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The Leader as Hero
Everyone wants to be a hero, even if in a small way - to be admired, respected, accepted. If you admire sporting heroes, you want to be like them yourself. The true leader is essentially a hero -...
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Values and Leadership
Must leaders be of good character or have sterling values like integrity, honesty or social consciousness? But if criminals, terrorists or people like Hitler can lead despite having questionable...
View ArticleOrganic Leadership
We've heard of organic and mechanistic organizations, but organic leadership? What's the main difference between the two types of organization? In mechanistic organizations, direction can be...
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Servant Leader Traits
What traits distinguish servant leaders from other kinds of leaders? What is so special about a servant leader? And, do you have what it takes to be one yourself? Here is a list of proposed servant...
View ArticleAn Alternative to Servant Leadership
Advocates of servant leadership have admirable values and aims. It is thus unfortunate that they confuse the meaning of leadership with its application. We need a different concept, one that everyone...
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The Future of Leadership
Our primary image of the leader comes from the military. Great leaders have always been heroes, especially military heroes. Hero worship is OK if it inspires us to greater heights. But bad if it...
View ArticleAre You a Leader?
If someone asks whether you are a leader you might say no because you don't have that sort of role. To make matters worse, you may look up to leaders to such an extent that you don't think you could...
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Leading Without Authority
Why is leadership portrayed in terms of how managers manage people? How can you be said to LEAD people when you have the authority to tell them what to do? Business leadership is often portrayed as a...
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