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How to Lead Like Winston Churchill

by Vicky Webster and Martin Webster (Eds.) 

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Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill

I love to learn from the most successful people in life. It’s one of the best ways to gain new insights and accelerate your learning.

When it comes to leadership, it’s hard to find a better example than Sir Winston Churchill. I’ve been fascinated by him ever since I visited the Cabinet War Rooms in London, England years ago.

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Filed Under: How to Develop Your Leadership Tagged With: Bruce Harpham, Churchill, Exceptional Leadership, Inspiring Leader, Leadership, Leadership Lessons, Leadership Skills, Winston Churchill

Does Your Business Make These Three Common Mistakes When Motivating People?

by Vicky Webster and Martin Webster (Eds.) 

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People and Motivation

In Leadership and Motivation I started writing with the premise that leadership is about producing more leaders, not more followers.

So, I thought it worthwhile to look at three common mistakes businesses make when motivating people.

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Filed Under: How to Grow Leaders Tagged With: Business, Encourage People, High Performance, High Performance Teams, Leadership, Leadership Behaviour, Making Mistakes, Motivate People, Motivating People, Motivating Your Team, Motivation

Why Is Leadership Changing So Slowly?

by Vicky Webster and Martin Webster (Eds.) 

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Why Is Leadership Change So Slow?

When I started writing the Rough Guide to Leadership Models and Theories, I envisaged a series of articles about the popular leadership models plus some additional insights on how these may be used in today’s organisations.

Now, at the half way point, I am having second thoughts about the application of these models for leading change.

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Filed Under: How to Lead Others Tagged With: Approaches to Leadership, Build Trust, Jim Champy, John Kotter, Leadership, Leadership Model, Leadership Models, Leadership Role Model, Leading Change, Michael Martin Hammer, Personal Change, Rough Guides

Are You a Transformational Leader? — Take the Test

by Vicky Webster and Martin Webster (Eds.) 

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Transformational Leadership tag cloud.
Transformational Leadership

Transformational Leadership is about transforming the business and changing the organisation’s culture.

Take our test and see how high you score.

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Filed Under: How to Lead Others Tagged With: Business Change, Change Leader, Leadership, Leadership Qualities, Leading Change, Transactional Leader, Transformational Leader, Transformational Leadership, Transforming Leadership

Dealing With Complexity — A Rough Guide to Leadership Models and Theories

by Vicky Webster and Martin Webster (Eds.) 

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Complexity depicted by colourful fractals.
Complexity

In Transformational Leadership we learned that one characteristic of the transforming leader is dealing with complexity, ambiguity and uncertainty.

So, let’s take a look at a leadership model based on the work of Ralph Stacey, the author of several books on leadership and organisational dynamics.

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Filed Under: How to Lead Others Tagged With: Complexity, Leadership, Leadership Model, Leadership Models, Leadership Style, Leadership Styles, Management Models and Theories, Ralph Stacey, Stacey Matrix, Uncertainty

Transformational Leadership — A Rough Guide to Leadership Models and Theories

by Vicky Webster and Martin Webster (Eds.) 

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Transforming Leadership

Transformational Leadership was first coined by the historian and political scientist, James MacGregor Burns in the late 1970s, and was used to distinguish the inspirational leadership style from Transactional Leadership.

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Filed Under: What Leaders Have to Be Tagged With: Approaches to Leadership, James Macgregor Burns, Leadership, Leadership Characteristic, Leadership Model, Leadership Models, Leadership Style, Leadership Styles, Management Models and Theories, Noel Tichy, Transactional Leadership, Transformational Leader, Transformational Leadership, Transforming Leadership

What Executives Really Need to Know About Leadership Accountability

by Vicky Webster and Martin Webster (Eds.) 

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Transparency is the first step towards accountability.
Leadership Accountability

What does it mean to be accountable?

Well, let’s keep things simple and start with the definition of accountability.

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Filed Under: What Leaders Have to Be Tagged With: Accountability, Leadership, Leadership Accountability, Leadership Qualities, Leadership Quotes, Problem, Problem Definition, Responsibility, Transparency

Daniel Goleman's Golf Clubs — A Rough Guide to Leadership Models and Theories

by Vicky Webster and Martin Webster (Eds.) 

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Daniel Goleman’s Golf Clubs — Leadership That Gets Results

In Situational Leadership we introduced four leadership styles: Telling, coaching, participating, and delegating. Hersey and Blanchard contend that choice comes down to a sense of responsibility and willingness on the part of leader and team.

In contrast, Daniel Goleman, who popularised Emotional Intelligence, identifies six styles of leadership. But, this is where the similarity ends.

Here’s why …

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Filed Under: What Leaders Need to Do Tagged With: Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence, Golf Clubs, Leadership, Leadership Model, Leadership Models, Leadership Quotes, Leadership Style, Leadership That Gets Results, Leadership Theories, Leadership Theory

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