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The Essence of Managerial Leadership
Leadership is not a position, it is action.
"The genuine leader is someone who can
express a vision
and then
get people to carry it out."
~
Jack Welch
Balanced
Organization: 5 Basic Elements
Fire (Leadership):
Leadership versus Management
Leadership is more than just having the
authority of a management or supervisory position. Authority (or position
power) gets you compliance. Leadership (or
influence power)
gets you
commitment.
Leadership
vs. Management
"When you
influence others to follow, they do so
because they like you, admire you, stand in awe of you (referent power). Or
because they believe you have special expertise to support their efforts
(expert power)," says Brian O'Neil7...
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Leadership-Management
Synergy
To maximize your long-term success you should
strive to be both a
manager and a
leader and to synergize their functions.
Leadership-Management
Synergy
Merely possessing management skills is no longer sufficient for success as
an executive in
today's business world. You need to understand the differences between
managing and leading and know how to integrate the two roles to achieve
organizational success...
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Establishing a Purpose, Direction, and a Set of Goals
Stretch Goals
"Regardless of how intensely or frequently
knowledge workers might question the direction chosen, it remains the
leader's job to define that direction and convey how it supports the
fundamental purpose of the unit or organization," says Christopher Meyer.2
Results-based Leadership
Energizing Employees
"What
energizes
people is
the broader horizon, the excitement of new challenges and big
opportunities. When their leaders offer this excitement, people come
alive," says Peter A. Topping.5...
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Building Sustainable
Competitive Advantage
You must focus your firms resources on what it
does best and what creates
sustainable competitive advantage.
Continuously assess, redefine, and then secure
core competencies that your
firm must have to compete. The following are three main characteristics of
your core competencies:
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They should make a disproportional
contribution to stakeholder value
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They should open the door to other opportunities
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They should represent such a unique blend of
tacit
and explicit knowledge that it cannot be copied by others
Developing
Entrepreneurial Staff...
Integrity...
Practices and Behaviors
of Effective Managerial Leaders...
Leader 360...
Making People Feel
Important...
Four Competencies that Leaders Need To Develop...
Leadership Styles...
Emotional Task of the Leader...
Creative Leadership...
Inspiring People...
Energizing Employees...
Coaching – a Vital Skill for Leaders...
Leader as Servant...
Leading by Example...
NLP Solutions:
Pacing and Leading...
Integrity - the New Leadership Story...
Three Levels of
Leadership in Organizations...
Leading Change...
Managing Resistance To Change...
Leading Organizational Change...
Transformational Leadership...
How To Make Big Changes...
Pros and Cons of Situational Leadership...
Strategic Leadership Lessons...
2 Sets of Skills of a Good Leader in a Hierarchical Organization...
Creating and
Leading an Adaptive Organization...
Case in Point
Lessons
from Jack Welch...
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