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Humble Leadership

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We tend to fall back on transactional relationships and rule-based leadership. Edgar Schein and Peter Schein call this Level 1 based leadership. What they advocate in Humble Leadership is moving to and developing an organizational culture based on Level 2 relationships. Leadership will be expressed as “we together.”

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Leading Thoughts for October 26, 2023

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Source: Everyone Leads: Building Leadership from the Community Up II. Adam Galinsky and Maurice Schweitzer on the need for a clear hierarchy: “Co-leadership can kill both ideas and people, because it creates uncertainty over who is really in charge. Of course, co-led teams are not always ineffective and dangerous.

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When to Cooperate and When to Compete

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As we navigate through life, we must be able to cooperate and compete. In Friend and Foe , authors Adam Galinsky and Maurice Schweitzer, state that all of our relationships are both cooperative and competitive and we get more out of life when we learn to find the right balance between acting as a friend and acting as a foe.

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Scaling Leadership

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T HE INEVITABLE CONSEQUENCE of leading in an increasingly complex world is that we will have developmental gaps in our leadership. In the words of Robert Anderson and William Adams, authors of Scaling Leadership , “We are running an Internal Operating System that is not complex enough for the complexity we face.

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Responsive Leadership: Needed Now More Than Ever

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T HE leadership question is top of mind for many people here in the United States and throughout the world. Responsive Leadership can be an antidote to failing leadership and the foundation for building and sustaining organizational trust and confidence. What is responsive leadership? The Big 4 Leadership Attributes.

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Teams That Work

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Team related capabilities include giving/receiving feedback, communicating, conflict resolution, leadership and interpersonal skills, and understanding how teams work. Cooperation. Cooperation emerges from the other six drivers. Cooperation develops over time and is dynamic. Communication. Hold teammates accountable.

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First Look: Leadership Books for October 2017

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Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in October. Myths of Management : What People Get Wrong About Being the Boss by Stefan Stern and Cary Cooper. Build your leadership library with these specials on over 39 titles. Finding My Virginity by Richard Branson. For bulk orders call 1-800-423-8273.

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