17 January 2010
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Five practices of Exemplary Leadership
1. Model the behaviour you expect from other people.
2. Inspire others to share your vision and dreams.
3. Challenge the process by experimenting and taking risks.
4. Help others act by fostering collaboration and building trust.
5. Encourage the hearts of your people to carry on.
Source The Leadership Challenge – James M Kouzes and Barry Z Posner
Great advice – easy to understand, challenging to integrate.
Favourite line – “you are the most important leader in the organisation.”
Successful companies have leaders at all levels thus the relevance of this simple sentence cannot be underestimated.
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2 December 2009
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“Effective employee communication is a leading indicator of financial performance and a driver of employee engagement. Companies that are highly effective communicators had 47% higher total returns to shareholders over the last five years compared with firms that are the least effective communicators.”
Ref: 2009/2010 Communication ROI study.
http://www.watsonwyatt.com/commroi/
No major shocks in these survey results – communication is one of the key skills in life and business. A skill that should be getting more focus within the education system which continues to fail both industry and society by focusing on grades.
Interpersonal and Intrapersonal intelligences are the two most highly paid intelligences in the world. Those high on these intelligences have the necessary life toolbox to excel in life and be able to transcend the inevitable personal challenges that will arrive on their doorstep.
Time for some real vision on this subject.
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Kevin Kelly is an Internationally Acclaimed Motivational Speaker and authority on leadership.