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Top 30 Leadership Blogs 2010 | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

You’re undoubtedly thinking “who died and left Mike Myatt in charge of qualitatively assessing leadership blogs? You’re undoubtedly thinking “who died and left Mike Myatt in charge of qualitatively assessing leadership blogs?&# I know, I know - another list? Great question.

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7 Ways to Positively Influence Those Who Lead You

Ron Edmondson

If you want to be successful in leadership long-term, you have to learn to “lead up” or, in other words, influence the people who lead you. How can you gain influence over the people in leadership positions when they don’t seem open to or even value your input? They are in this position for some reason.

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Leading Those Who Don't Want To Follow | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

In fact, in most cases I actually prefer to have my thinking challenged – this doesn’t threaten me as a leader, it improves my leadership ability. Anyone who has ever been in a leadership position has had to deal with the inevitable tough relationship that causes more than its fair share of brain damage.

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Good Leaders Know Who They Are – And Who They Are Not

Ron Edmondson

But that’s the important leadership principle here. My influence will be used in other ways. That’s one reason blogging has worked well for me.) . Knowing yourself, your strengths and weaknesses, passions and goals, helps form your leadership and influence. I can’t be who I am not.

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3 Inexpensive Ways to Develop as a Leader

Ron Edmondson

The church looks to him to lead and, wisely, he knows he needs to develop his leadership skills. But that’s another blog post.) Here are 3 suggestions I gave him to develop as a leader: Form a peer leadership group There are people in the community who own small businesses. His question was simple. Who invests in me?

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The Fearless Organization

Leading Blog

In The Fearless Organization , Amy Edmondson explains what psychological safety is and what it isn’t and how we can create in our organizations. Psychological safety is not about taking all of the bumps and ruts out of the road (which sadly is becoming more and more prevalent in leadership thought today). Some better than others.

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50+ Examples of “Successful Leadership Requires…” | Ron Edmondson

Ron Edmondson

You know the kind… I talk weekly to ministers serving on church staffs around the country who are struggling with the leadership of the church where they serve, mainly because of the leadership…or lack thereof…coming from senior leadership in the church. I simply asked: What does successful leadership require?