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Category Archives: LeadershipI’m attracted to people who take hold of a space and relentlessly pursue change. I’ve never bought the claim that taking responsibility requires being given authority. For USA consumers, this is too important to not watch. Watch one minute, then decide on the rest. Sincere … Continue reading
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To prevent ourselves from spewing judgements and harm in productive relationships, traditional wisdom admonishes to “not judge.” But not judging is an improbable — if not impossible — action for all but the most emotionally and spiritually developed of us. … Continue reading Who can exhibit leadership? Anyone. Anytime. It’s leadership behavior that’s crucial to teams, not an assigned leader. Leadership is an emergent behavior (i.e., it emerges in a context of need or opportunity, rather than is assigned or part of a … Continue reading
Posted in Leadershift Gift, Leadership, Personal Development, Responsibility
Tagged taking responsibility
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Team Leadership Can Flourish in an Upset — But Only if You Know How to Respond Blast yourself and your team out of the excuse-mentality by treating every UPSET as an opportunity to learn how to improve your team building … Continue reading I strongly recommend subscribing to Peter Koestenbaum’s weekly Leadership Thought from which I re-publish the following: KOESTENBAUM’S WEEKLY LEADERSHIP THOUGHT - 09 MAY 2011 FREEDOM: The Axiom That Empowers the Human If there is only one fact of existence we can teach … Continue reading
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Tagged choice, freedom, Leadership Diamond, Peter Koestenbaum, Responsibility
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Before you answer that question, let me assure you of the answer: Yes, you do have the Leadership Gift. You might not know it yet, but you do. What is leadership? Leadership means leading, i.e., going first, right? It means … Continue reading Do you want to learn the four most important principles of team building and how you can put them into action immediately in your team, for results you can count on every time? It’s the most straight-forward approach to building … Continue reading
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Tagged building trust, team agreements, team building
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I firmly believe that the software development movement — and now business movement — known as “agile” is a mindset and culture, not a set of tools and processes (see this related post). Agile coach Michael Sahota is writing a … Continue reading
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Tagged Agile, business culture, Michael Sahota, mindset
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CONTEXT? What’s context? It’s the set of circumstances that shapes an event, as in, “You’ve got to understand the context.” In meetings, most of us react blindly to context — but people who really know team building craft it! An … Continue reading
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I want to dispel the myth that responsibility is an inherent personality characteristic. Responsibility is learnable — my client’s results prove it over and over again. With the advances of the last twenty-five years responsibility is a directly observable, learnable, … Continue reading |