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Change

The power of leading by example

30 May 2010

Photo by Jaako A recent post “Developing future leaders” by Mitch McCrimmon provides and interesting perspective on the importance of leading by example as follows… “Martin Luther King, Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela had a one-off leadership impact on their respective governments without being members of those governments and having no authority within them. Similarly, [...]

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What is your organisations leadership strategy?

16 May 2010

    Photo by Scott McLeod I recently stumbled across an interesting article by William Pasmore in Forbes titled “You Need A Leadership Strategy Now” which really got me thinking, especially his statement regarding change… “Change is tough and always has been. Many executives aren’t good at leading change because they don’t understand the importance [...]

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How are these four elements of trust affecting your leadership?

16 May 2010

In the May edition of the Ignite! Newsletter published by The Ken Blanchard Companies is an interesting article on trust. The article discuses the ABCD Trust Model™ from Cynthia Olmstead, founder and president of TrustWorks Group, Inc. which highlights the following four elements of trust: Able: demonstrates competence, expertise, experience, and capability in getting the [...]

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John Kotter defines Leadership

3 January 2010

Photo by apesara John Kotter author of “What Leaders Really Do” and more recently “A Sense of Urgency” provides the following definition of leadership from his book “Leading Change”. “Leadership defines what the future should look like, aligns people with that vision, and inspires them to make it happen despite the obstacles” Leadership is about [...]

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Leaders live in fish bowl!

2 August 2009

Photo by lover1969 "Leaders live in fish bowl and are always being watched. They should always be conscious of that fact and take advantage of it." – Gene Klann Leaders are being watched all the time. Every gesture, action and word is being closely observed. In a New York Times article, “He Wants Subjects, Verbs [...]

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How leaders embed and transmit culture…

15 June 2009

   Photo by kevindooley 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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Leadership as ‘Intentional Influence’

15 June 2009

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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Great leadership is about conversation

15 February 2009

   Photo by stuartpilbrow   “I think getting up in the morning is more exciting when you’re nervous. If you’re not nervous, you’re dead. . . .It’s time to change your life or your work the moment you stop having butterflies in your stomach.” – Warren Bennis If certainty and stability breed complacency and mediocrity, [...]

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Four change leadership practices from President Obama

15 February 2009

A senior leadership expert at Interaction Associates in an interesting article discusses the following four change leadership practices that you can learn from President Obama’s ability to generate change: Communicate Vigorously: “Strong messages are critical, especially in challenging times, and ones that balance hope with realism. Obama is striking that balance so far – and [...]

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Planners vs searchers… the big programme vs small wins…

12 July 2008

Tom Peters has a great post on his blog, "The Right Plan Is to Have No Plan" which discusses two belief systems adopted by leaders seeking to initiate change, that of planners who seek to impose top down solutions, who Tom says “more or less believe that the plan is the thing—and that the messy [...]

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