A previous article in this blog suggested that leadership is not about one magical trait or highly moral attribute – or a set of specific skills. It is many things – arising from a complex personal toolkit. One of the many “things” that a leader has to deliver are results – Dave Ulrich of the University of Michigan and consultants Jack Zenger and Norm Smallwood in the US have argued that it is not enough to gauge leaders by personal traits such as character, style, and values…
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We all have a capacity for reading much much faster than we typically do. Our reading speed changes as we go through life. When we are in high school, we go through about two hundred words a minute ( 200 wpm ). We get to college/university and, because we have to read faster due to more time constraints and a much greater amount to read, we read faster. Most people in university average about 400 words per minute. Then we get out of university after our first degree, and now we don’t have to read so fast.
Here’s a good way of assessing if you have creativity within you. Check your pulse. Can you feel something? Yes? That’s a good start. Because if you are breathing, and if you’re not in a comatose condition, chances are that you’re as creative as the nearest creativity “expert”. Perhaps what may have happened is that this creativity thing got buried deep within by layers of adult life. Surely it’s time to bring it back to the surface…
Here’s a list of 8 things all executives need to think about – irrespective of rank, sector, type of organization, nature of work. These things will make or break you – just a question of time – depending on how you react. The choice is yours…
You can of course spend some money doing a diploma or a one-week intensive course in Time Management. Chances are that you’ll probably learn pretty much the same by reading this article…
Giving honest feedback to colleagues or subordinates is not easy; in fact it is for most managers a very difficult thing to do. Why is this the case? Well, managers feel they might say something too harsh, or too negative; the person receiving the feedback may react strongly; and relationships may suffer. So the temptation is to avoid giving feedback, to walk away, to not confront. The result: unresolved issues, below-the-surface resentment or discontentment….
It is rather naive to refer to leadership as if it may be the same in every kind of situation. There are so many definitions and so many ways of looking at this topic – one way to get a good overview of all the perpectives on leadership is to understand the “Leadership Cube”..
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