Archive for 'Leadership' Category
From ‘change’ towards ‘development’
Posted by Sharon 18 April 2010A lovely snippet from Russell Ackoff’s Reflections 2002 article:
“Development is an increase in the desire and ability to satisfy one’s own needs and legitimate desires, and those of others“.
This definition supports my quest to move beyond the concept of leadership and behaviour change. Changing behaviour is problematic because there is usually a positive intention behind […]
Creating Shining Eyes
Posted by Sharon 16 December 2008It’s the season to be merry, so a great TED video clip for all of us who are leaders at work, home or in our communities and clubs. Lots of great one liners from conductor Ben Zander.
My favourite quote (at the 19 minute mark) is: “Who am I being so that my ‘followers’ eyes are […]
Playing with learning and development
Posted by Sharon 29 October 2008The “climate” is a bit grey in more areas than just the weather, so what better way to brighten your development program, than be a bit playful. On a frivolous Friday, here are four games to make learning and development more fun. Try one out and see what “magic” happens. You may have to sprinkle […]
Collective resonance - a corporate example
Posted by Sharon 26 August 2008Yesterday, a series of links led me to The Resonance Project website and Renee Levi’s research into experiences of collective resonance. I was very impressed by the story from Tex Gunning, who was President of Unilever Bestfoods Asia at the time and who had been assembling his country leaders in retreat settings through events […]
Change your thinking, change your feeling
Posted by Sharon 4 July 2008Interesting new research by Elizabeth Phelps and colleagues of New York University, shows that we can think our way out of feeling something bad, by changing the meaning of the thoughts and feelings. As the article says, this is not new research, but the measurement via neuroimaging can provide the evidence that doubters need.
Many […]
Miha Pognacik - A passion for music
Posted by Sharon 19 February 2008Well Monday started well and continued to get better. The theme of growth and renewal repeated itself at lunch where we had a wonderful taster of the work of Miha Pogacnik, violinist and inspirational activist. In less than an hour Miha showed us the traditional corporate pathway vs the alternative - of letting go […]
Leadership from the creative state
Posted by Sharon 19 February 2008It’s 6am. I can’t sleep, so I’ve gone online to look for articles on Transformational Leadership, my latest topic of study. I find an inspiring interview with Robert E. Quinn, author of the Competing Values Framework, among other great books.
He reminds me that as an educator “when we look only at the thinking, […]
What’s the secret language of Leadership?
Posted by Sharon 24 October 2007I’m reading Stephen Denning’s new book the Secret Language of Leadership and imagining how to recreate my upcoming presentations to fit the suggested pattern.
This is what he says is the secret. Why don’t you try it out for yourself?
Influencing others - showing that progress is being made
Posted by Sharon 19 September 2007I’ve just read an interesting research study based on Robert Cialdini’s Influence work. Check out his Inside Influence website for the full article.
Testing a car wash loyalty program, researchers gave some customers a loyalty card with 8 boxes to stamp before getting a free wash and gave others a loyalty card with 10 boxes to […]
Leadership Essentials
Posted by Sharon 4 September 2007I thought this was a nice summary of the essentials of Leadership, from Building a Leadership Brand, by Dave Ulrich & Norm Smallwood. hbr.org | July–August 2007 | Harvard Business Review.
“As a prerequisite to building a leadership brand, firms must master what we call the Leadership Code.
Leaders must master Strategy; they need to have […]