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John Kotter defines Leadership

3 January 2010

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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 bringing about [...]

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Leaders live in fish bowl!

2 August 2009

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"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 and [...]

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How leaders embed and transmit culture…

15 June 2009

 
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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” provide [...]

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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 deal [...]

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Great leadership is about conversation

15 February 2009

 
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“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, then change [...]

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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 new [...]

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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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Six leadership transition lessons from the new CEO of Citigroup

3 June 2008

A leader is likely to be challenged by a number of leadership transitions as they develop and grow their careers. These transitions may be from team member to team leader, from manager to divisional leader or from director to CEO. Other difficult leadership transitions can occur as leaders move between companies or even between industries. [...]

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Focus your communication on the why and less on the how….

16 March 2008

Kevin’s Eikenberry has a great post that caught my eye titled "What to Communicate" discussing the importance of communication to leaders. I really believe that we do not spend enough time figuring out the why before we move on to figure out the how. Kevin reminds us of this principle by providing the following rule [...]

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The Three Journeys of Strategic Change

12 December 2007

The Anecdote Blog has an interesting post discussing "The Three Journeys" that organisations take as they seek to transform and implement their strategy.
 

 
Leader who are striving to bring about change and who are seeking to implement their strategies would do well to consider structuring their approach as the following three journeys:

The first journey is [...]

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