Leadership Styles

“The single biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place. “ -George Bernard Shaw What is not being communicated can kill your [...]

Authentic leadership is a concept both highly revolutionary and extremely practical.  It values personal virtue above selfish interests and emphasizes the importance of a leader’s words [...]

 “If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it. That’s all it [...]

More than a century of research indicates that there is almost an endless list of leadership definitions without unanimity, including over 90 variables for consideration (Bass, [...]

When was the first time that you were a part of a formal team?  For many of us it dates back to our first t-ball, soccer, [...]

To better comprehend the association between Leadership, Spirituality and Sense of Happiness or satisfaction with regards to the working environment, I propose the concept of visionary [...]

Communication concepts in the leader-follower relationship are important because they provide a clear presentation of some helpful techniques about how individuals can evaluate their own communication [...]

Effective leadership necessary to drive an organization to success is a hot topic in the business world today.  What is effective leadership?  Is leadership an intrinsic [...]

On June 18,1940, Winston Churchill, the newly elected British Prime minister, addressed the House of Commons regarding the Battle of France and the impending Battle of [...]

Introduction Organizations around the world have experienced far-reaching and powerful transformation in the last decade, including ups and downs that present challenges for the modern leader. [...]

Congratulations! You have just been promoted to a top leadership position in your organization. You have over 3,000 people working for you in four different states. [...]

Strategic thinking is a knowledge acquisition process that connects and involves every component and department of an organization by defining the direction of the organization, how [...]

If you monitored the United States’ presidential election process or the corporate woes of Nokia and Research in Motion as they try to recover what were [...]

The job market is rebounding. Are you ready? Not everyone is…. If we were to take a hypothetical conversation between a hiring manager, whom we’ll call [...]

Turmoil, stress and uncertainty would all describe the working experience of many of us over the past three or four years and even today as we [...]

What if servant leadership had not been initially labeled servant leadership?  How many times has this been pondered as this value-laden leadership concept evolved?  And why [...]

Burnout. Too many priorities to tackle. Insufficient resources. Difficulty motivating volunteers or staff. These are the challenges facing executives and managers of non-profit organizations and agencies. [...]

To produce healthy plants it takes the right amount of water, sunlight, fertilizer, and care. Too much water or too little sunlight may hurt your plants. [...]

If the organization provides safety and security for employees, then employees will provide the organization with their brawn. But what about the brain? That is a [...]

If you ask any historian to name the greatest leaders in western civilization, there’s a good chance the 16th president of the United States will make [...]