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Positive or negative: What world view are you creating?

11 November 2007

This post from Curt Rosengren really struck a cord with me… It’s a great question for leaders…. If we’re going to make a positive change in the world, hope is a prerequisite. And that sense of hope can be either fed or depleted by what you choose to let into your brain to begin with……. [...]

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A test of your leadership?

4 November 2007

"Ask yourself this question….if you lost your title, position and power tomorrow, would others still support you and want to work with you" – Donna Karlin This question is challenging! Leadership is not about position, title, status or prestige and it’s definitely not about controlling people or exercising authority. Leadership is more than  the role [...]

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The Little Book of Leadership

29 October 2007

This "Little Book on Leadership" is a collection of quotes on the topic of leadership, an great read…!   | View | Upload your own   Technorati Tags: Leadership , Quotes addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thepracticeofleadership.net%2F2007%2F10%2F29%2Fthe-little-book-of-leadership%2F’; addthis_title = ‘The+Little+Book+of+Leadership’; addthis_pub = ”;

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The influence of leadership

29 October 2007

I have previously posted on my belief that, like fish, organisations rot from the head down. Michael Watkins discussing Infectious Leadership makes a similar observation: "For good or ill, the senior leadership of every organization is infectious. By this I mean that leaders’ behaviors tend to be transmitted to their direct reports, who pass them [...]

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The Paradoxical Commandments

5 October 2007

by Dr. Kent M. Keith People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway. If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. [...]

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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.   The [...]

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Have you defined what success means for you?

23 September 2007

Photo by tonica "Have you defined what success means for you and for your life? Unless you have thought through the answer to that question, you are at risk of letting others define success for you or trying to keep up with their definitions of success. Only when you can define what is most important [...]

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The leader’s inner circle

11 August 2007

“You must constantly ask yourself these questions: Who am I around? What are they doing to me? What have they got me reading? What have they got me saying? Where do they have me going? What do they have me thinking? And most important, what do they have me becoming? Then ask yourself the big [...]

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Leaders spend time with their people

10 May 2007

“A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.” – John Le Caré   The Leadership Insight   One of the dangers faced by leaders is isolation from the people they lead. Too busy to take the time to really listen, too distracted to notice what’s happening around them and too rushed to [...]

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The content and process of organisational change

1 May 2007

“Content of organization change is one thing; process is another. The former, the what, provides vision and overall direction. The latter, the how, concerns implementation and adoption. Content is about purpose, mission, strategy, and values. Process is about how the content is planned, launched, more fully implemented, and sustained.” – W. Warner Burke, Organization Change [...]

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