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When it comes to selecting and assessing CEOs, other C-suite level executives or board members, the most important criteria for boards to consider are competencies, commitment and character. This article focuses on the most difficult of these criteria to assess – leadership character – and suggests the eleven key dimensions of character that directors should consider in their governance roles.

Content: Article | Authors: Gerard H. Seijts, Jeffrey Gandz, Mark Reno, Mary Crossan | Source: Ivey Business Journal | Subjects: Corporate Governance, Human Resources, Leadership, Organizational Behavior

Without a common understanding of where leadership stands today and is falling short, a forceful case for change cannot be made.

Content: Article | Authors: Renée Mauborgne, W. Chan Kim | Source: INSEAD Knowledge | Subjects: Leadership, Management

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Adversity, Character, Leadership, Power / Authority

If you don’t know how to effectively get people to see things your way, it’s time for a refresher course in the gentle art of persuasion.

Content: Article | Author: Bruna Martinuzzi | Source: OPEN Forum (American Express) | Subjects: Career, Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

I work with future leaders at Stanford to help them develop compelling stories that achieve their management goals — and I’ve developed a seven-part formula for storytelling success in presentations and business meetings.

Content: Article | Author: JD Schramm | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

Management works in the system. Leadership works on the system.

Content: Quotation | Author: Stephen R. Covey | Subjects: Leadership, Management

Nearly a quarter century ago, at a gathering in Phoenix, Arizona, John W. Gardner delivered a speech that may be one of the most quietly influential speeches in the history of American business — a text that has been photocopied, passed along, underlined, and linked to by senior executives in some of the most important companies and organizations in the world. I wonder, though, how … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Bill Taylor | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Career, Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

Some people can’t see beyond today. They have no vision. Other people struggle describing their vision. Still others have a simple, clear, and compelling vision but they never take action. Effective leaders:
1. Have an exciting vision
2. Clearly describe their vision
3. And energetically pursue their vision

Content: Quotation | Author: Paul B. Thornton | Subjects: Leadership, Vision

When we are dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bustling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity.

Content: Quotation | Author: Dale Carnegie | Subjects: Communication, Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

One-liners are very short statements that purport to capture the essence of a situation. At their best, they can bring clarity and precision to complexity and confusion. They can also focus decision-making. The knock on them is that they can oversimplify and create only an illusion of an understanding. Regardless, one-liners are part of every executive’s world. Here are 15 of the … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: John McCallum | Source: Ivey Business Journal | Subjects: Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior

Control is a mirage. The most effective leaders right now–men and women–are those who embrace traits once considered feminine: Empathy. Vulnerability. Humility. Inclusiveness. Generosity. Balance. Patience.

Content: Article | Author: Leigh Buchanan | Source: Inc. Magazine | Subjects: Leadership, Women in Business

Sometimes, when a CEO addresses his or her employees, less is more. That’s what Nir Halevy found when he and Yair Berson examined the way in which leaders — whether they are country presidents, chief executives or midlevel managers — communicate with their followers. The two researchers looked specifically at something known as construal level theory, which states that the psychological distance between a leader … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Nir Halevy | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior

The leadership scholar explains why measurable, experience-based programs are key to helping executives develop their potential.

Content: Article | Authors: Cynthia McCauley, Edward H. Baker | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Human Resources, Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior

This management thinker and author writes that “the central challenge in the Western World now is not to make existing organizations more efficient and to allocate resources. That struggle has moved to the East. The challenge here is to reinvent our economies, to innovate and create wealth.” Readers will learn which tactics and tools they can use to achieve these extremely important goals.

Content: Article | Author: David K. Hurst | Source: Ivey Business Journal | Subjects: Leadership, Management

The former entrepreneur analyzes the leadership skills that new companies need for long-term success.

Content: Article | Authors: Derek Lidow, Eric McNulty | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management

Improve the way you communicate with your employees and create a motivating vision by tapping into your company’s past, present and future.

Content: Article | Author: Bruna Martinuzzi | Source: OPEN Forum (American Express) | Subjects: Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior

Participation is usually what the top orders the middle to do for the bottom.

Content: Quotation | Author: Rosabeth Moss Kanter | Subjects: Leadership, Management

When your intent is to move people to action, to help them understand and deepen their appreciation and gain more insight and more passion about their work, you have got to have […] facts, emotion, and symbols.

Content: Quotation | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Communication, Leadership, Persuasion

Humans are incredibly good at making quick interpretations of visual scenes. We then decide what to do. This provides an evolutionary advantage. It works extremely well at an individual level and has kept the species alive.

When we interact as a group, however, this skill limits our effectiveness. We argue about what to do without being curious about the different interpretations we may have of … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: David Marquet | Source: 99U | Subjects: Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior

Leaders need to examine their effectiveness at managing virtuous behavior to add value to organizations. Virtuousness is not only important from a humanistic point of view in workplace settings, but helps drive important organizational outcomes.

Editor’s Note: this article is much better than the description indicates. It offers a methodology for both analyzing your strengths (the well-known VIA survey) and making sure that you are … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Charles D. Kerns, Ph.D. | Source: Graziadio Business Report | Subjects: Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development