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Clarity

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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Moving from BHAG to CCAG….

15 December 2007

I am a firm believer that clarity is a necessary ingredient for great leadership. I was first convinced of the importance of clarity to leaders by Marcus Buckingham in his article "The Clear Leader". Recently Tom Peters in his post "From BHAG to CCAG" discusses the importance of clarity….
"The book Built to Last made popular [...]

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Clarity the key to employee engagement

15 December 2007

Management-Issues published an article, "Clarity the key to employee engagement" reporting on research by HR consultancy Watson Wyatt that found that…
"… a poll of 14,000 employees across Europe has suggested that those companies that provide their employees with a clear ‘line of sight’ when it comes to vision and direction tend to have a much [...]

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Marcus Buckingham outlines the core concepts of superior leadership

26 November 2007

 

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An article "The Clear Leader" from Fast Company discusses research conducted by Marcus Buckingham, author of First, Break All the Rules and Now, Discover Your Strengths, on the heart of leadership. Based upon his research Marcus Buckingham, maps out the core concepts that mark superior leadership as follows:

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Companies Need Less Communication…. Not More!

29 October 2007

I couldn’t agree more with David Woods who makes the point that Companies Need Less Communications… Not More!….

Companies don’t need more communication. They need more clarity.

Clarity of the vision of the company.

Clarity of where the company is going (long term and short term).

Clarity of HOW the company will get there.

Clarity of individual roles and how [...]

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Are you traveling without a map?

15 July 2007

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Jeffrey Phillips of Innovate on Purpose wrote an interesting post traveling without a map, in the post he talks about innovation and the importance of knowing where you’re going two topics that are central to leadership…

“… it is sort of like traveling without a map. If you don’t know where you are going, [...]

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Effective leadership requires clarity

7 March 2007

Clarity is important for effective leadership. Marcus Buckingham in a Fast Company article talks about the importance of clarity when leading, making the following observations.

Leaders are Compelled by the Future – A leader’s job is to rally people toward a better future….. They succeed only when they find a way to make people excited [...]

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The ten C’s of employee engagement

27 February 2007

I’ve posted before on the importance of engagement (here, here and here). I recently stumbled across an interesting article “The ten C’s of employee engagement” from The Ivey Business Journal which provides a number of insightful pointers as to what’s required to improve employee engagement. The authors describe an engaged employee as a person who:
“….is [...]

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The Importance of a Clear Leadership Philosophy

10 December 2006

Consistent leadership action and behaviour requires a clear leadership philosophy. Why? Well, because your leadership philosophy determines how you react to people and how you react to situations. Your leadership philosophy affects your behaviour and ultimately your leadership effectiveness. So what exactly is a leadership philosophy? Encarta defines philosophy as the:

examination of basic concepts: the [...]

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Leadership as Clarity

7 March 2006

Clarity is key. Clarity is the key component, because you need to have clarity in your communication to the people you lead, and to the people you serve, you need to have clarity of mission, purpose and passion so people want to follow you, and you need clarity of purpose to wade through all the [...]

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