Conflict In The Workplace
If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true, there would be little hope of advance. – Orville Wright
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There is a wonderful framing of true leadership skills in the blog post at The Practice of Leadership titled Are You a Leader or Just a Boss? (http://dld.bz/cPbx). Here’s a quote from the post: Just having a title does not make you a leader, leaderships is about influence. Title only buys you time to exercise true leadership, [...]
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Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm. - Abraham Lincoln Look in the mirror. Would you be inspired by you? It has been said that we are the result of the 5 people we hang around the most. Who do you want to influence you? How do you want to influence [...]
Recently while interviewing United Methodist Bishop William Willimon (read the interview at Monday Morning Email April 12) we explored the value of clarity for leaders in any field even though he was defining the issue for church leaders, I find it is a universal issue.
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Transformational Leadership is about the vision and Charismatic Leadership is about the leader. The ethics and authenticity of the Transformational Leader are critical to the vision and, ultimately to the transformation itself. Therefore, the transformation of the leader is inherent in the process. The Transformational Leader is the champion and cheerleader of the cause. The [...]
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An agenda is the killer of productivity in meetings. Focus on specific outcomes expressed as deliverables instead. Drive for excellence on outcomes in all activities and you will create the DNA for excellence for your organization and yourself. Hugh Ballou, The Transformational Leadership Strategist.
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Life is defined by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece. – Nadia Boulanger In his post, The Art of Balance, the Art of Leadership, Don Frederiksen commented, “I have always thought that my music background brought creativity, dimension and balance to my thinking and work.” Wow, that [...]
