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Three Reasons Why The Situational Leadership® Approach Is Effective

The Center For Leadership Studies

Strengths of the Situational Leadership ® Model Organizations have an ever-expanding spectrum of criteria that determines why they adopt one leadership methodology over another. What would explain the popularity of this model over the last six decades with all those people? Accessibility is a big one these days. Same for translations.

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Ladder of Inference

CO2

Organizational psychologist Chris Argyris, a Harvard professor, uses what he calls the “ Ladder of Inference ” to explain how we take actions based upon beliefs–and how our beliefs, in turn, lead us to select observational data. The Ladder of Inference will help you be more mindful about objectivity and subject position.

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What I Learned About Coaching After Losing the Ability to Speak

Harvard Business Review

I’ll describe those and share some practical guidelines so that others can reap them in a variety of coaching contexts — from leadership development to organizational consulting to professional mentoring — even if they aren’t similarly constrained by a handicap.