Copyright Carter McNamara, Authenticity Consulting, LLC Sections of this Topic Include What is Vulnerability? Why is It So Important to Be Vulnerable? Does Being Vulnerable Mean Being Weak? Guidelines for Being More Vulnerable in Life and Work Examples Where You Could Show Vulnerability What If Being Vulnerable Backfires? What is Vulnerability? Definitions We all have …

Comprehensive, practical book by Carter McNamara © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC.Adapted from the Field Guide to Leadership and Supervision in Businessand Field Guide to Leadership and Supervision for Nonprofit Staff. It seems there has been an explosion of articles about leading and leadership and what to do to be a great …

Sections of This Topic Include About Innovation Leading Innovation Linking Innovation in Operations Perspectives on Innovation Perspectives on Creativity Also, consider Creative Thinking Related Library Topics Learn More in the Library’s Blogs Related to Innovation in the Workplace In addition to the articles on this current page, see the following blogs which have posts related …

(This is a guest post from Professor Günther H. Schust and is based on his free ebook “Supportive Leadership.”) More than two thirds of all problems in our society result from a decrepit leadership culture in economy and politics which allows indispensable profound reforms (i.e. climate protection, finance and tax legislation) and “green” technologies for …

You have heard it all before every time business goes through a rough patch. “It’s time our leaders got creative.” Actually, it’s time we all got creative. “Creative people just drive you crazy.” “They have no social skills–well limited ones.” However, you know creative people so you have to watch getting them angry. “They could …

Even more creativity is going to be needed if we are to continue thriving in the business market. According to IBM’s Institute for Business Value, a survey of 1500 CEOs revealed that “creativity is the single most important attribute to lead a large corporation.” Training our creative corporate staff how to lead and our leaders …

In my last post (October 13) in the Management Library's leadership blog (managementhelp.org/blogs/leadership), I offered history and some detail on the Five Core Strategies of Appreciative Leadership. Today, instead, I’ll share some of the practices of Appreciative Leadership.

This blog entry – consistent with my entry from October 7 -- is a commentary on Whitney, Trosten-Bloom, and Rader’s book Appreciative Leadership: Focus on What Works to Drive Winning Performance and Build a Thriving Organization. I want to be transparent about my biases related to this current series of blog entries on Appreciative Leadership (AL).

In this posting, I build on the October 7 blog, in which Steve Wolinski introduced Diana Whitney’s, Kae Rader’s and my book, Appreciative Leadership: Focus on What Works to Drive Winning Performance and Build a Thriving Organization. Expanding upon Steve’s clear summary of our book’s content, I provide some history behind the approach and the design of the text, along with more detail about the five core strategies that together unleash positive power.

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 …