Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

“Together you stand, Divided you fall.”In battle soldiers have been prepared to think about strategies that can divide and defeat them.If they don’t stand together, their very lives are at stake.This is a foundational truth impacts our daily lives.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

The other day, an esteemed colleague and I were having a discussion about why it seemed so difficult for some leaders, or others in authority at work, to see employees as humans and treat them accordingly. It compelled me to … Continue reading → Lead Change Group - Leaders Growing Leaders.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

In addition to the blog posts created specifically for the Lead Change blog, many of our Contributors write for other blogs as well. We’ve established a “Best of the Blogs” series featuring favorite leadership posts offered by our contributing writers.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Theory: all good managers have ready access to two fundamental skill sets—the ability to Relate and the ability to Require. "Relating" encompasses relationship-building behaviors: asking, listening, including, coaching and encouraging. "Requiring" refers to results-oriented activities: creating expectations, focusing on goals, insisting on excellence, setting appropriate controls, asserting your views and confronting problems.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Benjamin Zander is an incredible conductor, teacher and speaker. He believes strongly in the Art of Possibility, which is the subject of a book he co-wrote with his wife. Towards the end of a talk on music and passion at … Continue reading → Lead Change Group - Leaders Growing Leaders.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

The role of ‘value’ in transactional leadership is based on the idea that people follow the leader because the leader somehow adds value to their lives. The benefits could be social, political, economic or even spiritual.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

There are as many books on leadership today as there are leaders to read them. Most of these deal with what it takes to be a leader and what poor leadership looks like (and should be avoided). Lucky for us, … Continue reading → Lead Change Group - Leaders Growing Leaders.

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