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Three Reasons Why The Situational Leadership® Approach Is Effective

The Center For Leadership Studies

Foundational Research The Situational Leadership ® Model is anchored by a foundation of timeless, pioneering research in leadership development and organizational behavior. If leadership is an “attempt to influence,” then trust is “influence potential.” But what do you do as a leader to build trust … if you don’t have it?

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Effectively Influencing Decision Makers: Ensuring That Your Knowledge Makes a Difference

Marshall Goldsmith

Many knowledge workers have years of education and experience in training for their positions, yet have almost no training in how to effectively influence decision makers. The eleven guidelines listed below are intended to help you do a better job of influencing decision makers. The effective influencer needs to be a good teacher.

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28 Leadership Development Recommendations for your Individual Development Plan

Great Leadership By Dan

Welcome to the September edition of the Leadership Development Carnival ! For this month’s edition, I asked an all-star cadre of leadership development bloggers, authors, and consultants to submit an answer to the following question: “We all know that individual development plans (IDPs) need to be tailored for each leader.

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Why I Decided to Rethink Hiring Smart People

Harvard Business Review

Chris Argyris' " Teaching Smart People How To Learn " utterly changed the way I thought about management. That's a heck of a lot of influence for 10 and a half pages! They are so very smart that they are also very "brittle," to use Argyris's descriptor. HBR's 90th Anniversary: Why Management Matters. What Makes a Leader?

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10 Principles For Developing Strategic Leaders

Tanveer Naseer

A 2015 PwC study of 6,000 senior executives , conducted using a research methodology developed by David Rooke of Harthill Consulting and William Torbert of Boston University, revealed just how pervasive this shortfall is: Only 8 percent of the respondents turned out to be strategic leaders, or those effective at leading transformations.

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How to Act Quickly Without Sacrificing Critical Thinking

Harvard Business Review

In my work, coaching leaders at every level through a variety of management dilemmas, I’ve developed three strategies to practice reflective urgency: Diagnose your urgency trap. When I walk out of the room, what words do I want them to use to describe my influence?

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The History of the Situational Leadership® Framework

The Center For Leadership Studies

The Situational Leadership ® framework was the product of over 50 years of pioneering research in leadership development and organizational behavior. Studies of human motivation, professional growth and development were investigated on a separate track. Another challenge was that leadership was studied independently.