission, integrity, walk the talk.
Principles: big message, point of view, tenets, [...]
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“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” - Ayn Rand
As people we are designed to choose. Like many other things in life, leadership too is a choice we make. . We do not become great leaders because of our title or position. [...]
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A post from Mark Howell from Strategy Central cites an interesting quote from David Maister’s blog on how to move from the language of destinations to action….
"Whether you are talking about purpose, mission, vision, values, goals, objectives or almost ANY of the traditional concepts that people use, the only practical way to [...]
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The article “The Big 6: An Active Listening Skill Set” from the Center for Creative Leadership discusses the following the six essential skills for active listening.
Paying attention. A primary goal of active listening is to set a comfortable tone and allow time and opportunity for the other person to think and speak. Pay attention [...]
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