Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 17, 2011

The risk of falling back on squabbling, defensiveness, and power plays in light of limited resources is all too possible. It’s a vicious cycle, when debate creeps into the ugly realm, with words meant to wound and grasps at power become the norm.

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Commitment Greenleaf Maslow Goleman 188

Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 5, 2010

Inquiry (or more appropriately, asking questions to coach others to come up with their own solutions) is a central skill set for helping others to develop. I find “interesting&# the number of managers who don’t consider developing their employees part of their job. Are they too simple?

Leadership Styles 202

Leadership Styles Greenleaf Maslow Blog 202

Persuasive Powerhouse

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Discuss the importance of their commitment: It is important for them to know that they are responsible for their own actions and career. When they make a promise to follow through on an action that will further their career, they should follow through. Stop over and view a different look at the power of mentoring.

Mentor 273

Mentor How To Emotional Intelligence Guidelines 273

Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Larry Spears was the CEO of the Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership for nearly two decades. Larry is also the one who studied Greenleaf’s writings for years, extracted and shared the very popular 10 Characteristics of Servant-Leadership. A very humble man, he often points to Robert Greenleaf as the source of his message.

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Greenleaf Servant Leader Leadership Learning-by-Doing 125

Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 15, 2010

The major benefits are: Self correction: People who are consistently coached well can develop the capacity to correct themselves, without you there. Can you imagine the day when they are no longer expecting you to figure stuff out for them because they’ve developed the capacity to do so themselves? Thanks for adding these thoughts!

Short-term 196

Short-term Long-term Skills Blog 196

Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Ray Kroc; the question that led to the development of McDonalds. Questions can give us a goal in life for fighting, questions can provide a tremendous power and energy to achieve our goals. Johnson & Johnson leaders; the question that helped them to successfully deal with the Tylenol crisis in the 1980’s.

Blog 172

Blog Greenleaf Maslow Goleman 172

Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 15, 2010

This weekend, a Wall Street Journal essay by Jonah Lehrer called “The Power Trip” highlights research that supports the view that when in power, a leader may have a greater tendency to act unethically or immorally. Is there hope for ethical, moral power to prevail? That is also the abuse of power, dont you think?

Ethics 184

Ethics Morale Open-book Blog 184

Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

They take responsibility for their own development. They aren’t waiting for anyone to hand them leadership development on a silver platter. These organizations create the kind of environment that supports leadership development. They hire talented people, they develop talented people, and they promote talented people.

Blog 187

Blog Greenleaf Maslow Self-aware 187

Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Larry Spears was the CEO of the Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership for nearly two decades. Larry is also the one who studied Greenleaf’s writings for years, extracted and shared the very popular 10 Characteristics of Servant-Leadership. A very humble man, he often points to Robert Greenleaf as the source of his message.

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Greenleaf Servant Leader Leadership Learning-by-Doing 100

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Thanks in advance for sharing… Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Most Tweeted Articles by Leadership Development Experts [.] Greenleaf in 1970. There is something profoundly powerful about humility and its impact on a leader's followers. Especially from a leadership coaching standpoint. Are their needs being met?

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Blog Leadership Servant Leader Long-term 419

Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

In that space lies our freedom and our power to choose our response. We partner with great leaders to help them become even greater at developing, improving, and sustaining relationships with the people who are essential to their success. So take five and enjoy the inspirational quotes and reflect on the questions that follow.

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Greenleaf Maslow Goleman Self-aware 124

Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 27, 2010

Sonia Di Maulo : August 1, 2010 at 12:43 pm Powerful message and activity, Mary Jo! We partner with great leaders to help them become even greater at developing, improving, and sustaining relationships with the people who are essential to their success. Thus relationships need to be tended to in any and all parts of our life!

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Greenleaf Maslow Blog Goleman 177

Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 13, 2010

All of the above statements came from clients and readers recently. .&# “I didn’t know that developing as a leader would be so personal.&# “The things you write about leadership apply to our personal lives as well as our work lives.&# All of the above statements came from clients and readers recently.

