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It is practically a given that a company should have a formal vision statement. Like any leadership tool, it is only effective if it is done right. Research over the past three decades has consistently demonstrated that a vision statement can improve organizational performance as well as individual follower performance, but only if the vision contains certain characteristics.

Content: Article | Author: Shelley Kirkpatrick | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior, Strategy

Have you ever worked for an organization where you doubted the leadership capability of your CEO, managing director, division president, or agency head? Have you ever been disturbed that your organization is not living up to its full potential in terms of its enterprise-wide performance management? Imagine that I am media journalist. How would you like to work for an organization whose leader answered my … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Gary Cokins | Source: Business Finance Magazine | Subjects: Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior

Quiet managers strengthen the cultural bonds between people, not by treating them as detachable “human resources” (probably the most offensive term ever coined in management, at least until “human capital” came along), but as respected members of a cohesive social system. When people are trusted, they do not have to be empowered.

Content: Quotation | Author: Henry Mintzberg | Source: Leader to Leader | Subjects: Leadership, Management

Nothing challenges leadership as much as managing the balance between the yeses—which everyone is happy to add to the balance sheet—and the nos, which no one ever volunteers for.

Content: Quotation | Author: Andrew S. Grove | Source: Leader to Leader | Subject: Leadership

Mastering three imperatives is the way managers advance from being basically competent to fully effective. Readers will learn what those imperatives are and what they need to do to exhibit mastery of them–to go from good to great.

Content: Article | Authors: Kent L. Lineback, Linda A. Hill | Source: Ivey Business Journal | Subjects: Career, Leadership, Personal Development

Developing as a leader is a difficult endeavor. It’s not easy, but I’ve developed a leadership development model that has now proven to work with thousands and thousands of people. This model is just eight steps: Ask, Listen, Think, Thank, Respond, Involve, Change, Follow Up.

Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Marshall Goldsmith | Subjects: Career, Leadership, Management, Personal Development

Few things provide greater satisfaction or joy than to learn that another feels that something you have said or done has been of help to them. This is especially true when it occurred with no thought of something in return.

Content: Quotation | Author: John Wooden | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Communication, Leadership, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development, Personality / Behavior

When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say, and two-thirds thinking about him and what he is going to say.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Communication, Leadership, Management, Persuasion

I don’t believe behavior change lasts unless people’s minds change voluntarily. I’m interested in leadership that’s overt and mind-changing that’s intentional.

Content: Quotation | Author: Howard E. Gardner | Source: CIO Magazine | Subjects: Change Management, Leadership, Organizational Behavior, Personality / Behavior

High performance is not about telling or selling or dictating or mandating anything. It’s about clarifying, engaging and applying the talent of people. And to do that, your work has to be about having conversations about who you are, what you are up to and what you want to achieve.

Content: Quotation | Author: Rick Sidorowicz | Source: LeaderValues | Subjects: Leadership, Management

You need to address anxieties, accept anger, and demonstrate credibility in a very gut-level sense, to evoke faith in the vision.

Content: Quotation | Authors: Dan Cohen, John P. Kotter | Source: Optimize Magazine | Subjects: Change Management, Leadership, Vision

Many leaders inadvertently stand in the way of superior performance. Here’s how to avoid the hindrance trap. And to check your own performance, take our interactive survey.

Content: Article | Authors: Kannan Ramaswamy, William Youngdahl | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior

Although methodology, milestones and measurements are extremely important for any journey of achievement, and they have their place in the execution stage of the journey, what is required in the earliest stage of the journey is to make the participants of the journey perceive the worthiness of the task at hand. This is where the true leadership skills are put to a test. How effective … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: ChangeThis | Subject: Leadership

The smart, aware executive today is doing something different. He or she is asking questions. Almost like leading itself, “asking” has different techniques and styles. Readers will learn which ones are right and the best fit for them in this article.

Content: Article | Author: Gary B. Cohen | Source: Ivey Business Journal | Subjects: Leadership, Management

Leaders have to learn and practice new management techniques to overcome the habits that could be holding them back.

Content: Article | Author: Jean-François Manzoni | Source: INSEAD Knowledge | Subjects: Education, Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior

A classic problem of smart, successful people is Adding Too Much Value. This bad habit can be defined as the overwhelming desire to add our two cents to every discussion. Adding Too Much Value is common among leaders who are used to running the show. It is extremely difficult for successful people to listen to other people tell them something that they already know without … [ Read more ]

Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Marshall Goldsmith | Subjects: Career, Leadership, Management, Personal Development

While many executives acknowledge the need for leaders at every level of the organization, they rarely manage the enterprise as if those leaders existed. They fall into a trap that has become embedded in our language; they confuse rank with leadership. The belief that the leaders are only those with executive titles and corner offices serves to reinforce the lack of initiative, enterprise, and entrepreneurship … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Peter Senge | Source: Leader to Leader | Subjects: Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior

What do you see as the key attributes that make leaders successful? Passion. They really have to believe in what they do. Ironically, this means they can occasionally believe in very bad things. Most effective leaders, therefore, also have a moral compass. They’ve also got to be quite tough in order to deliver their passion. The effective leaders that I’ve met are a strange combination … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Charles Handy | Source: Leader to Leader | Subject: Leadership

The leader’s first job is to be a missionary, to remind people what is special about them and their institutions. Second it is to set up the infrastructure for that to happen—not the superstructure, not to take the actual decisions, but to set the support systems, the people in place. The two go together; it’s no good having a brilliant strategy and structure and great … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Charles Handy | Source: Leader to Leader | Subjects: Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior, Strategy

The interesting thing about organizations is that they can make the assumption that they’re never going to die. And the reason that you stay immortal is you have discovered what’s unique about you. The job of the leader is to work that out. To express it. Very few leaders succeed in doing this. I ask a lot of leaders of organizations what it’s all about. … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Charles Handy | Source: Leader to Leader | Subjects: Leadership, Mission, Organizational Behavior