Mark Sanborn

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

The earliest leadership theories focused on traits and characteristics of leaders, such as intelligence, physical strength, and charisma. Later theories emphasized the behavior of leaders, including the contrast of task-oriented and people-oriented styles. Here are twelve ideas that have withstood the test of time: 1.

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Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Second, charismatic leadership is essentially unstable and transitory. Once the new order is institutionalized, charisma fades because the need for radical change has disappeared. Initially, his leadership style was open and transparent, and he was an excellent listener. We will never know, as he died soon thereafter.

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CEO Blog

JANUARY 28, 2011

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Friday, January 28, 2011 5 Leadership Styles that Work A guest post by Art Gould Recipes for Success: 5 Different Leadership Styles That All Work! But when you look more closely and study their leadership styles, you tend to notice more differences than similarities.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 5, 2016

Dave Ulrich is the author of The Leadership Capital Index in which he details how equity or debt investors can systematically and predictably determine the quality of leadership to make faster and more informed decisions and gain a critical information advantage over their competitors. Leaders succeed when they add value to others.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2023

However, charisma can be especially useful in two business concepts with big unknowns: entrepreneurial startups and corporate turnarounds. In these settings, when everyone — investors, employees, customers, suppliers — is dealing with enormous uncertainties, a leader’s charisma can give people the faith necessary to take risks.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 18, 2016

Their leadership styles are similarly variable. Some lead by charisma, others by consensus building. Some of these leaders are reflective, others instinctive. Some are funny, others humorless. Some work their magic from positions of informal influence, others from the top spot on an organizational chart.

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Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Whilst his ideals are not up for debate (hopefully), his leadership style has been something that has been studied more closely. The BBC are airing what promises to be an interesting program on the 'Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler' tonight at 9pm. Rule 2 was that the leader has to champion the group they hoped to lead.

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 22, 2014

Given how the focus of my speech was examining the role of charisma in leadership and how we can develop this trait to inspire and engage our employees, it would seem almost natural that the locale for this keynote was this elegant, almost regal ballroom located in one of the illustrious hotels found along Chicago’s “Magnificent Mile”.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Command presence while certainly having very tangible ties to leadership style or approach, is equally tied to how you are perceived by those around you. I have either been in leadership positions and/or advising leaders for as long as I can remember. How much will your peers and subordinates sacrifice to follow you?

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QAspire

MAY 11, 2014

Generally, traits such as vision, charisma, thinking, intellect, decisiveness, clarity, confidence and action-orientation characterize leadership. With an open mind and acceptance of diversity, collaborative leaders constantly tune their leadership style to ensure that collective strengths outweigh weaknesses by a margin.

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CO2

APRIL 20, 2012

Carlyle believed that history could largely be explained through the actions of “great men,” individuals who he believed exerted high levels of influence over others through their inborn charisma, intelligence, wisdom, or drive for power. PARTICIPATIVE LEADERSHIP THEORY.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Effective leadership does not rely upon a standard set of characteristics like charisma or aggressiveness. Narrowly defining leadership restricts innovation by excluding countless points of view and modes of operating.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

OCTOBER 19, 2013

Charisma may deliver the promise of change, growth, fulfillment and even wealth but on its own it will fail in the execution department. That requires involvement from the rest of us, and a different kind of leadership. Having said that, let’s face it; having charisma can be very handy. Charisma gave them that opportunity.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

It is the genuine nature of their subtle & quiet charisma/presence, and not the decibel level of their rhetoric that draws you in. While hubris can be a needed trait to call upon at times, to rely solely upon it as the foundation of your leadership style just doesn’t work. It was C.S.

