Six Things that Are Necessary for Good
Team Leadership
Source: "The Wisdom of
Tears", John R.Katzenbach & Douglas K.Smith |
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Keep the purpose, goals, and approach
relevant and meaningful.
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Build commitment and confidence.
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Strengthen the mix and level of skills.
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Manage relationships with outsiders, including removing obstacles.
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Create opportunities for others.
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Do real work.
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Growing Need for Energized
People
To cope with today's rapid change,
organizations need energized people. "Open-book management,
employee empowerment,
continuous
improvement, participative management, and self-directed work teams are
all concepts that seek to
energize
employees by making them a more integral part of the workplace."2
Energize Others
Use Your Creative Energy
Don't follow the market, lead it. Use your
creative
energy to energize others.
"Creative
energy whispers 'edge energy', the next collective movement and direction.
No one can touch the true country and white
light of inspiration for a false goal. You can't dive into the deep-down,
belly place of pure creativity while peeking over your shoulder to monitor
the preferences of strangers," advises Tama J. Kieves, a carrier coach and
the author of This Time I Dance! Creating the Work You Love.
10 Commandments of Innovation
Inspire your team.
Inspire,
empower and
energize people...
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Inspirational Leader: 10 Roles
The Tao of Leadership
Case in Point
General Electric:
Work-Out
At its core,
Work-Out is a very simple concept based on the premise that those
closest to the work know it best. When the ideas of those people,
irrespective of their functions and job titles, are solicited and turned
immediately into action, an unstoppable wave of
creativity, energy, and
productivity is unleashed throughout the organization. At GE, Work-Out
"Town Meetings" gave the corporation access to an unlimited resource of
imagination and energy of its talented employees...
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Inspiring People: 4 Strategies
Inspiring
Culture: 5 Elements
What Does Creativity Brings
To Your Life?
Summary of the interview of Linda Dessau with
17 creative artists
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Creativity
brings
happiness, energy and power.
Creativity is energizing, revitalizing, uplifting and
motivating. It gives you joy, the impetus to push further, and a
sense of power. It helps re-ignite your
passion
for your work and excites you into courageous
action...
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Values-Based Leadership
Put Values First
Values-based leadership is about ideas and
values. It is about understanding the different and conflicting needs of
followers, energizing followers to pursue a goal than they had thought
possible. "In practical business terms, it is about creating conditions
under which all followers can perform independently and effectively toward a
single objective."3...
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