Role Models

Are You Being Effectively Mentored?

by George Ambler on January 6, 2008

Photo by TheSportingLife As leaders we need to be constantly learning and growing, one of the best way’s to grow is by having a few good mentors to guide you on your journey. A mentor is defined in the Wiktionary as “A wise and trusted counselor or teacher“. whilst this is a good definition, it [...]

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The Influence of Leadership

by George Ambler on October 29, 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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Martin Luther King on Effective Vision

by George Ambler on October 5, 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 Leadership [...]

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20 Insights from Peter Drucker…

by George Ambler on September 9, 2007

The Marketing Headerhunter.com discusses the 20 Reasons to Love Peter Drucker taken from The Daily Drucker, a collection of Peter Drucker’s most insightful management observations.   The critical question is not “How can I achieve?” but “What can I contribute?” There is only one valid definition of business purpose: to create a customer.  He alone [...]

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What Made Jack Welch…. JACK WELCH….?

by George Ambler on September 6, 2007

A post from Lisa from Management Craft on a book by Stephen H. Baum, “What Made jack welch JACK WELCH: How Ordinary People Become Extraordinary Leaders” below is an article from Stephen H. Baum discussing the book….   Shaping Experiencesby Stephen H. Baum Your leadership core is nurtured and grown out of shaping experiences you encounter [...]

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