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The terms ‘leader’ and ‘leadership’ are bandied about constantly, but nowhere more often than in politics, especially during elections.
But did you know that nearly five thousand years ago a Chinese philosopher proved that truly great leadership couldn’t exist in the political arena?
Not true, I hear many of you say.
OK, first, consider […]
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I frequently disagree with Jack and Suzy Welch in their weekly Business Week column, but in The Connected Leader they offer up good insights as to the effect of the internet on leaders, i.e., bosses, in terms of what it can and can’t do as well as what […]
I’m excited to offer you a new feature here at Leadership Turn.
For the next few months (longer I hope) Wes Ball, founder of The Ball Group in 1982 and author of The Alpha Factor: a revolutionary new look at what really creates market dominance and self-sustaining success will be posting every Tuesday. Wes […]
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“No man will ever make a great leader who wants to do it all by himself or to get all the credit for doing it” — Andrew Carnegie (Ain’t that the truth!)
“You don’t have to hold a position in order to be a leader.” — Anthony J […]
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After all this talk about the need for managers to possess strong leadership traits, I have another question for you.
According to Warren Bennis’ list, a leader
innovates;
is an original;
develops;
focuses on people;
inspires;
investigates reality;
long-range perspective;
asks what and why;
eye on the horizon;
originates;
challenges the status quo;
is his own person;
does the right thing.
What […]
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Today is the the final difference between leaders and managers as delineated by Warren Bennis, then tomorrow we wrap up the question with an overview of the two roles in the light of today’s modern workforce.
The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.
Great sound bite, […]
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This is the fifth in a series discussing whether Warren Bennis’ 13 differences between leaders and managers still holds in light of today’s modern workforce.
The manager has his or her eye always on the bottom line; the leader has his or her eye on the horizon.
In today’s global […]
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As I’ve written in the past, I don’t see politicians as leaders, in fact, I find the two terms oxymoronic.
But since society chooses to view them in the light of leadership and they promote themselves in the guise of leaders I think the idea of attack as a […]
“You do not lead by hitting people over the head - that’s assault, not leadership.”—Dwight D. Eisenhower
This quote is a perfect example of what I would like to talk about today. I started working for B5Media only four days ago, but already I can see that I am going to love having Douglas Hanna, the […]
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