Author: Robert Bacal
Getting Information From Others – A Leadership Skill
Communication – Key To Leadership Success When most people think about communication linked to effective leadership, they usually think about “sending information” or communication TO others. That’s certainly important, but it’s easy to forget that getting information FROM others is…
Leading The Shy, Quiet and Reticent Team Members
How To Encourage Shy Group Or Team Members To Participate (Leading A Team) Question: As a meeting and group leader how can I encourage one extremely shy and sensitive team member to share her excellent ideas during our group meetings?…
Why should leaders delegate?
Delegation is one of the most important management skills for leaders. The benefits are huge, both for the leader, for staff, and for the organization. We’ve created a short delegation cheatsheet or helpcard where we’ve outlined the purposes, and benefits…
What is Servant Leadership? (Greenleaf)
Servant Leadership – A Collaborative Approach Servant leadership is an approach to leadership coined and explained by Robert Greenleaf who suggests that effective leadership is not about doing something TO followers, or manipulating people, but involves serving their needs (hence…
What’s the difference between delegating and dumping?
While delegation is a powerful tool for leaders, it’s important to do it properly, and understand the difference between delegating and dumping. Delegating refers to giving up some control and assigning tasks to others, usually subordinates. Delegating involves both the…
Situational Leadership – What is it?
Hersey and Blanchard’s Situational Leadership Model The Situational Leadership Model was created by Ken Blanchard and Paul Hersey, and is probably the most used formal model of leadership today, in part due to its intuitiveness but also attributed to the…
