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- Google's Leadership Rules
Posted by Claude on Friday 25th November 2011 at 13:52:00
- The King's Speech for Leaders
Posted by Claude Warner on Monday 8th August 2011 at 18:23:53
- Increasing the Bench Strength of your Leadership Pipeline
Posted by Claude Warner on Monday 20th June 2011 at 07:09:47
- Black Swans draw eyes onto the Leader
Posted by Claude Warner on Monday 16th May 2011 at 21:06:51
- The Court of Conscience
Posted by Claude on Tuesday 5th April 2011 at 15:12:36
- No Margin No Good
Posted by Claude Warner on Wednesday 2nd March 2011 at 11:36:24
- How will you Lead in 2011?
Posted by Claude Warner on Monday 17th January 2011 at 10:57:48
- Water what You want to Grow
Posted by Claude Warner on Friday 31st December 2010 at 12:27:25
- Start a Virtuous Cycle & Create a Winning Team
Posted by Claude Warner on Monday 8th November 2010 at 10:13:21
- With people, slow is fast
Posted by Claude Warner on Sunday 19th September 2010 at 18:24:55
- Leading without Title
Posted by Claude Warner on Tuesday 24th August 2010 at 15:32:02
- Waking the Sleepwalkers
Posted by Claude Warner on Thursday 15th July 2010 at 12:49:57
- The Goose and the Golden Egg
Posted by Claude Warner on Wednesday 9th June 2010 at 22:20:07
- What is really Important?
Posted by Claude Warner on Friday 14th May 2010 at 11:52:05
- When Important becomes Urgent
Posted by Claude Warner on Tuesday 27th April 2010 at 10:42:20
- It Starts at the Top!
Posted by Claude Warner on Wednesday 11th November 2009 at 14:30:10
- 1 comment on this post - most recent Tuesday 9th March 2010 at 14:40:11
Communication
- Listening is not Understanding
Posted by Claude Warner on Wednesday 17th February 2010 at 21:10:49
- 1 comment on this post - most recent Monday 1st March 2010 at 13:13:59
- How to Connect with Customers and Clients
Posted by Claude Warner on Wednesday 10th February 2010 at 11:25:06
- Communication - the lifeblood of a (business) community
Posted by Claude on Thursday 29th October 2009 at 14:51:18
Emotional Intelligence
- 1 + 1 = 3
Posted by Claude Warner on Wednesday 20th October 2010 at 14:49:28
- All is not as it appears (to you)
Posted by Claude Warner on Saturday 3rd April 2010 at 10:11:52
- The Truth about Your Stress
Posted by Claude Warner on Friday 22nd January 2010 at 16:19:46
- Overcoming the Limiting Power of Assumption
Posted by Claude on Monday 27th July 2009 at 16:33:48
Successful Living
- Being Aware of Being Aware
Posted by Claude on Tuesday 13th April 2010 at 13:50:47
- Don't just work yourself, work on yourself
Posted by Claude Warner on Tuesday 9th March 2010 at 16:26:11
- Does the world know the real you?
Posted by Claude Warner on Tuesday 5th January 2010 at 14:43:47
- Is the journey the end or the means?
Posted by Claude Warner on Friday 27th November 2009 at 14:28:18
- My Vision and Mission
Posted by Claude on Friday 18th September 2009 at 11:45:09
- The 'Ensuement' of Happiness and Success
Posted by Claude on Friday 24th July 2009 at 17:39:22
Wisdom
- Since I accepted inevitability, I see possibility
Posted by Claude Warner on Thursday 25th February 2010 at 08:56:12
- 1 comment on this post - most recent Monday 1st March 2010 at 13:18:00
- A Man is never Powerless
Posted by Claude Warner on Monday 25th January 2010 at 15:32:29
- Precepts of Wisdom
Posted by Claude on Monday 26th October 2009 at 14:31:33
Leading without Title
Posted by Claude Warner on Tuesday 24th August 2010 at 15:32:02
Leading from a formal position of “leader” is the lowest level of leadership, says leadership expert John Maxwell. The title of your position, such as CEO, compels people to follow you because they have to.
The highest of the 5 levels of leadership is personhood, where people follow you because of who you are. This form of leadership is based on influence, and does not need a title.
When there is something you are passionate about, when you have the discipline to apply this in a conscience directed way, you start exerting influence.
Wherever you find yourself, whether in the most humble of jobs or the most senior, you have a circle of influence where you can exercise influence.
By taking initiative you start empowering yourself and enlarging your circle of influence.
You may be familiar with the saying “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Similarly, the only way for nothing to get done is for people with vision to do nothing.
No matter how small your circle of influence, you can use your initiative and do something. You can start off with a positive attitude, doing your job with passion, diligence and conscientiously.
Instead of accepting that “that’s the way things are”, you can start taking initiative by trying different ways of doing things within your current job. You can ask your boss “What else can I do?”.
When you start accepting responsibility for where you are at, and using initiative to try and improve the situation, people start noticing.
When people identify with what you are doing, they are inspired by you to do what you are doing.
This is called leading without title.
And then you don’t have to beg and plead and threaten those people to follow you. It takes far less effort when people want to follow you.
Imagine an organisation where the workers willingly and with enthusiasm do their work because they are inspired by the example of their leaders. Think about the effect on productivity, staff turnover, sick leave etc.
It only takes a spark to get a fire going, and you can be that spark!
As a leader, how can you help your people to be those sparks?
(This is an extract from Covey’s highly recommend 8th Habit book. It is available at most book stores, or you can order it online from Loot.co.za.)
Claude Warner is a PE-based executive coach who acts as a thinking partner to help business leaders maintain objectivity and perspective,and to gain insightthrough critical, holistic, and strategic thinking.
His speciality is helping effective leaders become great leaders by developing their emotional, relational, social and communication skills to enable them to engage and inspire people to their full potential.
Claude is professionally trained as a coach, is a member of COMENSA, the national professional body representing coaching and mentoring, and is Chairperson of the COMENSA EC Chapter.
He can be contacted on 083 227 5153 or info@claudewarner.com. Further details of his coaching are on www.claudewarner.com
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