It's only with the Practice of Leadership that we Change our World!
Photo by wwarby Culture is often defined as “the way we do things around here”. Organisational culture is the leaders responsibility as “culture is the shadow of the leader”. If this is true the question is how is the culture embedded and transmitted by leaders? Edgar Schein in his book “Organizational Culture and Leadership” [...]
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Gary Hamel’s “Nine Ways to Identify Natural Leaders” provides some insight into the age old question “How do you identify leaders?” “The need to empower natural leaders isn’t an HR pipedream, it’s a competitive imperative. But before you can empower them, you have to find them. In most companies, the formal hierarchy is a matter [...]
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The article “Leadership: Intentional Influence” from BusinessWeek provide an interesting discussion on the topic of leadership. Research by the company VitalSmarts uncovered the following key insights that help to understand why few leaders are able to exert influence. Leaders act as if it’s not their job to address entrenched habits. “Most leaders put a great [...]
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The Harvard Business Review provide a list of the “Ten Fatal Flaws That Derail Leaders” as follows: Lack energy and enthusiasm Accept their own mediocre performance Lack clear vision and direction Have poor judgment Don’t collaborate Don’t walk the talk Resist new ideas Don’t learn from mistakes Lack interpersonal skills Fail to develop others This [...]
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