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Leadership is about people. My interest in leadership is actually a byproduct of my interest in people. People are neat.

I’ve met several great people in my work the last few months. One I met recently who shares a common interest in people and leadership is Perry Maughmer. Perry’s blog is titled A Wider Lens. It implies a perspective shift that I appreciate. Where I’m always trying to focus more, Perry presents a different perspective. That’s one reason why I appreciate his blog and his article on LeaderPalooza. (The other. of course, is that he’s suggesting you register for LeaderPalooza!)

His post and an email exchange we shared introduced me to emergent systems. Basically an emergent system is created by individuals who create a product greater than the sum of the parts, and that product in turn rewards the creators. That is what we’re trying [click to continue…]

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I’ve been wrestling for the last few days about a new leadership paradigm, at least for me.  I just completed an insightful book called The Future of Management by Gary Hamel with Bill Breen.  I’m also very involved in a Linkedin Group known currently as the Lead Change Group. (I say “currently” because we’re considering changing the name.)

In the Future of Management, Hamel wanted to equip others to create the future of management.  The hierarchical management structure we’re all so familiar with was created for the industrial age.  That age is gone, but the structure remains.  We keep trying to adapt it and evolve it, but evolution is slow and doesn’t seem to affect much change.  Maybe a revolution will serve the cause of leadership better. [click to continue…]

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Unique Difference

October 2, 2009

What does it take to be truly unique? What do you do that no one can reproduce?
A meeting I had this week caused me to think a great deal about this. This person said that they sought out people who were truly unique and that could make an impact to their company’s [...]

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Fearless by Max Lucado

Book Review: Fearless by Max Lucado

September 8, 2009

IThe subtitle of the book is an interesting challenge: “Imagine your life without fear.” Can you?  Have you ever considered what your life would be like if you had no fear?
“Wait a minute,” you say. “I’m not afraid.  I don’t live my life in fear.”
Well, that’s great.  But you’re in the vast minority.  I’ll never [...]

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Elements of Strength

August 24, 2009

Have you ever noticed that some people seem to get more done and have more life than everyone else?  You seem to notice them everywhere doing everything.  They seem to complete two lifetimes while you’re fighting just to get your kids to school.  Why do they seem to have more energy or accomplish far more [...]

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Three Tips For Cautious Reflection

August 11, 2009

We’ve been talking about how reflecting on past events is a tool to enable you to lead better in the future.  Reflecting on past experiences is an important part of self-developing your leadership skills.  While you can attend classes to help you understand the steps of reflection, skillful reflection is only developed with practice.  Everyone [...]

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Reflect Back To Lead Forward

July 31, 2009

Do you remember the opening line from Paul Simon’s Kodachrome (most of you are probably too young, so a link is here). “When I look back at all the crap I learned in high school, it’s a wonder I can think at all.” Each of us has a season in life we’d rather forget. [...]

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Leaders Know Their Team’s Strengths

July 13, 2009

Do you know the strengths of your teammates? By strengths, I mean the activities that your teammates are energized by and that they are good at. In the book Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath, he defined a strength as:
Talent X Investment = Strength
Talent is [...]

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Look What They Make You Give

June 29, 2009

Did you see the recent Bourne movies; The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, and The Bourne Ultimatum?  In the first movie, The Bourne Identity, Jason and Marie run into the countryside to hide out at her friend Eamon’s chateau.  Another of the Treadstone assasins, The Professor, played by Clive Owen comes to kill Bourne, but [...]

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A Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink

In Your Right Mind

June 11, 2009

Book Review: A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule The Future by Daniel H. Pink
Every now and then I read a book that stretches my mind.  I’m not such a free-thinker to do it often, but a friend offered me a copy of A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule The Future by [...]

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