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Without question, this has become a key requirement of leadership today – after all, if you don’t care about what matters to your employees, what should they care about what matters to you?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Understanding and implementing the concept of “ actionable leadership &# is a major key to success in becoming a great CEO. Much has been written about leadership theory, leadership concepts, leadership style, leadership dynamics, what leaders are, or are not, and a plethora of other leadership-centric content.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JUNE 2, 2012

Charisma may deliver the promise of change, growth, fulfillment and even wealth but on its own it will fail in the execution department. That requires involvement from the rest of us, and a different kind of leadership. Having said that, let’s face it; having charisma can be very handy. Charisma gave them that opportunity.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JUNE 2, 2012

Charisma may deliver the promise of change, growth, fulfillment and even wealth but on its own it will fail in the execution department. That requires involvement from the rest of us, and a different kind of leadership. Having said that, let’s face it; having charisma can be very handy. Charisma gave them that opportunity.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2018

She’s an entrepreneur, a CEO, and a teacher — all leadership roles — but when we ask her about her leadership style, she demurs. Having fallen in love with a problem, they step up to leadership — but only reluctantly, and only as necessary to get it solved.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Articles about her have lauded her ability to blend enthusiasm, charisma, clear communication, strategic thinking, and "cool-minded" decision making. As a whole, these findings indicate that women have to have high self esteem and high self confidence while leading in a communal style in order to be perceived as effective leaders.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2014

Leaders are routinely identified based on perceived ambition, self-confidence and charisma. Yet they are doing little more than self-replicating a masculine, Anglo-Saxon management style that may have outlived its utility in today’s highly complex, global and multi-cultural business world.

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CO2

JANUARY 15, 2017

The culture can emerge from the leader’s own personal charisma or ethos. Have you grown to a point where the organization needs to decentralize authority beyond the entrepreneur/founder, but because of that individual’s charisma and influence no one objects to creating bottlenecks for the entire business?

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

In further pondering this dichotomy an interesting thought came to mind – If I could genetically engineer the perfect leadership gene what qualities and characteristics would constitute the architecture of leadership DNA?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Even the most sophisticated psychometrics and people analytics have yet to make leadership development more science than art. Competence, character, creativity, and charisma remain difficult qualities to quantify, let alone cultivate. Charm and charisma are wonderful, but good examples can prove as persuasive as great presence.

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Career Advancement

OCTOBER 8, 2018

New managers should consciously work to cultivate charisma (because yes, that’s something you can develop). Choosing a Leadership Style That Doesn’t Feel Right. Choosing a Leadership Style That Doesn’t Feel Right. You might gravitate toward a leadership style that your previous boss used.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2015

And the comparisons don’t stop there — news reports consistently label Jun’s leadership style as imposture. Lei Jun, CEO of the $10 billion Chinese company Xiaomi, has made headlines for creating products that look and act a lot like Apple’s, such as its new thin smartphone.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Leadership style is largely dependent on personality. Curious, sociable, and sensitive leaders tend to be more charismatic , though charisma often reflects dark side traits , such as narcissism and psychopathy. How will the person lead? Not everyone leads in the same way. Are leaders born or made?

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Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 29, 2017

In this era, the way to lead is with an open-source leadership style, argues Rajeev Peshawaria, author of OPEN SOURCE LEADERSHIP. At a time when democratic and all-inclusive leadership is all the rage. Great leadership has nothing to do with shallow external symbols of personality and charisma.

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Eric Jacobson

APRIL 4, 2018

Successful CEOs have a larger-than-life personality with exceptional charisma and confidence. Wildly charismatic “masters of the universe” may prowl unchallenged in the boardrooms of Hollywood films, but in real boardrooms results speak louder than charisma. Over a third of CEOs actually describe themselves as “introverted.”

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2016

Every leadership trait, trick, and flaw in the books is on display. And books could be written about the candidates’ leadership styles, artfully amplified in the organization of their parties’ contrasting nominating conventions. It sanctions the kind of leadership we later condemn.

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In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

This explains why style weighs heavily in the selection criteria. The pertinent point is that charisma is but one factor contributing to presence. Essential to leadership presence at the top are several elements of substance that make for success over the long haul. Great things bring great profits.

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In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

This explains why style weighs heavily in the selection criteria. The pertinent point is that charisma is but one factor contributing to presence. Essential to leadership presence at the top are several elements of substance that make for success over the long haul. Great things bring great profits.

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