Leadership 179

Leadership Self-aware Executive Coaching Blog 179

Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

All members of an organization, who are responsible for the work of others, have the potential to be good leaders if properly developed.” “Leadership is about service to others and a commitment to developing more servants as leaders. ” –Robert Greenleaf. ” –Bob Mason. ” –Harvey S.

Leadership 155

Leadership Definition Follow-up Influence 155

Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 27, 2010

The power to communicate is the key to forging productive relationships. Because of my position, my words have a lot more power than I am even aware of. It truly makes a difference to be guided and impacted by someone who not only loves their career–but who is a great and compassionate leader as well.

Self-aware 140

Self-aware Blog Learning-by-Doing Greenleaf 140

Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Authority and power being what they are, we might fear the retribution that can come from speaking up. At one point in my career, I worked for a man who was a tyrant, bigot and sexist. We don’t speak up or take action to continue to assure that they don’t continue their bad behavior.

Leadership 150

Leadership Follow-up Blog Greenleaf 150

Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Sean Whitlock: September 9, 2010 at 4:17 pm This is such a powerful quote, and certainly something that all leaders should practice in their roles. Christian Fey : September 12, 2010 at 2:45 pm Numerous sources in a plethora of mediums stress the power of positive thinking. Good reminder!

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Cooperrider Leadership Altman Blog 169

CO2

APRIL 20, 2012

Carlyle believed that history could largely be explained through the actions of “great men,” individuals who he believed exerted high levels of influence over others through their inborn charisma, intelligence, wisdom, or drive for power. The Path-Goal Theory of Leadership was developed in the mid-’70s by Martin G. Evans and Robert J.

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Leadership Contingency Theory Leadership Styles Proposal 131

Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Discover areas you can unite with others on – agreement on similar interests or like mindedness on a topic will help develop connections. Folks need to understand you are really no different than them, you are just at a different place at a different time along your career path and therefore have a different role right now. Good stuff.

Blog 172

Blog Self-aware Trout Learning-by-Doing 172

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2018

They need to develop managers and executives who lead with three core mental qualities: mindfulness, selflessness, and compassion. Yet leadership education, training, and development still fall far short. Powerful is a book of advice gained from her experience at Netflix. Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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Books Leadership Simon Learning-by-Doing 316

Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

This may have nothing to do with the leader who is asking; but it may have a lot to do with the fact that the leader is in a position of power. Up to this point in my career, I have never been honest to this type question at work. Sachin: September 27, 2010 at 5:33 pm Hi Mary, You couldn’t be more right about this one.

Follow-up 229

Follow-up Blog Self-aware Learning-by-Doing 229

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

A friend of mine, Scott McKain, introduced me to Clint Greenleaf and Greenleaf Book Group and the rest is history. When I see a client’s executive team start to let go of the Gravity and embrace the dynamic methods I’ve developed to help them think differently about their business. I don’t think they work. I love my life!

Open-book 272

Open-book Greenleaf Blog Marketing 272

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

” Yet most major technologies develop over decades, as large numbers of people learn how to apply, adapt, and improve the initial invention. The initial power loom—one of the transformative technologies of the Industrial Revolution—automated weaving tasks, allowing a weaver to produce twice as much cloth per hour.

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Technology Learning-by-Doing Skills Offshoring 8

Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 18, 2010

I write a lot about listening – it is the single most powerful tool an executive can have. We partner with great leaders to help them become even greater at developing, improving, and sustaining relationships with the people who are essential to their success. And – sadly – the one most often in need of improvement.

Leadership 186

Leadership McCarthy Blog Greenleaf 186

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

With respect to your career, a philosophy is simply a cohesive way of thinking about your role. Robert Greenleaf coined the term 35 years ago, but the concept is still vital and empowering. Servant leadership is most powerful when applied to managing employees. By definition, developing a reputation takes time.

Management 8

Management Supply Chain Greenleaf Influence 8

Persuasive Powerhouse

DECEMBER 14, 2010

We partner with great leaders to help them become even greater at developing, improving, and sustaining relationships with the people who are essential to their success. Being wrong is a necessary part of your leadership journey; one that encourages you to take risks and humbles you when it happens. No real leader is shy of making mistakes.

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Learning-by-Doing Blog Environment Greenleaf 188