It's only with the Practice of Leadership that we Change our World!
Photo by Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com 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? [...]
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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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Photo by h.koppdelaney In the book “Built to Last” the authors James Collins and Jerry Porras coin the term big, hairy, audacious goal (BHAG) which they describe as follows: “A BHAG engages people – it reaches out and grabs them in the gut. It is tangible, energizing, highly focused. People ‘get it’ right away; [...]
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Photo by rachaelvoorhees “The very essence of leadership is that you have to have a vision. It’s got to be a vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet.” – Theodore Hesburgh Vision is central to effective leadership. A leader’s vision is his passion. Leaders are constantly striving [...]
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Photo by ckaroli “The scarcest resource for today’s business leaders is no longer just land, capital or human labor, and it certainly isn’t information. Attention is what’s in short supply..” – Thomas H. Davenport and John C. Beck, “The Attention Economy: Understanding the New Currency of Business” (Harvard Business School Press, 2001) In other words, [...]
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