Where does power fit in leadership?
Well, There’s Power, and Then There’s Power! To answer the question we have to distinguish between two kinds of power. First there is the kind of power that is associated with a formal position in an organization’s hierarchy, such as…
Is there a core set of leadership skills that are essential or mandatory for leadership success?
Do Leaders Have To Have A Specific Core Set Of Skills To Be Successful? It’s a Yes, and a No If you read books about leadership, or listen to leadership experts, you may come away with the idea that there…
How come a leader can be effective in one organization, move to another, and seem to fail miserably?
Leadership Mystery? In both corporations and other types of organizations, particularly those in the sports world, there is a clear phenomenon that can help us understand leadership. A person (CEO, manager, coach) can be tremendously successful in one organization or…
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…
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,…
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…
Understanding Leadership Ideologies and Models
Best Leadership Strategies Are Pragmatic Rather Than Based On Ideology If you want to learn more about leadership, or become a better leader, you have a wide range of leadership models, theories, and “expert opinions” to draw upon. That’s both…
