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Meaning

Three criteria for defining a worthwhile goal

22 April 2008

Leaders set goals that inspire and challenge. Goals energise people when they are well defined, provide meaning and give direction. Sadly leaders often set goals that are ambiguous, unrealistic and uninspiring, for example “providing a superior return to shareholders”. So how do leaders go about defining a worthwhile goal? In the book “A Bias for [...]

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Are you investing in your personal leadership?

17 February 2008

The "Integer Leadership Consulting" blog has a great post "Thinking about Self-Leadership: A brief reflection" which builds on what Greg Thomas describes as personal leadership which is..
“the desire of an individual to take charge of his or her own life. Personal leaders realize that leadership is not a position or title, but an outlook on [...]

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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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Martin Luther King on Effective Vision…

5 October 2007

“Effective visions provide context, give purpose, and establish meaning. They inspire people to mobilize, to act, to move in the same direction… Every good leader realizes that effective visions cannot be forced upon the masses. Rather they must be set in motion by means of persuasion and inspiration.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

 
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Passion and engagement equals increased profits

31 May 2007

I have highlighted previously the importance of employee engagement and meaning.  A new study by Philadelphia-based consultants PeopleMetrics, supports the previous posts, highlighting the importance of engagement and meaning in driving corporate profits. The study surveyed more than 5,095 workers, across the United States and found that Fortune 500 companies in the lowest quartile in company profitability had 50% fewer [...]

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Leader as the facilitators of meaning and purpose

10 April 2007

I have previous posted on The Importance of ‘Know Why’ over ‘Know How’ talking about the need for organisations to focus on creating shared meaning and purpose, rather than focusing primarily on creating know-how. Tom Peters has posted an article by Chris Nel who has a similar concern for the lack of purpose in organisations, he says:
“As the [...]

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Can YOU answer WHY…!

8 February 2007

I just stumbled upon a great post discussing another post titled “Why” that really builds on my recent post, “The Importance of ‘Know Why’ over ‘Know How’”
You must keep asking why…….. Why? Because no-one is thinking when…….

Everyone is talking and no-one is listening….!
Intellectualism is feted more than simplicity in your dept…..!
Research is used for support [...]

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The Importance of ‘Know Why’ over ‘Know How’

6 February 2007

Mark Howell wrote a post referred to a HBS Working Knowledge article by Jim Heskett “Is There Too Little Know Why” In Business?” that discusses two recent books “Know-How“, by Ram Charan, which is really a ‘know why’ book that I posted about previously here and another book “Purpose“, by Nikos Mourkogiannis. These books talk [...]

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The Philosophy of Charles Schultz

18 July 2006

The following is the philosophy of Charles Schultz, the creator of the “Peanuts” comic strip. You don’t have to actually answer the questions.

Name the five wealthiest people in the world.
Name the last five Heisman trophy winners.
Name the last five winners of the Miss America.
Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize.
Name [...]

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Simplify and Focus on Meaning!

22 May 2005

Well, I have not posted to my blog for a while, I just became too busy. After reading some of the suggestions to simplify your life by Linda Breen Pierce posted on Free from 9 to 5 caused me to reflect on the current business in my life. The suggestions from the article really got [...]

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