Mandela: His 8 Lessons of Leadership
July 22, 2008
Richard Stengel has assembled from his time spent with and observing Nelson Mandela, a Time magazine article, Mandela: His 8 Lessons of Leadership. In brief, the 8 lessons are: Courage is not the absence of fear it’s inspiring others to move... Read more...
Learning Is the Work
July 18, 2008
Master choreographer Twyla Thorpe has said that you practice while you perform. Or to put it another way, learning while you work. Professor Michael Fullan wrote in The Six Secrets of Change that consistency and innovation must go together, and you can... Read more...
Out of Context: The Power of Adversity
July 17, 2008
“We are not meant, in the grand scheme of life, to be happy and comfortable. Rather we are meant to forge our characters on the anvil of adversity… Most of us experience monumental periods of adversityto burn away our self-deception. These... Read more...
The Four Rules of Influence
July 16, 2008
Chris Widners new book, The Art of Influence, gives the proper emphasis regarding the topic of influence. He says in this entertaining short story, that influence is a gift followers give you because you have become the kind of person they want to follow... Read more...
Newswire: July 14, 2008 Facilitating Organizational Change
July 15, 2008
Tom Mendoza, vice chairman of NetApp, a storage and data management solutions provider, talked to The Economic Times about facilitating organizational change. Change Is All About Leadership and CommunicationThe Economic Times Mendoza... Read more...
Focus Like a Laser Beam
July 9, 2008
We all know that when we focus on something we leverage our efforts. Success Magazine founder Orison Swett Marden, wrote, Every great man has become great, every successful man has succeeded, in proportion as he has confined his powers to one particular... Read more...
5 Leadership Lessons: Transparency
July 8, 2008
In a series of three essays, authors Warren Bennis, Daniel Goleman, James O’Toole and Patricia Biederman, illuminate what it means to be transparent in a world where technology makes transparency all but inevitable. The reality is that we can never... Read more...
Cast a Vote For the Best Leadership Blog
July 6, 2008
Kevin Eikenberry's 2nd annual Best of Leadership Blogs competition is underway. This blog has again been nominated as one of the 10 best leadership blogs on the web. Review the other great finalists here.We appreciated all the support we got last year,... Read more...
John Adams - We Live, My Dear Soul, in An Age of Trial
July 4, 2008
John Adams has always been an American hero, but never a popular one. Despite having been one of the principle architects of American independence, Adam’s believed that “Mausoleums, statues, monuments will never be erected to me.” Adams guided and... Read more...
Leadership Books: July 2008
July 1, 2008
Here's a look of some of the best leadership books to be released in July. Six Disciplines Execution Revolution: Solving the One Business Problem That Makes Solving All Other Problems Easier by Gary Harpst Beyond the Babble: Leadership Communication... Read more...
