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How to Lead People Who Know More Than You Do!

Marshall Goldsmith

Peter Drucker presented a very simple definition: “Knowledge Workers are people who know more about what they are doing than their boss does.” Fundamentally, the ever-increasing presence of the Knowledge Worker threatens to render our traditional assumptions about top-down leadership obsolete.

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Be a Better Leader – Be More Like Your Heroes!

Marshall Goldsmith

Paul Hersey, Co-creator of Situational Leadership®. Peter Drucker, Father of Modern Management. Warren Bennis, Renowned Leadership Expert. Peter Drucker – extremely generous, great teacher. I made my list. Here are some of the people who were on my list. Frances Hesselbein, Former Girl Scout CEO. Read more here.

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One Thing Super Successful People Don’t Do!

Marshall Goldsmith

One of my greatest heroes, Dr. Paul Hersey, co-creator of Situational Leadership™, was a wonderful mentor to me. Paul was a great teacher and a generous man who taught me not only all about Situational Leadership, he also taught me about myself. This isn’t always a great asset.

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The ROLE of Emotional Intelligence in Effective Leadership Today

The Center For Leadership Studies

Peter Drucker in “Management Challenges for the 21 st Century” stresses that, “Self-awareness and the capacity to build mutually satisfying relationships provide the backbone of strong management.” They are resources to be highly respected and wisely stewarded. The best managers balance analytical and emotional intelligence.

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One Quick Exercise for Planning Your Life

Marshall Goldsmith

In doing this exercise myself, I found that all of my heroes are generous teachers, like Buddha, Frances Hesselbein (former Girl Scout CEO), Alan Mulally (former Ford CEO), Peter Drucker (Father of Modern Management), and Paul Hersey (Co-creator of Situational Leadership®).

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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. The post Finding the Curl in a Disruptive Wave of Change appeared first on Situational Leadership® Management and Leadership Training.

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Best Leadership Books To Read In 2015

Eric Jacobson

Not surprisingly, many well-known leadership book authors made the list, such as authors: Drucker Kotter Maxwell Welch Interestingly, the discussion thread, particularly within the Linked 2 Leadership group of LinkedIn, generated debate about the value and quality of some of the book recommendations.

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