Leadership
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Let’s Start at the Beginning–What is Leadership?
What is Leadership? This is the most important question in any discussion on how to build your personal leadership skills. It is also the most difficult to answer. Leadership is a behavior. Leadership is a perception. Leadership is a process. Leadership… Continue reading
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Are You A Born Leader?
Are Leaders Born or Are They Made? I recently had someone ask me if I believed that leaders could be created. I actually was very surprised. I thought everyone knew that leaders could be developed. Haha. Note to self: EVERYONE… Continue reading
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Leaders Are Not Followers
I know. I know. There is a school of thought that leaders can/should be good followers. I’m not saying that leaders can’t follow directions, or act appropriately within their hierarchy. I don’t think leaders are followers. I think leaders think… Continue reading
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Does Aggressive Leadership Work?
The Rutgers Coach I had breakfast with a group of friends this morning, evenly divided male/female. The topic of the Rutgers coach who got fired came up. I don’t think anyone in the discussion had seen more than a brief… Continue reading
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Leaders Don’t Give Up
Leaders Come In All Flavors I have recently had the opportunity to watch some really good leaders in action. They were all different kinds of people. They were different genders, ages, backgrounds and experience. The thing that I noticed that… Continue reading
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Should Your Subordinates Like You?
Should you be liked OR respected? This post is a follow on to my last post, Underground Relationships. One of my readers said that he had a boss tell him that people working for you shouldn’t like you, just respect you. He… Continue reading
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Undercover Relationships
Undercover Boss One of my guilty pleasures is the TV show Undercover Boss. I know it is probably orchestrated and you only get to see the powerful parts, but I love watching it. I am constantly amazed at how amazed… Continue reading
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Personal Change Management
Personal Change Management Is More Important Than OCM “Organizational change management” is usually listed on job descriptions as a required skill for executives. Don’t get me wrong, it is a critical job skill. Personal change management is just much more… Continue reading
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Stand Out: Work On Projects
Internal People on Projects When I work as a consultant on big change projects in companies, there are always consultants (outsiders) and business representatives (insiders). The insiders are usually identified as subject matter experts, business leads, and sponsors. Despite what… Continue reading
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How Do You Lead From the Middle?
Many people are frustrated by their managers. We want our managers to live up to our expectations, our hopes, our projections. We want them to be charismatic, thoughtful, insightful, inspirational, good communicators, etc., etc., etc. Some managers are good, but… Continue reading
