Great Leadership By Dan
DECEMBER 12, 2013
Cohen , PhD, Major General USAF, Ret: In more than fifty years of leadership practice and observation, the finest leader that I have ever met was General Ron Fogleman, former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. Peter Drucker, the “father of modern management” had a favorite leadership book. Guest post from William A.
Great Leadership By Dan
MARCH 6, 2014
Guest post from Dr. Greg Alston : “Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.” - Peter Drucker This quote by one of the most respected management theorists of the last 100 years crystallizes the essence of how to determine whether someone is a good leader or not.
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Great Leadership By Dan
AUGUST 15, 2017
But I’ve discovered that to have more of an impact, to be what Peter Drucker would call “the effective executive,” managers and leaders need to stay curious a little longer and rush to action and advice a little slower. But it is about helping them be more coach-like, an underutilized leadership skill. That’s part of it, for sure.
Great Leadership By Dan
DECEMBER 31, 2020
Guest post from Thomas Steding : Slowly, almost inexorably, culture has big become almost top of mind as a key factor in effective leadership. As a result, Peter Drucker's alleged comment that “Culture eats strategy for lunch” has become popular in our collective memory. Their dysfunctional behavior cost their firm market leadership.
Great Leadership By Dan
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017
Guest post from Sophie Wade: Leadership is in the midst of a major makeover. Autonomy is a key one that impacts leaders’ positions and roles which has been found to be a critical component for increasing employee engagement and thence productivity, as noted already by Peter Drucker decades ago, especially in relation to knowledge workers.
Great Leadership By Dan
APRIL 30, 2013
If you’re in a senior leadership role in a large organization, there’s a good chance there is a succession plan for your position in case you get promoted, win the lottery, get hit by a bus, leave to take a position at another company, or need to be replaced for poor performance. Failure to groom a successor is seen as poor leadership.
Great Leadership By Dan
JULY 8, 2015
This post was recently published in SmartBlog on Leadership : According to a new study by the Korn-Ferry Institute, “knowing thyself” isn’t just a nice-to-to; self-awareness flows directly to a firm’s bottom-line I’ve been sharing this information with my network and it’s generating a lot of interest. It’s called the “knowing-doing gap”.
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