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How to Cultivate Leadership Presence in a Remote Working World

Great Leadership By Dan

To navigate more demanding customer expectations , an acute distrust of business and so much remote working, leaders need to find new ways of operating. Cultivating leadership presence is foundational for this to happen. When we operate from a sense of our presence, we are in a state of absorbed relaxation.

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The 5 SOF Truths of Leadership

Nathan Magnuson

From 2006-2012 I served as a part-time member of the U.S. Army’s Special Operations Forces (SOF) community. Some of our hardcore “green beret” colleagues operated as independent 4 man teams conducting unconventional warfare operations.

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On Being a Leader of Integrity: 4 ways to build personal and organizational integrity

N2Growth Blog

Webster’s New World Dictionary gives two definitions of “integrity”: the first is the quality or state of being complete or whole; the second is being of sound moral principle. Most of us define it as the latter – that is, being of sound moral principle, viewing it as a virtue or character strength. Follow me on Twitter @GrantWattie.

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5 Essential Skills for Contemporary Leaders

Great Leadership By Dan

But, doing that means operating with the right actions, not the right titles. Operating with trust. Trustworthiness is now the number one quality people want in their leaders. But operating with authentic trust requires more than behavioral integrity, the alignment of words and actions. Applying dependable politics.

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6 Ways Leaders Are Different

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by By Mark Miller , Co-author of Great Leaders Grow: Becoming a Leader for Life: For more than a decade, I've used the metaphor of an iceberg to talk about leadership -- the 10% above the water line represents the skills of the leader and the 90% below represents their character.

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The Widening Gap Between Leaders and Up-and-coming Leaders…and What to Do About It

Great Leadership By Dan

What’s needed to overcome what I call the “leadership crisis,” is not new technology or massive staffing changes. What’s needed is a shift in focus towards recognizing, supporting and developing leaders who possess both a strong “inner-core” of character and conviction and “outer-core” of leadership capability. 3) Alignment-“Must Do”.

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A Case Of Mistaken Identity Changed My Life

Lead Change Blog

Inside, however, I felt the effects of being in a place where my values were out of alignment with the leadership of the organization. I know now that the Jane she was inviting was not me, Jane Anderson but Jane Perdue , author and leadership futurist. Here are a few of my favorite takeaways: Why Character-Based Leadership.

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