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Multipliers: Smart Leadership Multiplies Smart Solutions, Smart Followers

May 10, 2017 · by · in Leadership Myths, Buzzwords and Theories, Leadership Training, Sustainable Leadership, Women and Leadership · Leave a comment

In this episode of the Blanchard LeaderChat podcast we interview Liz Wiseman, author of Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter. Drawing on some of the key points from the new revised and updated edition of her acclaimed Wall Street Journal bestseller, Wiseman explores why some leaders, whom she calls diminishers, drain capability and […] […]

Antidote for #Leaders Behaving Badly (You know who they are!)

August 1, 2016 · by · in Business Leadership, Buzzwords and Theories, Collaborative Leadership, Creative Followership, Educational Leadership, Healing Leadership, Honeycomb Leadership, HOPEFUL LEADERSHIP, Laughing about Leadership, Leadership And Climate Change, Leadership Training, Sustainable Leadership, Visionary Leadership, Women and Leadership · Leave a comment

Gina Barreca:”If you lean in, will men just look down your blouse?”

May 7, 2016 · by · in Art and Leadership, Authentic Leadership, Business Leadership, Buzzwords and Theories, Collaborative Leadership, Laughing about Leadership, Women and Leadership · Leave a comment

Gina Barreca, columnist, essayist and UConn prof, is one of my heroes — funny, wise, and very, very smart. So, today, let’s celebrate the March 2016 publication of her latest book, If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse? From the title essay, a laugh about lean-in leadership: “I sure do appreciate […]

Transparency and Leader Vulnerability: Worth the Risk?

April 26, 2016 · by · in Business Leadership, Collaborative Leadership, HOPEFUL LEADERSHIP, Leadership Training, Sustainable Leadership · Leave a comment

“Thank you for your transparency!” These words came at the end of a presentation I gave where I shared a new strategy—a strategy that would require change, including new roles and some sacrifice, from everyone. I wasn’t sure how everyone would respond but I knew I would have my best chance of successfully leading the […] […]

Do you have a fearless imagination? You might be a disruptive leader…

October 27, 2014 · by · in Business Leadership, Buzzwords and Theories, Leadership And Climate Change, Leadership Myths, Sustainable Leadership, Visionary Leadership · 1 Comment

Gladwell says “disruptors” lead by vision, persistence, reframing and action. But are disruptors good leaders if they can’t factor in sustainability? That seems like bad business to me!

3 Leadership Tips from Bill Moyers

May 15, 2014 · by · in Barack Obama, Creative Followership, HOPEFUL LEADERSHIP, Popular Culture, Sustainable Leadership, Visionary Leadership · Leave a comment

In a recent interview in the Progressive, journalist Bill Moyers offered a lot of wisdom and some insights into his perspective on the current challenges we face in the US. (The whole article is well worth reading: go to it here!) In terms of leadership advice, here are three nuggets that I particularly appreciated: 1. […]

Creative Follower, Co-Leader, Ziauddin Yousafzai: “I am known by my daughter and proud of it”

April 2, 2014 · by · in Creative Followership, Malala Yousafzai, Visionary Leadership, Women and Leadership · 2 Comments

“Malala used to be known as my daughter, but now I’m known as her father,” Ziaddin Yousafzai said to the crowd on Monday. “In patriarchal societies, fathers are known by their sons. I am known by my daughter and proud of it.” (from Eleanor Goldberg’s coverage of Yousafzai’s Ted2014 Talk on the Huffington Post. Read […]

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