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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. Let me be honest. I can be a controlling person.

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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. It was a more established, structured church and the experience proved invaluable in an environment that wasn’t as receptive to change.

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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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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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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. Leadership recruitment and development is a continued endeavor. Every time.

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7 Potholes That Can Destroy Your Leadership

Ron Edmondson

In years of studying leadership, both in the business world and in ministry, I’ve seen some consistent traps which get in the way of a leader’s long-term success. These potholes can become deep, and when they do, and you hit them, you can literally lose your leadership influence. Leadership can be lonely.

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5 Ways to Help Young Leaders Succeed

Ron Edmondson

I consistently look for ways to invest in and recruit those currently entering leadership or who will be in the future. ” Recognize their need for help acclimating to a new environment and new responsibility. Give them a seat at the table of influence. Plus, check out the other Lifeway Leadership Podcasts.