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Leaders are future orientated…

16 May 2010

  Photo by johnnyalive   “Leaders are fascinated by the future. You are a leader if, and only if, you are restless for change, impatient for progress and deeply dissatisfied with the status quo… As a leader, you are never satisfied with the present, because in your head you can see a better future, and [...]

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Do you have a personal leadership vision?

30 August 2009

Photo by maessive Stew Friedman writes a great post titled “Define Your Personal Leadership Vision” in which he provides some guidance on how to go about defining your personal leadership vision. He describes a personal leadership vision as… “… an essential means for focusing attention on what matters most; what you want to accomplish in [...]

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9 tactics to effectively communicate your vision

26 April 2009

  Photo by Carla216 It’s the leader’s job to communicate the vision to their organisation and team. The first step is to ensure that the content and substance of you vision is relevant to the community. Once you have a great vision the next step is to ensure that the vision is communicated effectively. The [...]

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Success Matters

5 April 2009

Photo by matsukawa1971 “Until you ‘figure out what success means’ to you personally and to your organisation, leadership is an almost ‘pointless conversation’, Drucker Admonished, Success Built to Last Leadership exists within the context of vision, purpose and goals. You cannot lead unless you know where you’re going. People will not follow someone who is [...]

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Leaders think differently

15 March 2009

  Photo by √oхέƒx™   “Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them.” – Robert Jarvik Leaders pioneer and initiate change. Leaders are not sheepwalkers and they do not follow the traditional cow paths of life. Leaders bring the future into the present. This is [...]

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No great leader initially set out to be a leader

1 February 2009

  Street Studio NYC by moriza    Leadership is a means of personal expression. Leaders find ways to express who they are, what they believe, which inspires them take action towards their vision. Leadership is personal expression, in that their vision causes them to strive to bring about something that hasn’t existed before. In this [...]

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Leaders as stewards of purpose

25 January 2009

  Photo by Billingham   In the book “It’s not what you sell, it’s what you stand for” (the books website is here) by Roy Spence Jr. with Haley Rushing, is an interesting chapter, “stewards of purpose” which discusses the importance of purpose in leadership… “The primary responsibility of a leader in a purpose-based organization [...]

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How much time are you investing in developing a shared vision?

25 January 2009

      The January 2009 edition of the Harvard Business Review has a piece titled “To Lead, Create a Shared Vision” by James Kouzes and Barry Posner discussing the importance of a shared vision for effective leadership…  “Being forward-looking—envisioning exciting possibilities and enlisting others in a shared view of the future—is the attribute that [...]

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How do you know if you need a new vision?

12 January 2009

  Photo by apes_abroad   Burt Nanus in his book “Visionary Leadership” provides the following warning signs of a lack of vision: Is there evidence of confusion about purpose? Do your employees complain about insufficient challenge or say they’re not having fun anymore? Are they  pessimistic about the future or cynical about the present? Is [...]

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Leadership requires vision… and vision requires a commitment of executive time

12 January 2009

The January 2009 edition of the Harvard Business Review has a piece titled “To Lead, Create a Shared Vision” by James Kouzes and Barry Posner discussing  the need for a shared vision.  “Being forward-looking—envisioning exciting possibilities and enlisting others in a shared view of the future—is the attribute that most distinguishes leaders from nonleaders. We [...]

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