Practice

The Five Tasks of Leadership

by George Ambler on August 30, 2009

Photo by Thorne Enterprises I am busy reading the book “Just Enough Anxiety” by Robert Rosen, which proposes the following five tasks of leadership. Leadership: Successful leaders willingly travel into the unknown. Strategy: Successful leaders set an evolving course through ambiguity, complexity, and change. Engagement: Successful leaders inspire and challenge people to perform beyond their [...]

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Ten Fatal Flaws That Derail Leaders

by George Ambler on June 15, 2009

The Harvard Business Review provide a list of the “Ten Fatal Flaws That Derail Leaders” as follows: Lack energy and enthusiasm Accept their own mediocre performance Lack clear vision and direction Have poor judgment Don’t collaborate Don’t walk the talk Resist new ideas Don’t learn from mistakes Lack interpersonal skills Fail to develop others This [...]

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Passion and Deliberate Practice Results in Great Leadership

by George Ambler on November 1, 2006

Anders Ericsson is a Psychologist at the Florida State University, conducting research into how superior performers become good at what they do. His research seeks to answer the question, What matters most in producing high performance? Is it natural talent or hard work? The simple answer usually given is that they’re both important and is [...]

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