article thumbnail

Leadership Basics | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Knowledge of leadership theories and skills may be formally gained by enrolling in leadership seminars, workshops, and conferences. " This point really came home to me while reading, "The Leadership Code," By Ulrich and Smallwood. Or, as you say, "leadership is a process of becoming." I Think Not.

Blog 365
article thumbnail

Good Leaders Don't Use Bad Words

Harvard Business Review

During a painfully dull futures workshop Down Under, a simple word change helped transform a stagnant discussion. Offers" usefully blurred categorical and cultural distinctions between "product" and "service" innovation. Perfectly good words like "innovation," "quality" and "morale" get flensed of all useful and usable meaning.

Ulrich 9