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Authentic Leadership

  • Gaining An Edge: Authentic Leadership Lessons
     By Dan Elash - Authentic leadership is leadership that can be trusted; leadership that is, in fact, as it is represented. In the business environment, authentic leadership is a fundamental requirement for generating peak performance. Some companies can make money, even in the absence of authentic leadership, but they can’t come close to realizing their full potential without it. If, as some suggest, the personality of an organization reflects the personality of its leader, then an outside observer should be able to identify key characteristics in the company that reflect the leader’s degree of authenticity. In the broadest sense of the word, authenticity is about integrity; a considered, deliberate consistency between what is said, what is implied, and what is actually done. new (Added: 18-Nov-2009 Hits: 72 )

Defining Attributes Of Excellent Leaders

  • Leadership Development - Results focused Leadership thinking and practice from around the Globe
     By Marshall Goldsmith - In a recent study (sponsored by Accenture) we completed in-depth interviews with 202 specially chosen, high-potential leaders from around the world. These participants were all seen as being at the very top when compared to colleagues at their level in their organizations. These future leaders were asked to describe how the ideal leader of the future would differ from the leader of the past. The results were clear. The ideal leader of the future was seen as a person skilled at building partnerships inside and outside the organization. new (Added: 18-Nov-2009 Hits: 36 )

Leadership Self-Development

  • Leadership Development - Are You a Lateral Leader?
     By Paul Sloane - It is always worthwhile to step back and review your personal management style and to ask how effective it is in managing your team and achieving your collective goals. As an aid in this process, let’s contrast two extremes of style that we have designated as the conventional leader and the lateral leader new (Added: 18-Nov-2009 Hits: 73 )

Leadership and Communication

  • Dealing with Resistance: A Leaders Achilles Heel?
     By Jim Murray - Perhaps the most difficult challenge for most leaders is overcoming resistance to major change initiatives from within the organization. The key to understanding resistance is to realize that it is a predictable, natural and necessary emotional response – an inevitable part of learning to accept change. Resistance is not the threat; ignoring it is. It isn’t a noxious gas that needs to be extinguished but rather a valuable form of feedback in times of uncertainty. new (Added: 18-Nov-2009 Hits: 28 )

Transformational and Transactional Leadership

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