It's only with the Practice of Leadership that we Change our World!
Photo By HikingArtist.com I recently completed reading the book “Obliquity” by John Kay, which provides an important perspective on vision, goal setting, strategy and decision making. Obliquity is the idea the complex goals are often best achieved indirectly. For example, one of the central ideas in the book is that individuals and companies succeed when [...]
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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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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 authors also have [...]
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Patrick Lencioni author of the numerous books including “Death by Meeting” wrote an interesting article “Avoid ‘Death by Meeting’” which provides some great insights on creating an effective meetings. Patrick describes the two primary reasons meeting are ineffective as.. Meetings lack drama. Which means they are boring. Most meetings lack context and purpose. Drama and [...]
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A post from Lisa from Management Craft on a book by Stephen H. Baum, “What Made jack welch JACK WELCH: How Ordinary People Become Extraordinary Leaders” below is an article from Stephen H. Baum discussing the book…. Shaping Experiencesby Stephen H. Baum Your leadership core is nurtured and grown out of shaping experiences you encounter [...]
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