Category Archives: leadership development
Leadership Challenge: Ron Style…
Everyone Great news! After a grueling 8 months of leading an organization by day, evenings in B school obtaining an MBA and spare time split between family friends and volunteer leadership roles, I am happy to announce that I finished … Continue reading
50 Posts 50 Rules: Tom Peters on Leadership #37
37. Leaders show up. Ya! That is the whole point, the leader always shows up. They understand the power of relationship, of connection, of presence. A leader will be present. This concept is so fundamental as to be obvious and … Continue reading
50 Posts 50 Rules: Tom Peters on Leadership #36
36. Leaders give respect. Have you ever heard of transformational leadership? It is in my estimation the most effective model. It involves the leader helping followers to transcend their own personal goals for a larger meaningful goal. One aspect of … Continue reading
50 Posts 50 Rules: Tom Peters on Leadership #34
34. Leaders know: Energy begets energy. Way back when I was a teen I noticed something strange. I had certain friends I really wanted to be around. It was like they radiated energy, you could literally recharge yourself in their … Continue reading
50 Posts 50 Rules: Tom Peters on Leadership #33
33. Leaders wear their passion on their sleeve In 2005 I conducted a research study into the origins of leadership. My goal was to understand the early signs and behaviors of emergent leadership. My theory was that if you could … Continue reading
50 posts 50 rules: Tom Peters on Leadership 32
32. Leaders love technology. Yup they do. I am writing a blog managing a website sharing what I know about effective leadership. 4 years ago I did not think that “blog” was a word. Actually it wasn’t yet! I carry … Continue reading
50 posts 50 rules: Tom Peters on Leadership 31
31. Leaders honor the assassins in their own organizations. I think this rule is a load of crap actually. Maybe it’s the wording but I have no intention of honoring assassins. Again it’s in the wording. I do believe in … Continue reading
50 posts 50 rules: Tom Peters on Leadership 30
30. But leaders have to deliver, so they worry about throwing the baby out with the bathwater. I love Peter’s argument here, the cognitive dissonance between the need for execution order and systems with the need for creative destruction and rebirth. … Continue reading
50 posts 50 rules: Tom Peters on Leadership 29
29. Leaders never get caught fighting the last war. Leaders see around corners. They have the ability to take seemingly random bits of information, to take interactions in the world around them and build from these a picture in their intuition … Continue reading
