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The Three Top Priorities of a Great Church Leader

Joseph Lalonde

Image by David McGregor. Self-leadership is essential for every church leader. In the context of church leadership, this means being able to lead yourself toward and concentrating on the Creator. The outcome will show through in your personal life and leadership. Dan is an author and award-winning leadership blogger.

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14 Leadership Studies – Quick Overview of Leadership

CO2

14 Fascinating Theories from Leadership Studies. If you’ve never delved into the field of leadership studies as a businessperson or college student , you really should. Taking a look at trait theory, you’ll see that it is in many ways related to Great Man Theory when it comes to understanding leadership. TRAIT THEORY.

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Unconscious and Underlying Beliefs Undermine Culture Change Efforts

The Practical Leader

It’s one of the key factors in the 50 – 70% failure rate for programs to increase safety performance, service and quality levels, Lean/Six Sigma, productivity, innovation, leadership skills. Courageous shared leadership. That’s courageous leadership. Cultures are Built on Underlying Beliefs. Play not to lose.

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Morning Advantage: How Tide Detergent Became a Drug Currency

Harvard Business Review

Some economists, citing Europe as an example, think we could lessen traffic congestion by increasing the gas tax to, say, $1.25 Obama Has Inner-Circle Issues (Washington Post On Leadership). McGregor argues that Obama needs to include "unconventional voices" on his team as well. THE REAL DEFINITION OF DIVERSITY.

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Steve Jobs and The Bobby Knight School of Leadership

Harvard Business Review

It is the very opposite of the supportive and nurturing Theory Y management pioneered by MIT's Douglas McGregor over a half century ago. Among his many examples of loutish behavior was throwing a chair across the basketball floor during a game. Knight's treatment of players has been termed abusive.

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The Impact Of Leaders On Personal Transformation

Tanveer Naseer

A lot has been written about Transformational Leadership. The term was coined by James McGregor Burns, the Pulitzer Prize winning author and historian. Leadership practitioners spend a lot of time theorizing about transformational change writ large. The leader has to be simultaneously caring and tough.

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In Case You Missed It: Nelson Mandela on Leadership + Info Graphics on Employee Engagement & Gen Y

leaderCommunicator

Welcome to my weekly round-up of top leadership and communication blog posts. This isn’t to say that shaping behaviors by use of money for example, doesn’t have its place in today’s workplace…. What were some of the top leadership articles you read this week? The infographic spotlights…. David Grossman. __.

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