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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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Howard Gardner defines Leadership

24 November 2008

Howard Gardner describes leadership as:
"… persons who, by word and/or personal example, markedly influence the behaviors, thoughts and feelings of a significant number of their fellow human beings."

Behaviour is critical to the practice of leadership. Talk is cheap. It’s great to define leadership values and principles. After all is said and done, it’s what’s done [...]

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Field Marshal Montgomery defines Leadership

9 July 2008

"Leadership: The capacity and will to rally people to a common purpose together with the character that inspires confidence and trust" – Field Marshal Montgomery

This is an interesting definition of leadership by Field Marshal Montgomery, in the definition he highlights to key components for effective leadership:

A Common Purpose: Leadership is about creating purpose and meaning [...]

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The What, Who, How and Why of Strategy…..

19 June 2008

Michael Watkins wrote an interesting post "Demystifying Strategy: The What, Who, How, and Why", he defines business strategy as:
"a set of guiding principles that, when communicated and adopted in the organization, generates a desired pattern of decision making….. A good strategy provides a clear roadmap, consisting of a set of guiding principles or rules, that [...]

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The essential difference between Leadership and Management

8 June 2008

I have written in a previous posts on the differences between management and leadership and recently I can across an interesting article with an interesting take on the topic.
“Management can be taught. Leadership cannot be taught or learned, it must be earned.”

I like this perspective, it means that leadership is a choice, it’s the [...]

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Defining Great Leadership

11 October 2007

An interesting post from Tony Mayo, a Lecturer in the Organizational Behavior unit and the Director of the Leadership Initiative at Harvard Business School who has spent the past five years, with Nitin Nohria studying great business leadership in the United States. In their research they sought to answer the question…
"What makes a leader great? [...]

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Dr. Myles Munroe on Leadership…

8 September 2007

“Leadership is the capacity to influence others through inspiration motivated by passion, generated by vision, produced by a conviction, ignited by a purpose.” Dr. Myles Munroe, The Spirit of Leadership

 
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James MacGregor Burns Defines Leadership

5 September 2007

“Leadership is acting – as well as caring, inspiring and persuading others to act – for certain shared goals that represent values – the wants and needs, the aspirations and expectations – of themselves and the people they represent. And the genius of leadership lies in the manner in which leaders care about, visualize, and [...]

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Warren Bennis Defines Leadership

19 August 2007

“Leadership is a function of knowing yourself, having a vision that is well communicated, building trust among colleagues, and taking effective action to realize your own leadership potential.” – Warren Bennis

 
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The everyday task of leadership

13 September 2006

The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) published an interesting article “Everyday Leaders, Everyday Leadership” discussing research they conducted into the lives of everyday leaders, people in home schools and communities. André Martin from CCL describing everyday leadership says:
“At CCL, we define leadership in terms of tasks, rather than role or position ….. Leaders are people [...]

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