Reflection

Learning to Think Like a Leader

by George Ambler on May 25, 2008

  Photo by erix! I came across an interesting Harvard Business Review article “How Successful Leaders Think” which really resonated with me. The author Roger Martin makes the following point concerning leadership: “But this focus on what a leader does is misplaced. That’s because moves that work in one context often make no sense in [...]

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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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Are You Taking Enough Time Out to Think?

by George Ambler on April 3, 2007

Photo by Sebastian Fritzon “Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment [...]

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Ideas: The Foundation of Leadership

by George Ambler on December 12, 2005

Photo by danbruell Ideas form the basis of leadership! Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, describes an ‘idea‘ as being: “the result of thinking.” Thinking and leadership go hand-in-hand, primarily because: “Great leaders lead by ideas” – Rudolph W. Giuliani Great leaders lead through ideas, not through positional power and authority. Good examples of great leaders who [...]

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