Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Rajeev Peshawaria says ironically, even though leadership hasn’t changed, we have Too Many Bosses, Too Few Leaders. The difference between mere bosses and leaders is that “leaders find the energy to stay on and fight, and energize others around them, while nonleaders give up.” “Superior leadership requires incredible amounts of emotional energy —the power to stay the course despite the most formidable of obstacles.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Even a great idea can be stopped. An idea is like play. It needs a good producer and a good promoter even if it’s a masterpiece. Otherwise the play may never open; or it may open but, for lack of an audience, close after a week. —David Bornstein, How to Change the World. All ideas need to be sold; up, down, and across. You have to become an advocate.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Ownership Thinking is about developing leaders at all levels. “Fundamentally,” writes author Brad Hams, “Ownership Thinking is about moving employees away from the ‘me’ way of thinking and towards concerns of the business and its financial performance.” This is leadership thinking in a business setting. When people understand the business, their role in it, and are informed of what is going on and take responsibility for the outcomes, then they become better stewards of the company’s resources a

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