It's only with the Practice of Leadership that we Change our World!
Spotting a New Leader by Fred Smith provides insight into some of the traits to look for when identifying future leaders, which he describes the following 10 signs of leadership potential. Leadership in the past. "The best predictor of the future is the past." The capacity to create or catch vision. "When I talk to [...]
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The Center for Creative Leadership newsletter had an interesting article “Don’t Give Up On Leadership Character” discussing the development of leadership character. Character a critical foundation of great leadership, in fact, character is the hallmark of all great leaders. Character is important as sound character inspires trust…. “People of genius are admired. People of wealth [...]
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Photo by TheSportingLife As leaders we need to be constantly learning and growing, one of the best way’s to grow is by having a few good mentors to guide you on your journey. A mentor is defined in the Wiktionary as “A wise and trusted counselor or teacher“. whilst this is a good definition, it [...]
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Leadership development and leadership succession are of the most important concerns of effective leaders. One of the key decision which needs to made is what is an appropriate approach to leadership succession? Should leaders consider primarily internal or external candidates? The article "Internal Versus External Succession May Be Best Long-Term Talent Bet" provides some insight, [...]
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It’s important to take a holistic view of leadership. This is exactly what Jim Bolt has done in his article on the importance of "Developing The 3-Dimensional Leader". He makes the opening point that "Too many leaders today are one-dimensional, narrowly focused on business results…." and we have all seen the devastating results of narrowly [...]
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