By julia fabris mcbride on July 28, 2010
Imagine this scenario… The charismatic founder of a small (but influential) nonprofit resigns suddenly and moves across the ocean, leaving the organization in turmoil. Stepping in quickly to clean up the mess, the Board promotes Douglas from Deputy Director to Acting ED. Douglas has been in his new position for a month when the Board […]
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By Steven Ober on July 16, 2010
Premises that Shape Leadership Story Work Stories and Story Work This post is the third in a series about a breakthrough Leadership Coaching approach: Creating your Leadership Story. I have suggested that one of the most powerful ways for leaders to see how you lead, understand the reasons you lead as you do, and […]
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By Steven Ober on July 9, 2010
Key Ideas Underlying Story Work “There is nothing so practical as a good theory.” Kurt Lewin In last week’s post, I suggested that one of the most powerful ways to understand yourself as a leader and as a human being, and to align your energy to create the results you want in life, […]
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By Steven Ober on June 29, 2010
“When we know the facts about people, we know what they are. When we know their stories, we know who they are.” John Quincy Adams Leadership, Systems, and Stories One of the most powerful ways to understand your leadership, and the reasons you behave and lead as you do, is to understand your systemic story. […]
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By Steve Wolinski on June 20, 2010
Guest Submission by Steven Ober, EdD Leaders live and work in complex systems. In fact, we all do. These systems include our organizations, our teams, our families, our communities, and our larger society. In today’s world, it is incumbent on those of us who coach leaders to deepen and broaden our ability to coach from […]
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By Steve Wolinski on June 16, 2010
This blog entry examines the specific behaviors associated with transformational leadership and the impact they have on organizational performance.
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By Steve Wolinski on June 10, 2010
This entry states that the bottom line objective of transformational leadership could be referred to as a leader’s efforts to align his or her goals, and the goals of team members, with the strategic goals of the organization. The questions that are addressed are whether this approach to leadership shows evidence of any positive outcomes, let alone the aforementioned grand objective.
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By Carter McNamara on June 10, 2010
We often generalize leadership to be the same traits needed all the time everywhere by all leaders. Is leadership really that simple? Let’s look at different domains of leadership and different skills that are needed in each. Leading Yourself To effectively lead yourself, useful skills are, for example: physical fitness decision making and problem solving […]
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By Steve Wolinski on June 3, 2010
This blog entry suggests that Transformational Leadership is the winner of the prize for the most researched, studied, and debated approach to leadership that has ever existed. The blog says that Transformational Leadership exerts more influence than any other leadership approach on the organizational leaders of today.
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Carol Mase, President of Cairn Consultants, is an educator and coach-consultant who has worked in global marketing, strategic planning, and large scale organizational change. [Read more ...]
Kristin Keffeler, MSM, of Kinetic Enterprise, is a business development and leadership coach who specializes in supporting entrepreneurs and business leaders to bring their Big Ideas to life.
Dr. Steven Ober is a senior executive coach and consultant. He has worked successfully with executives and managers in high tech, business and industry, health care, government, and education.