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Leadership is getting tougher, and will continue to do so. Human Resources managers must form a new partnership with leaders. Babson professor Allan R. Cohen reviews some of the forces at work creating this change and the steps HR must take to adapt for success.

Content: Article | Authors: Allan R. Cohen, David R. Bradford | Source: Babson Insight | Subjects: Human Resources, Leadership

How do you foster entrepreneurship in your mainstream business? Babson Professor Allan R. Cohen speaks about the fact that leaders are not just those at the top; they can and must be in all kinds of jobs throughout the organization.

Content: Article | Author: Allan Cohen | Source: Babson Insight | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Leadership

Effective leaders understand that their ability to lead depends upon the quality and commitment of their followers. Coaching is an effective way for leaders to help their own people grow, develop, and ultimately lead. Here are eight common, but effective, behaviors:
1. Establish trust
2. Teach always
3. Provide Counsel
4. Problem-Solve
5. Serve to Motivate
6. Deliver discipline
7. Reward achievement
8. … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: John Baldoni | Source: LC21.com | Subject: Leadership

Though obstensibly about leadership in today’s environment, in fact this article is more like a high-level overview of personality indictor types, most closely resembling the Myers-Briggs if I am not mistaken. Very useful as a review or even an introduction for those unfamiliar with the concept. The article considers leaders by nature to be primarily task or process oriented and thus the indicators … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Leslie Bendaly | Source: CEO Refresher | Subject: Leadership

Taking a micro look at Gordon Bethune’s leadership tactics, there are several lessons one can learn on developing one’s own leadership style and that of others.

Content: Article | Author: Freda Turner, Ph.D. | Source: CEO Refresher | Subject: Leadership

The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

Content: Quotation | Source: Baldoni (LC21.com) | Subject: Leadership

Kets de Vries makes two key arguments. One, organizations, like people, have psychological styles. Two, people are not so straightforward. “There are few universals in life, but transference is one,” he writes. “What transference says is that no relationship we have is a new relationship; all relationships are colored by previous relationships.” And this doesn’t just mean previous work relationships. Psychologists like Kets de Vries … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Manfred Kets de Vries | Subjects: Leadership, Organizational Behavior

A look at three dimensions important in appraising a decision’s potential effectiveness – Logic, Acceptance and Time, as well as three styles of decision making – command, consultation, and consensus.

Content: Article | Author: Rick Roskin | Source: TheWorkingManager.com | Subjects: Leadership, Management

In an economy filled with surprise and uncertainty, being an effective leader means being a good teacher. But how do you lead and teach at the same time? Who are your most important students? And what about recess?

Content: Article | Author: Chuck Salter | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Leadership, Management | Industry: Education / Training

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“CEOs are highly capable individuals. They are efficient managers of execution, are team and consensus builders, and are futurists. They recognize changes and adapt to them, they rise to the challenge and lead their team to bravely tide over crises. But more importantly, CEOs are humans. And humans fail a lot.”

Content: Article | Author: Jahna SR | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Leadership, Management

As the economy slows, companies are finally realizing that cultivating leaders from within makes sense.

Content: Article | Author: Joshua Macht | Source: Business 2.0 | Subjects: Leadership, Management

What are the key facets of quality leadership? Here are the ones that we have distilled from our research and practice … we call it the FACET Leadership Coaching Model(TM): Focus – Authenticity – Courage – Empathy – Timing

Content: Article | Author: Brian Ward | Source: CEO Refresher | Subject: Leadership

Article takes a quick look at Situational Leadership (TM),
the original work of Dr. Paul Hersey and Dr. Ken Blanchard at the Centre for Leadership Studies, which identifies four possible descriptions of a leader’s style:
– Directing
– Selling
– Participating
– Delegating

Content: Article | Author: Brian Ward | Source: CEO Refresher | Subject: Leadership

Content: Book | Author: Michael Useem | Subjects: Leadership, Management

What’s our mission? Vision? Values? Leaders find simple, clear and compelling answers to these questions. The answers have a profound influence on what employees think, say and do. These three building blocks are vital to establishing an effective organization.

Content: Article | Author: Paul B. Thornton | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Leadership, Management

Despite all that we’ve heard about the role of strong leadership, Professor Kassarjian bursts the bubble by describing how real change originates with front line managers. Read about the real truths of change and how you must reshape your leadership style and role to foster change.

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Content: Article | Author: J.B. Kassarjian | Source: Babson Insight | Subjects: Change Management, Leadership

A quick look at leadership in the Knowing-Doing Model vs. that in the Knowing-Learning Model.

Content: Article | Authors: Alec Horniman, Ph.D., William Luckert | Source: LineZine | Subject: Leadership

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