It's only with the Practice of Leadership that we Change our World!
Photo by archer10 (Dennis) (BUSY) In the book “It’s not what you sell, it’s what you stand for” (the book’s website is here) by Roy Spence Jr. with Haley Rushing, is an interesting chapter, “stewards of purpose” which discuss the importance of purpose in leadership… “The primary responsibility of a leader in a purpose-based [...]
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Photo by Elvire.R. “The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” – Theodore Roosevelt In the January 2009 issue of John Maxwell’s newsletter Leadership Wired there is a great article [...]
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Aviv Shahar has a great post on “Developing Leaders” stating that… “The greatest leadership act in the world is growing and developing new leaders and then empowering and releasing them to lead.” The development of leaders is of critical importance. The question is how? As discussed in Aviv’s post much of leadership development is focused [...]
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The January 2009 edition of the Harvard Business Review has a piece titled “To Lead, Create a Shared Vision” by James Kouzes and Barry Posner discussing the importance of a shared vision for effective leadership… “Being forward-looking—envisioning exciting possibilities and enlisting others in a shared view of the future—is the attribute that most distinguishes leaders [...]
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Photo by Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com Burt Nanus in his book “Visionary Leadership” provides the following warning signs of a lack of vision: Is there evidence of confusion about purpose? Do your employees complain about insufficient challenge or say they’re not having fun anymore? Are they pessimistic about the future or cynical about the present? [...]
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