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Is Your Leadership Creating an Energy Crisis?

The Practical Leader

Some managers will complain about a declining work ethic. ” Decades of research on the powerful links between leadership and emotional intelligence reinforce the energy connection. ” Decades of research on the powerful links between leadership and emotional intelligence reinforce the energy connection.

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Is There Hope for Leaders?

Persuasive Powerhouse

August 15th, 2010 | Author: Mary Jo Asmus Yet another Fortune CEO has fallen due to ethics violations. This weekend, a Wall Street Journal essay by Jonah Lehrer called “The Power Trip” highlights research that supports the view that when in power, a leader may have a greater tendency to act unethically or immorally. Certainly.

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Leadership Tips

Coaching Tip

To maximize our potential in a rapidly changing global economy, people recognize the need for leadership ethics more than ever before. Everyone can learn to lead by discovering the power that lies within each one of us to make a difference and practicing the law of reciprocity. . Build Effective Leadership Skills.

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Thought-full Thursday: The Inspiration of Questions

Persuasive Powerhouse

What is the most ethical action we might take?” Questions can give us a goal in life for fighting, questions can provide a tremendous power and energy to achieve our goals. ~Albert Einstein; the question that led to the theory of relativity. What might DNA look like in a 3D form?” Where can I get a good hamburger on the road?”

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Are We Responsible for Bad Leadership?

Persuasive Powerhouse

Complacency has it’s price, up to and including some morally and ethically reprehensible leaders who have been elected to public office. Authority and power being what they are, we might fear the retribution that can come from speaking up. We may be snowed by the public relations machine that “markets” a poor leader. We tolerate them.

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Being Wrong is Good

Persuasive Powerhouse

Yet it is always the moral and ethical thing to do. Being wrong is a necessary part of your leadership journey; one that encourages you to take risks and humbles you when it happens. Learn from it, and you will become a better leader. No real leader is shy of making mistakes. It’s how we learn. And, action usually trumps hessitancy.