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A Moment of Reflection on 50 Years

The Center For Leadership Studies

I started working at The Center for Leadership Studies (CLS) in June of 1983, and I was so very honored to do so! We had a packaged program ( The Essentials of Situational Leadership ® ) that I was responsible for selling and, if need be, facilitating. We designed, developed and delivered over 200 programs during that period.

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Making A Transition to Leadership

You're Not the Boss of Me

For instance, as individual contributors, we often develop relationships with our co-workers, many of whom may actually become our friends. In fact, a promotion to a leadership role demands the establishment of a professional distance between the leader and those who work under his or her supervision if it is going to be effective.

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Why Command-and-Control Leadership Is Here to Stay

Harvard Business Review

When I was a PhD student at Yale, I studied with one of the fathers of situational leadership, Victor Vroom. No one quarrels much with the wisdom of situational leadership anymore. But when push comes to shove, being in control sells. Collaborative is vegan; directive is meat and potatoes. Its name: A1.