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Leading in a Time of Crisis – Top Tips from Dozens of Practitioners

Modern Servant Leader

Here is a list of recommendations from people leadership practitioners. And innovate, innovate, innovate. Dr. Jack King USAF Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) United States Air Force Military Care Leadership without love is no leadership at all. If you lead people, you face additional challenges. Want to help?

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Seven Paradoxes of Nurturing Leadership

Lead Change Blog

He had that paradoxical both/and leadership thing nailed, especially for nurturing. He excelled in giving people the space to grow, experiment with new processes, gain new skills, and build capacity. Leadership is about connecting. Innovation is good; so is honoring stability. Robert Greenleaf.

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Influencing Creativity and Innovation

Persuasive Powerhouse

So what is your role in influencing creativity and innovation in others? We know it isn’t enough to simply add creativity to a list of values your organization espouses or to bring in consultants who get staff keyed up about innovating. Innovative ideas tend to require more risk than “more of the same”.

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The Best Leaders Have the Best Systems

Lead Change Blog

Strategy is important, innovation is important. Unfortunately not many leaders have strong “get it done” skills. If you’re going to accomplish anything big or important—and that’s what leadership is all about—you’ll need systems. But in the long run, a leader has to be somebody who knows how to get things done.

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Ten little “ings” that improve your leadership

Persuasive Powerhouse

Sure, leaders may perform the occasional miracle, but for most of you, most of the time, leadership is accomplished by doing a lot of little “ings&# thoughtfully and consistently over time. Creativity and innovation depend on it! Truly, at its core, the best leadership is about giving. Ricky, yes.

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Thought-full Thursday: Deciding

Persuasive Powerhouse

Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. I am married, have two daughters, and a dog named Edgar the Leadership Pug who exemplifies the importance of relationships to great leadership.

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Are We Responsible for Bad Leadership?

Persuasive Powerhouse

In the public arena, we vote for our leaders (this may provide the most obvious connection to our responsibility for bad leadership): In this case, we might ignore bad past behavior before we cast our vote. How can followers possibly be responsible for bad leadership in our organizations? Let’s consider this. We tolerate them.