1142 Posts Found

The truth about senior management teams — and how to boost their performance.

Content: Article | Author: Jon R. Katzenbach | Source: Leader to Leader | Subjects: Leadership, Management

Many M&A decisions may be the result of hubris, say Dan Lovallo and Daniel Kahneman. Heres a technique to help executives avoid the bad kind of optimism.

Content: Article | Authors: Dan P. Lovallo, Daniel Kahneman | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Leadership, Management

Dee Hock, founder and CEO emeritus of Visa, offers some thought-provoking ideas on managers’ responsibilities and on “chaordic” leadership.

Editor’s Note: This was a fantastic article and I highly recommend it. I have consistently been impressed with Dee Hock’s thinking.

Content: Article | Author: Dee Hock | Source: Leader to Leader | Subjects: Leadership, Management

Developing people effectively “…does not include coercing them (no matter how benevolently) into acceptance of the goals of the enterprise, nor does it mean manipulating their behavior to suit organizational needs. Rather, it calls for creating a relationship within which a man can take responsibility for developing his own potentialities, plan for himself, and learn from putting his plan into action.”

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

Twenty-five years ago Robert Greenleaf published these prophetic essays on what he coined servant leadership, a practical philosophy that replaces traditional autocratic leadership with a holistic, ethical approach. This highly influential book has been embraced by cutting edge management everywhere. Servant Leadership helps leaders find their true power and moral authority to lead. It helps those served become healthier, wiser, freer, and more autonomous. This … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Larry C. Spears, Robert K. Greenleaf, Stephen R. Covey | Subject: Leadership

Collaborative leaders must balance competing and shifting requirements.

Content: Article | Author: Russ Linden | Source: Leader to Leader | Subjects: Leadership, Organizational Behavior

The world’s top executive coach explains why half of what a leader says may not be worth saying.

Content: Article | Author: Marshall Goldsmith | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Leadership, Personal Development

Building a team is hard work — if you are not willing to do the work, don’t try to be a team.

Content: Article | Author: Patrick M. Lencioni | Source: Leader to Leader | Subjects: Leadership, Organizational Behavior

Why CEOs Make Lousy Team Players.

Content: Article | Author: Michael Finley | Source: Across the Board (ATB) | Subjects: Leadership, Management

Goals are management issues. They deal with rational analysis, planning, measurement, and discipline. Visions are leadership issues. They deal with feelings, energy, ideas, and fantasy. These are not either/or choices — both are needed.

Content: Quotation | Author: Jim Clemmer | Subjects: Leadership, Vision

Frances Hesselbein tackles the idea of manners and civility in the business world, supporting the view of Peter Drucker that “good manners are the lubricating oil of organizations.”

Editor’s Note: I don’t know about you, but I for one notice a lack of manners in business dealings all too frequently…especially so since the advent of increasingly digital communications.

Content: Article | Author: Frances Hesselbein | Source: Leader to Leader | Subjects: Leadership, Personal Development

Warren Bennis once told me that he was an example of a person with an excellent personal radar; such people are extremely sensitive to the thoughts, feelings, and wishes of others, and as a consequence are constantly turning their attention from one thing or person to another, and then another, and then another. Bennis added that he thought I was an example of a person … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: The Bent of Tau Beta Pi | Subject: Leadership

“Leadership is a peculiar kind of calling. Major leadership roles, particularly at the level of a chief executive, aren’t necessarily appropriate for those who have achieved distinction in positions which may be, in a hierarchical sense, lower on the totem pole. Nor should such persons, however gifted they may be, necessarily want to take on positions of leadership in the institutions of which they are … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Steven B. Sample, P.E. | Source: The Bent of Tau Beta Pi | Subject: Leadership

Master Certified Coach Their presents her CLUES (Characteristics, Language, Underlying motives, Energy and Stories) model for observing and understanding clients’ behaviors. This practical handbook includes case studies and a dozen skills and corresponding tools for using the five CLUES to improve your performance as a coach.

Content: Book | Author: Marian Thier | Subjects: Leadership, Management

Social philosopher, management scholar, best-selling author, and radio commentator Charles Handy is an influential voice worldwide. One of the first to predict the massive downsizing of organizations and the emergence of self-employed professionals, Handy has a gift for looking 20 years ahead at ways society and its institutions are changing. The Irish-born, London-based author spoke recently with Leader to Leader during a visit to the … [ Read more ]

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

If you want to motivate your employees, tell them a story, but not just any story. A Harvard Business Review conversation with screenwriting coach Robert McKee.

Content: Article | Author: Bronwyn Fryer | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Leadership, Personal Development

Everyone has their own idea of what makes a good leader. But while leadership has long been linked to corporate success, many see it now as a critical boardroom element if public faith in the integrity of business is to be restored. What should business leaders do? Do we expect too much from them? How does academic research help form new models? What style is … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: European Business Forum (EBF) | Subjects: Leadership, Organizational Behavior

The leader’s job is not to control an organization, but to employ self-organization.

Content: Article | Author: Margaret Wheatley | Source: Leader to Leader | Subjects: Leadership, Organizational Behavior

The skills, competencies, aptitudes, values, decision making approaches, strengths, daily roles and job descriptions are radically different for the two separate categories of “leaders” and “leaders of leaders.”

Content: Article | Author: Herb Rubenstein | Source: CEO Refresher | Subject: Leadership

If leaders want to connect with all of their staff, they need to combine three styles of effective communication: emotional, factual, and symbolic. Here’s how to leverage all three.

Content: Article | Author: Theodore Kinni | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Career, Leadership