It's only with the Practice of Leadership that we Change our World!
The phrase “Strong Opinions, Weakly Held” from a post by Bob Sutton describes an important philosophy for leaders, Bob Sutton describes the importance of this idea as: “….the virtues of wise people – those who have the courage to act on their knowledge, but the humility to doubt what they know…to deal with an uncertain [...]
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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: [...]
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The US Army has a clear leadership philosophy, used throughout their organisation to train, develop and guide their leaders. Their leadership philosohy is documented in The U.S. Army’s Leadership Field Manual, affectionately known as “FM 22-100″. The U.S. Army defines leadership as: “influencing people-by providing purpose, direction, and motivation-while operating to accomplish the mission and [...]
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Street Studio NYC by moriza What do we mean, when we describe leadership as an art? How does the idea of leader as artist affect the way we think about, and practice leadership? When pondering on the idea of leader as artist and considering the parallel between an artist and the practice of leadership, provides [...]
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I found some interesting thoughts on leadership in the article “Do you have the will to lead?“. These some thoughts on leadership are from Peter Koestenbaum, a classically trained philosopher with degrees in philosophy, physics, and theology from Stanford, Harvard, and Boston University. Make Time for Conversations that Matter “There’s a terrible defect at the [...]
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