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The Unspoken Role of Confidence in Leadership

Great Leadership By Dan

Hewitt: Leadership is one of the most regularly used words in the world of business, and arguably one of the most important. Leadership is “the action of leading a group of people or an organisation”, and there are two important things to note: Firstly, leadership does not necessarily require an official title.

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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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Finding the Curl in a Disruptive Wave of Change

The Center For Leadership Studies

I don’t know whether he ever knew it or not, but Warren Bennis was the kind of author that elicited audible reactions from the people (like me) that read what he had to say about leadership. Case in point: Bennis was by no means the first scholar to draw a distinction between leadership and management.

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New Study Shows Women Do It Better Than Men

The Practical Leader

” Jena McGregor published an interview with Zenger and Folkman last Friday. ” Senior managers rated the women in this study even more positively overall than did peers or direct reports. Their blog post has generated over 200 comments and perspectives on this issue so far. Ask for feedback.

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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. Knight not only had an amazing knowledge of the game, but he also had insight into competitors and an ability to tailor the efforts of players and a team to get them in a position to win.

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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. Personal transformation always proceeds organizational transformation.

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