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Category: FAQ-Leadership Skills, Actions & Behaviors
We can talk about leadership traits, abilities, values, and personalities, but there’s a bottom line regarding effective leadership. Good leaders have different skills, and act and behave differently than do less effective leaders.
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…
Servant Leadership and Influencing Others
By Marta Driesslein Editor’s Note: There are a number of approaches to influencing others. In this article Marta Driesslein uses the servant leader perspective developed by Greenleaf to suggest how leaders can more effectively influence others. What you want done,…
Leadership – How Planning Transforms Into Doing
Summary: If you think of an organization as a ship, the “leader” is responsible for planning out the destination of the trip. However, no matter how good a leader is in creating strategy and planning, if the strategies and plans don’t…