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There are many models of effective leadership but all leaders must have a mandate from which to lead. Without this, their survival is at risk. The following checklist will help you establish your own mandate to lead and will be useful during times of uncertainty and change:

• Recognize where you are operating beyond your formal authority.
• Assess how compatible your working style is with that of

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Content: Article | Author: Michele Gorgodian | Source: Financial Times | Subject: Leadership

Content: Book | Author: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. | Subject: Leadership

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Content: Book | Authors: Steven B. Sample, Warren Bennis | Subject: Leadership

“Building a sustainable organization is one of a leader’s primary responsibilities. When the challenges of today have been met, will your organization have the vigor to grow tomorrow? When the roll is called in 2010, will your organization be present? To meet the challenges and opportunities of the years to come requires hard work. My checklist — not for survival but for a successful journey … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Frances Hesselbein | Source: Leader to Leader | Subjects: Best Practices, Leadership

With increased span of control and reduced layers of management, managers and executives must focus and prioritize their energy and time. A 2 by 2 framework can help.

Content: Article | Author: S. K. Gupta | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Leadership, Management

I sit on a man’s back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means-except by getting off his back.

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

Leading creative people in today’s world requires leaders not just to be innovative themselves, but to be receptive and open to surprise.

Content: Article | Author: Max De Pree | Source: Leader to Leader | Subjects: Leadership, Organizational Behavior

Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them.

Content: Quotation | Subject: Leadership

Many leaders think transitions will occur automatically during a change process. But the secret to successful change may lie in how well leaders manage periods of transition.

Content: Article | Authors: Susan Mitchell, William Bridges | Source: Leader to Leader | Subjects: Change Management, Leadership

A leader is not an administrator who loves to run others, but someone who carries water for his people so they can get on with their jobs.

Content: Quotation | Source: CEO Refresher | Subject: Leadership

The ultimate test for a leader is not whether he or she makes smart decisions and takes decisive action, but whether he or she teaches others to be leaders and builds an organization that can sustain its success even when he or she is not around.

Content: Quotation | Source: CEO Refresher | Subject: Leadership

This article takes a look at the differences between organizations that are treated as mechanical systems and those treated as adaptive systems; also considers characteristics of adaptive leaders (term coined by the author).

Content: Article | Author: Charles Albano | Subjects: Leadership, Organizational Behavior

What I’ve noticed about the really good companies is that the leadership narrows the business model down so that people can see it and make use of it. They can get a sense of direction. They’re all on the same page . . . What we’re seeing in the Speed Economy is the death of the consensus approach to strategy – the approach of the … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: Quisic | Subjects: Leadership, Strategy

Leadership, going forward, is not as much about telling as it is about hearing; not as much about knowing as it is about facilitating dialogue and inquiry; not as much about being in charge as it is about enabling the necessary capabilities and outcomes.

Content: Article | Authors: Daniel D. Elash, Ph.D., James R. Long, Ph.D. | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Leadership, Organizational Behavior

“What makes a great — and enduring — leader?” This guide is a roundup of the best Inc. articles that address that question. Topics include: skills, communication, delegation and team building.

Content: Online Resource | Source: Inc.com | Subject: Leadership

Inter-organisational alliances, flatter organisational structures and globalisation are all forcing businesses to adapt to manage activities that span geographical and organisational boundaries. It’s the age of a new kind of ‘virtual’ knowledge worker. The authors of this article ask what factors contribute to effective leadership in virtual team environments. They assembled thirteen culturally diverse global teams from locations in Europe, Mexico and the US, … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Dorothy Leidner, Manuel Mora-Tavarez, Timothy Kayworth | Source: INSEAD Knowledge | Subjects: Leadership, Management

Old-school leadership practices are back in the spotlight, according to consultant Melissa Raffoni. The boisterous dot-com style has died down, she writes in this Harvard Management Update article, and now it’s time to air out the tried and true.

Content: Article | Author: Melissa Raffoni | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subject: Leadership

diversity in counsel, unity in command

Content: Quotation | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Leadership, Power / Authority

To lead people, walk beside them …
As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence.
The next best, the people honor and praise.
The next, the people fear;
and the next, the people hate …
When the best leader’s work is done the people say, “We did it ourselves!”

Content: Quotation | Source: CEO Refresher | Subject: Leadership