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In this book, executive coach Karlin Sloan offers leaders a variety of self-assessments, habits, strategies, and sustainable practices that they can use to become what today’s marketplace demands; smarter, faster, and better. Karlin Sloan shows what it takes to make the move to the next level to become a leader who both grows the bottom line and contributes to stakeholders and the world in a … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Karlin Sloan, Lindsey Pollak | Subjects: Leadership, Personal Development

To handle yourself, use your head; To handle others, use your heart.

Content: Quotation | Source: Various | Subjects: Leadership, Management

Getting things done in today’s workplace is hard work. Employees become exhausted, frustrated, and sometimes entirely disenchanted-and often, they are tempted to simply give up. But the research conducted by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner over the last two decades clearly shows that successful leaders find ways to combat these negative feelings by encouraging the hearts of their team members. This workbook, based on the … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Barry Z. Posner, James M. Kouzes | Subjects: Leadership, Personal Development

The greatest identifiable trait that can hold someone back from becoming a great leader is being too assertive–or not assertive enough.

Content: Article | Author: Frank Flynn | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Leadership

Much has been written on how leaders can build partnerships. This article draws upon research sponsored by Accenture and focuses on why the leader of the future will need to be a builder of partnerships. Six different types of partnerships are explored: three inside the organization (direct reports, co-workers and managers) and three outside the organization (customers, suppliers and competitors).

Content: Article | Author: Marshall Goldsmith | Source: LeaderValues | Subject: Leadership

In this important book, successful organizations-including well-known companies such as Agilent Technologies, Corning, GE Capital, Hewlett Packard, Honeywell Aerospace, Lockheed Martin, MIT, Motorola, and Praxair-share their most effective approaches, tools, and specific methods for leadership development and organizational change. These exemplary organizations serve as models for leadership development and organizational change because they

* Commit to organizational objectives and culture
* … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: David Ulrich, Louis Carter, Marshall Goldsmith | Subjects: Leadership, Organizational Behavior

I hold monthly coaching sessions with my direct reports. About once a quarter, I ask them to give me feedback on my leadership. Usually I ask “What can I do to more effectively support you?” and “If you were me, what would you do differently right now?”

The answers are often hard to hear, but usually just what I need to hear. And I most often … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: ChangeThis | Subjects: Leadership, Personal Development

Using these seven essential skills, leadership is not restricted to positions of authority or stature and can, in fact, be practiced by individuals acting within their sphere of influence without being labeled as leaders.

Content: Article | Author: Peter J. Dean | Source: CEO Refresher | Subject: Leadership

Peter Senge told us, “Mission instills the passion and patience for the long journey.” If we can summon both the passion to pursue that journey and the patience to stop for travelers we meet along the way, our organizations will be well served indeed.

Content: Quotation | Source: Leader to Leader | Subjects: Leadership, Mission

Pursuing a mission without achieving results is dispiriting; achieving results without a mission is meaningless.

Content: Quotation | Source: Leader to Leader | Subjects: Leadership, Mission

Retired U.S. Marine and organizational leadership expert Jim Stroup lives, consults and writes in Istanbul, Turkey. He has written Managing Leadership to present a new look at what organizational leadership really is, and how it can be successfully managed. Through many business and military examples, Stroup presents a clear view of what he sees is wrong with the current practice of individual leadership, how problems … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Jim Stroup | Subject: Leadership

Talented people don’t want you to come to them and say, “Here’s what I’m going to do. What do you think?” They want you to set up issues in terms of, “Here are the challenges we face. What do you think?”

Content: Quotation | Source: Leader to Leader | Subjects: Leadership, Management

Personality, responsibility, and intelligence – attributes that have been in demand for at least a thousand years – still are the prevailing characteristics of leadership. Additionally, management skills should be enhanced with other characteristics: first, a blend of courage, nerve, and calmness; and, second, the ability to communicate internally and externally.

Content: Quotation | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Leadership

As far as I know, people are motivated to support their leaders for any of four reasons: 1) they’re afraid of the consequences if they don’t, like being fired or going to jail; 2) they’re being paid to follow and they care primarily about the money; 3) they have a say in the decisions; and 4) they don’t, but they’re OK with that because they … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: InformationWeek | Subject: Leadership

The basic premise of Justin Menkes’s book is simple: just as math problems require a certain kind of quantitative intelligence, or relationships require the delicacy of emotional intelligence, strong business leadership rests on executive intelligence. Menkes has worked as an organizational consultant for an impressive roster of blue-chip companies and his experience shows in this thought-provoking volume. Clearly patterned after Daniel Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence, the … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Justin Menkes | Subjects: Leadership, Management

Leaders have far less control over organizations than people believe, but they can be more effective if they understand leadership myths and use them to their institutions’ advantage.

Content: Article | Authors: Jeffrey Pfeffer, Robert I. Sutton | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Leadership, Organizational Behavior

Developing managers to be effective at the next level is one of any company’s most important tasks, and in this helpful article, the co-authors identify and describe the six steps in building a leadership pipeline to supply the next generation of effective leaders. As the authors write, “The six turns, or passages, in our pipeline are major events in the life of a leader. Grasping … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Ram Charan, Stephen J. Drotter | Source: Ivey Business Journal | Subjects: Human Resources, Leadership

When the most productive leaders hear someone rationalizing inferior performance, they switch the conversation from negative to positive. Instead of asking why an individual hasn’t met a goal, ask what he’s doing to get there. Does he need help? What stands in the way? During these conversations, make certain ownership and accountability are maintained while you focus on actions required to achieve the desired outcome. … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: Kiss Theory Good Bye | Subjects: Leadership, Management

For people with the mindset and motivation to create entrepreneurial change there is still the question of how they can operate to be successful within their company environment, since each company’s culture, goals and its set of opportunities are different. That is to say, what types of opportunities do they look for, where do they look for them and how do they move these opportunities … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Neal Thornberry | Source: Babson Insight | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Leadership

he Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) is the world’s premier institution devoted exclusively to leadership research and education. For more than three decades, CCL has worked with hundreds of thousands of executives to create practical models, tools, and publications for the development of effective leaders and organizations. This important collection is drawn from CCL’s long-running publication Leadership in Action. The guide examines the skills that … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Martin Wilcox, Steve Rush | Subject: Leadership