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3 Stretch Goals for Your Way of Being

Persuasive Powerhouse

As you begin to think about your goals for 2012, you might find yourself stumped. What new goals will you have? What would be the most effective way to upgrade your leadership (besides subscribing to this blog or hiring me )? We think less about goals that will help us to be better leaders. Tweet This

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Use the History of Leadership to Lead Better Today

Mark Sanborn

Leadership theory has always been an attempt to understand what make a leader effective and distill and share those lessons with others. Leadership theory has evolved and continues to evolve over time. Another important leadership theory is Servant Leadership popularized by Robert Greenleaf in the seventies.

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10 Essential Leadership Models

Great Leadership By Dan

While there have been thousands of books written about leadership, there are a handful of leadership models that have served me well as a leader and leadership development practitioner. These are the tried and true models that have shifted my thinking about leadership and help create teachable leadership moments for others.

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Seven Paradoxes of Nurturing Leadership

Lead Change Blog

Rather, David supported and encouraged us on one hand and pushed us relentlessly toward rigorous goals on the other. He had that paradoxical both/and leadership thing nailed, especially for nurturing. Leadership is about connecting. Robert Greenleaf. Not nurturing in the sense of cosseting, indulging, or over-protecting.

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Servant Leadership Theory

LDRLB

The magnum opus of Robert Greenleaf, Servant Leadership is a recent theory of leadership that argues that the most effective leaders are servants of their people. Greenleaf first presented the theory in a 1970 essay, “The Servant as Leader.” Intro to Leadership Theory. Situational Leadership Theory.

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The Key To Creating More Servant Leaders

Joseph Lalonde

Servant Leadership Is The Way Of The Future How to create more servant leaders should be on the minds of every leader. That’s a goal worth striving for! What Is Servant Leadership? Servant leadership is a model of leadership lived out by many leaders throughout history. Image by Dillon Klassen.

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When Servant Leadership Goes Awry | Aspire-CS

Persuasive Powerhouse

Will they benefit or at least not be further deprived?” ~ Robert Greenleaf The concept of servant leadership can often seem the antithesis to many organizational cultures, where top-down, command and control are the norm. This is exactly what Robert Greenleaf intended. You’ll be less cranky and more effective.