THINK ABOUT LEADING AND LEADERSHIP EACH DAY FOR AN HOUR

http://www.slideshare.net/mariskavanijzerloo/9-reflections-on-leadership-ppt

One of the learnings I have been sharing through my classes and workshops is that whatever skill or knowledge we truly want to develop or gain we can through simply spending one hour each day reading, listening, writing, thinking about it.

So today think about leadership by watching the slide show from Australia and think about the 9 points made.

Do you agree?

Do you disagree? If so, what do you believe?

Here is today's ezine from my colleague Mike Brown, Creator of Brainzooming...

Great Leaders – 12 Ways Great Leaders Turn into Bad Leaders
Posted: 30 Aug 2011 02:50 AM PDT


There has been tremendous agonizing over Steve Jobs resigning from Apple and speculation of about what will happen as the company loses the great leader who has shaped the Apple brand so dramatically for so many years. In contrast to Steve Jobs, great leaders can also turn into bad leaders. A leader you’d have followed anywhere because of their confidence, strong communication skills, and self-confidence CAN lose the handle on leadership…in a major way.

Having witnessed leaders undergo this unfortunate unraveling up close, it’s worth sharing twelve ways a great leader turns into a bad leader:

Ignoring the characters of the people you surround yourself with and depend on for leadership.
Making people selections based on the “least bad” choice.

When another business is in trouble, loading up on its cast-off people, thinking you’re upgrading your talent.

Orienting your business decisions toward building your ego & personal wealth.
Seeking out limelight even when it distracts from what matters to your organization.

Overpaying for other companies out of ego, bad strategy, or a fear there won’t be anything you can buy later.

When the people who’ve been smart and served you well in business battles disagree with you, don’t listen.

Thinking a leader can afford to not solicit input and put off making the decisions everyone expects the leader to make.

Overstaying your welcome. (Hint: Ask other people what “over stay” means for you specifically.)
Going beyond the edge of your talents. (Hint: Ask other people where the “edge” is for you specifically.)

Not having incredible people ready to take over when you do hit the edge of your talents.
When the business world views you as defeated, refusing to acknowledge at least a couple of mistakes on the way out the door.

What would you add to the list of ways great leaders turn into bad leaders? – Mike Brown

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LEADERS COME IN MANY TYPES, SHAPES, SIZES

The past week many, many publications: print and electronic are filled with articles about Steve Jobs and his LEADERSHIP STYLE....early Apple, later Apple, return to APPLE about NEXT and Pixar.

If his ICONIC image, approach, presence truly is the reason for Apple's success then many of the pundits, critics will be right and Apple will suffer.

Yet Walt Disney's leadership style appears to have been the same and Disney still remains one of the most successful companies in the world.

Also Tom Edison's leadership style appears to have been much like the micromanaging, complete control style of Steve Jobs and still General Electric still exists as a strong company.

Hmmm? Then there is Henry Ford.

Not all iconic leaders become successful

The key is how to keep a company, organization or government strong after an Iconic leader is gone.

One of the problem with term limits for President of the United States is that if a truly iconic leader got elected president in today's conditions they would never survive for long let alone make much impact in two terms of 4 years alone.

Imagine if a company was run like our government with varying levels of management and leaders having different overlapping finite terms of service.

How would anything get done?

Come to think about it, my reading about many of the Fortune 500 companies has shown that the tenture of a CEO or President tends to be less than 3 years, yet it takes 3 to 5 years to truly make a significant difference.

Leadership then may be actually an impossible task or simply an oxymoron.

Are you a Silent Leader?

read Kevin Eikenberry's short message about the value of not being a SILENT leader.

http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/leadership/are-you-playing-silent-leadership/