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In Praise of the Incomplete Leader: Have you ever feigned confidence to superiors or reports? Hidden the fact you were confused by the latest business results or blindsided by a competitor's move? If so, you've bought into the myth of the complete...; Tags: Deborah Ancona, Thomas W. Malone, Wanda J. Orlikowski, Peter M., Harvard Business Review, leader, leadership, vision; Articles 2008-05-07
No-one Wants a Nice Leader: When it comes to leadership, do nice guys finish last? Are the two mutually exclusive? Professor Jean-Francois Manzoni at business school IMD seems to indicate as much in "Big Ego Leadership". People want to work for someone who engages employees and listens to their ideas. But Manzoni...; Tags: Leader, Leadership, Management, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2008-04-24
The Six Secrets to Business Excellence: ChangeThis has posted John Spence's essay Achieving Business Excellence . In it, Spence argues that there are six things all excellent businesses have in common I have summed and in some cases paraphrased: 1. Vivid vision, well articulated. 2. The best people, who...; Tags: Leadership, Michael Fitzgerald, John Spence, ChangeThis; Blog posts 2008-05-07
McCain, Clinton, Obama: Who is the Best Leader-Manager?: Great leaders must also be great managers -- vision doesn't implement itself. Do the three presidential candidates have what it takes to translate their demonstrated leadership skills into management acuity? The jury is still out on each of them, says Joseph Nye Jr. in a recent...; Tags: Strategy, Sean Silverthorne, Nye, Organizational Skill, leadership, leader; Blog posts 2008-04-30
No-one Wants a Nice Leader: No-one Wants a Nice LeaderMaybeIt depends on the book you read. "Good to great" presents evidence that businesses do not survive a charismatic leader after they leave i.e. Lee Iacocca. Chrysler died when he retired.Next, why is your process driving strategy? That seems counter intuitive. Shouldn't...; Tags: Leadership, leader, Nice Leader, strategy; Discussion threads 2008-04-24

The Four Ways To Tell You're a Great Leader: How can you tell if you're a great leader? Simple, says Jack Hayhow, CEO of a training firm and author of a whimsically named book, "Wisdom of the Flying Pig." 1. Amazingly Engaged Employees 2. Evangelical Customers 3. Consistently Solid Financials...; Tags: Leadership, Michael Fitzgerald; Blog posts 2008-04-08
The Pope as CEO: Jeffrey Immelt and Joseph Ratzinger have more in common than you might think. Immelt, the CEO of GE, and Ratzinger, the CEO also known as pope of the Catholic church, lead global, extremely complex organizations. Both have stellar brands to uphold. Both answer to a higher authority....; Tags: Leadership, Sean Silverthorne, Jeffrey Immelt, Cardinal Ratzinger, leader; Blog posts 2008-04-21
Are you a Total Leader?: A Total Leadership experiment is a planned change -- a doable stretch. It is deliberately aimed at making life demonstrably better in all four domains -- work, home, community, self. A quick review will show you the range of experiments and help you come up with ones...; Tags: Experiment, Leader, Total Leadership Experiment, Leadership, Management, Stewart D Friedman; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Be a Great Leader -- and Have a Life: Total Leadership is about having a richer life, but work/life balance is the wrong metaphor. It signifies trade-offs, gaining in one area at the expense of another. The essence of being real, of acting with authenticity, is in knowing what you care about and then doing your best to be...; Tags: Leader, Domain, Total Leadership, Stewart D Friedman; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Unconventional Leader Behavior, Subordinate Satisfaction, Effort and Perception of Leader Effectiveness: In an effort to conduct an initial investigation into the concept of unconventional leader behavior and determine its utility for future research, the authors' examined the relationship between a leader's unconventional behavior and followers' satisfaction, perception of leader effectiveness, and perception of effort exerted in an experimental setting. The results...; Tags: AllBusiness.com, leader, leadership style, leadership; White papers
CEO and Senior Managers Are Critical to Employee Satisfaction: Why is the CEO so important? The CEO has the most influence over the entire organization and its culture and can usually make things happen. Although the immediate supervisor or manager is the key person for day-to-day communication, the CEO is the decision maker at the top of the organizational...; Tags: Leadership, organizational structure, CEO, leader, supervisor; White papers
Using Role Theory to Examine Determinants of Transformational and Transactional Leader Behavior: Managers can and do behave differently in similar organizations and within similar jobs. Role theory is proposed to be useful in understanding and determining how managers' perceptions of the organizational setting influence their leadership behaviors. This paper seeks to introduce role theory as a mechanism for explaining the relationship between...; Tags: AllBusiness.com, leadership, theory, leader, job; White papers
Creating and Maintaining Networks Among Leaders: An Exploratory Case Study of Two Leadership Training Programs: This paper explores the link and importance of creating and maintaining networks with statewide and county-wide leadership training programs. The first part of this paper provides a review of literature on networking and its importance for leadership inside and outside organizations. The next part focuses on the method of research...; Tags: AllBusiness.com, leadership, network, leader; White papers
bizlife Column Seven: Leaders must be teachable - open to new ideas and methods. They must be willing to adjust to change. They must exemplify the qualities of flexibility, creativity and sensitivity. With that kind of leadership, a leader's people will give him or her products or services a differential advantage as bright...; Tags: leader, leadership; White papers
Character Not Charisma Is the Critical Measure of Leadership Excellence: The leadership crisis in ethics in many organizations partially stems from the crisis in character of one's leaders. The character of the leader is grounded on such core values as integrity, trust, truth and human dignity, which influence the leader's vision, ethics and behaviour. The moral literacy of the leader...; Tags: Leader, Character, Leadership, Management; White papers
Developing Communities of Leaders: Outcomes of a Statewide Initiative: Community leadership programs are the most common approach to leadership development in the United States and traditionally emphasize community education and professional networking. Directors and volunteer board members from 17 local community leadership programs participated in the Kansas Community Leadership Initiative KCLI designed to enhance their community leadership skills. Participants...; Tags: AllBusiness.com, leadership, leader, network; White papers
From Leaders to Leadership: Managing Change: The accelerating pace of change in globalization, communications, disruptive technologies, capital flows and alliances have created fundamental shifts in business operations. Where many popular leadership models may provide formulae to help solve some business problems, they are insufficient to deal with the pace and polyvalent character of constant, rapid change....; Tags: AllBusiness.com, leadership, organizational structure, globalization, alliance, leader; White papers
The Influence of the Transformational Leader: This paper focuses on how transformational leaders influence organizations. Transformational leaders provide change and movement in their organizations. Such leaders seek to alter the existing structure and influence people to buy into a new vision and new possibilities. Excellent transformational leaders use authority and power to inspire and motivate people...; Tags: Leadership, AllBusiness.com, leader, accountability, vision; White papers
Motivation and Transactional, Charismatic, and Transformational Leadership: A Test of Antecedents: Relationships between leaders' motivation and their use of charismatic, transactional, and / or transformational leadership were examined in this study. One hundred eighty-six leaders and 759 direct reports from a variety of organizations were sampled. Leaders were administered the Motivation Sources Inventory MSI while followers reported leaders' full range leadership...; Tags: AllBusiness.com, motivation, leader, leadership; White papers
The Effects of Subordinates' Personality on Appraisals of Transformational Leadership: To enhance leaders' development, a great variety of appraisal systems have been applied, becoming popular measure tools for leader performance. In these measurements, the research is usually focused on personality of leaders. It is argued in this paper, that subordinates' personalities have also impact on ratings they give of their...; Tags: Leader, AllBusiness.com, Appraisal, Subordinate, Leadership, Management; White papers