A Micro Look at Leadership Development
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
Theodore Roosevelt
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
The Leadership Mystique: A User’s Manual for the Human Enterprise
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
Roskin on Decision Making
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
Attention, Class!!! 16 Ways to Be a Smarter Teacher
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
Trust and Respectometer
Failure: The Dreaded Word in CEOs’ Lexicon
“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
Letting the Air Out of Celebrity Leaders
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
The Five Key Facets of Quality Leadership
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
When You Lead … Do Others Follow?
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
Leading Up: How to Lead Your Boss So You Both Win
Content: Book | Author: Michael Useem | Subjects: Leadership, Management
The Foundation: Mission, Vision and Values
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
The Paradox of Leading Change
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
Why Must a Leader Be a Learner?
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
3 Styles Of Decision-Making
The Decision Tree
6 Ways to Lead Mergers to Results
Article looks at 6 keys to leading mergers:
1. Crystallise and communicate the strategic vision for the merger
2. Close the deal
3. Focus on the key sources of value of the deal
4. Drive the integration of the two entities
5. Make the tough calls
6. Cheer on the troops
Editor’s Note: You may also want to check out the report ‘Achieving the Promise: Five ways to lead … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Authors: Mike Booker, Till Vestring | Sources: Bain & Company, Business Times Singapore | Subject: Leadership
Peter Koestenbaum
The leadership mode is one of alertness, urgency, and dissatisfaction at all times.
Content: Quotation | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Leadership
Warren Bennis
Managers do things right. Leaders do the right thing.
Content: Quotation | Source: Financial Times | Subjects: Leadership, Management
Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence
Content: Book | Authors: Annie McKee, Daniel Goleman, Richard E. Boyatzis | Subject: Leadership