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Dated: 11-03-2014
My last living mentor, Warren Bennis died on 7/31 at the age of 89 from an age related illness. Warren was not just admired and respected; he was beloved. I think it was because within two minutes of meeting him you got this feeling that you could trust him to never hurt you. That's a rare quality in this world and I remember him appearing pleased to be characterized that way.
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Dated: 11-03-2014
We hear a lot about the importance of the engaged employee – most of us have read the statistics – such as 70% of U.S. workers are not engaged, 90% of leaders think an engagement strategy will have an impact on business success but barely 25% of them have an engagement strategy in place, only 40% of employees know their company’s goals, strategies and tactics. And 75% of people voluntarily leaving their jobs don’t quit their jobs they quit their bosses.
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Dated: 10-30-2014
In our Western practice of organizational life, we are consumers of the “just give me the CliffsNotes, the ten steps, the McManagement answer to solve a problem” approach. So while we may have gained speed in looking for the shorthand solution, I wonder if we haven’t lost a critical element of success—the ability to truly connect and inspire.
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Dated: 11-03-2014
What do Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg, and Warren Buffet have that propel thousands of business professionals to hang on their every word, and clamor to work at their firms, and network with them on social media and in person?
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Dated: 10-30-2014
My colleague Steve March and I lead a yearlong course in Integral Leadership at New Ventures West in San Francisco. We developed this course because we have found that, amid the “skill sets” offered in most leadership trainings, vital aspects of our lives and our world are often left out. Here I offer some distinctions that underscore the importance of these aspects as they relate to leadership.
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Dated: 10-30-2014
This has been a favorite quote of mine for some time... a good reminder to take advantage of the happenings around us and leverage them toward personal or professional development. But looking at it in the context of the 2014 workplace, I’m not sure that the last three words are as true, valid, or helpful as they once were.
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Dated: 10-30-2014
As a business executive, entrepreneur and team leader, the thought of situational leadership was always aligned with that of common sense in my mind. In fact, the Hersey/Blanchard model was one of the first derivatives of the various situational leadership theories that leveraged the concepts against tangible behaviors.
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Dated: 10-30-2014
Leadership likability has many meanings. And the implications go much deeper than whether a leader has lots of “Like” button clicks.
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Dated: 10-29-2014
"Developing excellent communication skills is absolutely essential to effective leadership. The leader must be able to share knowledge and ideas to transmit a sense of urgency and enthusiasm to others. If a leader can't get a message across clearly and motivate others to act on it, then having a message doesn't even matter."
— Gilbert Amelio
Former President and CEO of National Semiconductor Corp.
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Dated: 11-03-2014
While there are many lessons outlined in Toto’s Reflections: The Leadership Lessons from The Wizard of Oz, three of the lessons frame an essential triad for any aspiring leader – On Why? On Leaping! and On Persistence!!
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