Quotes

Have you defined what success means for you?

by George Ambler on September 23, 2007

Photo by Dave Dugdale “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 [...]

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Evaluating the Leader’s Inner Circle

by George Ambler on August 11, 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

by George Ambler on May 10, 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

by George Ambler on May 1, 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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Culture Is The Shadow Of The Leader

by George Ambler on March 14, 2007

Photo By Lenny Montana “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a Leader” – John Quincy Adams In a nutshell, culture can be described as “the way we do things around here“. It’s primarily the leaders actions that inspire people to do more, to be [...]

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