Get Real: Don’t Idealize Our Leaders

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Kevin Allardyce

For one who is just beginning to enter the world of Leadership as a scholarly study,  I am struck by the reverence with which Transformational Leadership theory is held. Transformational Leader I was initially quite struck with the theory myself the first time I heard about it. I began to see leadership theories on a [...]

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On Leadership and Learning to Pace

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Cheryl Ragsdale

Pacing: How I Realized I Was in Sprint Mode Most of the Time Problems sometimes get solved in the most unusual ways. As I worked through a framework designed to help me look at one business problem in a new way, I had a “Eureka! moment” pertaining to solving an entirely different problem. Life in the Fast [...]

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Leaders: The Big is in the Little

Posted on April 2, 2012 by C.K. Brechin

In leadership, little things can bring BIG results… In the story of the Tortoise and the Hare, we learn that slow and steady wins the race. A similar analogy can be made in the case of leadership: The little actions are most often what create big results. Bigger, Faster, Worse In the same sense that faster [...]

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On Leadership, Coaching, and the DNA of Your Culture

Posted on March 29, 2012 by lisadanels

Hey Leaders:  As you come to work and try to make it through yet another day in Leaderville, I have a big question for you. It has to do with something that is probably not on your radar; Not on your calendar; Not on your to-do list; Nor on anyone else’ day planner… The big question [...]

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Leaders: 7 Signs Your Confidence is Fading

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Monica Wofford

Few are willing to discuss the very element that can quickly cripple a leader: Confidence. Whether it’s in the new leader who pretends to know it all, or the leader who has done the job since the invention of dirt, the outcome ususally is the same. Too little or too much confidence can keep a [...]

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Top Gun Leadership: You Are Not Alone

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Andy Uskavitch

From the 1986 movie Top Gun: “- Maverick, call the ball.” “- Roger.  Maverick has the ball.” Even though you may think that you re in charge and that you are the only thing that matters, you need to take a look around you and think again . . . Because you’re wrong. You Are [...]

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New Leader on the Block: So What’s Next?

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Jennifer King

Congratulations! You have just been promoted to “manager.” So now what? Here You Go… You earned that promotion because you have the most experience on your team, you’re a super worker, and you get along great with your colleagues. The new job title, the nice salary bump, and the fact that you have more authority [...]

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