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Leading with Control OR Leading with Influence

Ron Edmondson

Would you rather lead with influence or control? Leaders, if you want to a healthy team environment, you must learn to control less and influence more. Therefore, I have learned that successful leaders understand the difference in leading with influence and with control. People are managed closely – rather than led.

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

N2Growth Blog

Respect is earned by honoring commitments and doing the right thing regardless of opinion, sentiment, or influence. 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. It is however essential that you have the respect of those you lead.

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3 Inexpensive Ways to Develop as a Leader

Ron Edmondson

But that’s another blog post.) Even in the smallest communities, someone owns (or manages) the local grocery store or serves as the bank brach manager. By the way, in these meetings, I’m trying to learn leadership and management practices – not theology. So, what could my pastor friend do?

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Leading with Control Versus Leading with Influence

Ron Edmondson

Leaders, if you want to to have a healthy team environment, you must learn to control less and influence more. I have learned thought that successful leaders understands the difference in leading with influence and leading with control. People are managed closely – rather than led. People feel empowered and appreciated.

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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. We all—most of us—manage our image. No matter what our line of work, status, or gender, all of us learn how to manage interpersonal risk early in life. Some better than others.

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Where Have All the Questions Gone?

Lead Change Blog

They save their question-power and ingratiating comments for someone they wish to influence. Edmondson coined the term psychological safety to capture the degree to which people believe their environment is conducive to taking these risks. The expert.” What is important to you? What support do you need to learn and change?

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