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Leader as Social Architect

by George Ambler on March 24, 2008

Photo by dpstyles™ The need for effective “social architectures” within organisation is critical if we are too ensure that we develop future leaders, to drive innovation and to create an organisation that has a great legacy. If we examine our leadership, I’m sure we’ll find that meetings are where we do much, if not most, [...]

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Leader: Are You Purposely Shaping Your Culture?

by George Ambler on March 16, 2008

Photo by joshuahoffmanphoto An organisation’s culture can be a source of competitive advantage or a huge obstacle to achieving its goals. The importance of culture really struck me after reading “Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance?“, in the book Lou Gersner, the former CEO and Chairman of IBM, reflects on the turnaround he orchestrated during his [...]

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Focus Your Communication on the Why and Less on the How

by George Ambler on March 16, 2008

Kevin’s Eikenberry has a great post that caught my eye titled “What to Communicate” discussing the importance of communication to leaders. I really believe that we do not spend enough time figuring out the why before we move on to figure out the how. Kevin reminds us of this principle by providing the following rule [...]

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Landmarks for Leaders in Times of Uncertainty….

by George Ambler on February 26, 2008

Rapid change whilst facing uncertainty, requires great courage. I found the article in the Pegasus newsletter titles “Landmarks for Leaders in Times of Uncertainty and Chaos” by Bob Stilger very insightful. The article discusses how community leaders are creating change inspite of the uncertainty around them. “All around the world, people are stepping forward in [...]

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Are you investing in your personal leadership?

by George Ambler on February 17, 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 [...]

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