Leadership, The Secret
Leadership is an affect, thus leadership’s secret is about what goes on in the hearts and minds of the group’s members. It’s... Read More
Leadership, The Secret (Pt 2): Training Implications
Posted on18 Nov 2013
Tagschange, competition, organizational culture, inertia, innovation, leadership, military, Personality, process, Real-time personality assessment, relationships, strategy, training, vision, internal communications, Leadership - The Secret Series, precedence, bureaucratization, self-help, military-leadership analogy, analogy collection
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Since leadership’s secret is centered on the hearts and minds of groups’ members, how does it reflect in training? Simply, training centers... Read More
Leadership, The Secret (Pt 3): Leader as Actor
Posted on05 Dec 2013
Tagsleader as actor, complexes, Leadership - The Secret Series, authenticity, training, The Economist, perception, leadership, hubris, honesty, grapevine
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No matter how authentic the leader, people will perceive that authenticity in the way they want. Thus, our authenticity will have many... Read More
Leadership, The Secret (Pt 4): Leadership Riddle
Posted on23 Dec 2013
Tagschange, formal organizational power, informal organizational power, leadership, Performance, Personality, problem solving, relationships, rewards, Leadership - The Secret Series, inspiration, power in personality, leadership riddle, analogy collection, Soup Stock – Problem Solving Analogy
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Leadership has many definitions. It brings to mind the attempts to define such things as love and beauty. Sometimes, when trying to... Read More
Leadership, The Secret (Pt 5): Persona
Posted on16 Jan 2014
Tagsmorale, leadership, employees, objectivity, persona, leader as actor, military-leadership analogy, Leadership - The Secret Series, authenticity, vision, trust, symbolism, subjective, strategy
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Most leadership programs fail to consider a critical psychological phenomenon: persona. They believe that good visions, strategies, missions, execution and authenticity will... Read More
Leadership, The Secret (Pt 6): Scientifically Unproven
Posted on03 Feb 2014
Tagsdefinitions, emotions, leadership, prove, quality, Scientific Method, subjective, uncertainty, Leadership - The Secret Series
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A professor and I were discussing the effect of goals on employee performance. He was commenting that research shows they raise performance... Read More
Leadership, The Secret (Pt 7): Experts, Research & Beauty Contests
Leadership’s subjectivity and its unproven scientific status tempts us to rely heavily upon experts and their research to tell us what good... Read More
Leadership, The Secret (Pt 8): Top Rule Violator
We often have idealized visions of leaders and leadership, treating them as universal goods where only bad people can make them bad.... Read More
Leadership, The Secret (Pt 9): Problems Defining & Studying
Posted on10 Jul 2014
Tagsdefinitions, health, leadership, Performance, Twitter, Leadership - The Secret Series, Greger Wikstand, Capgemini, Jaana Kuoppala, Anne Lamminpää, Juha Liira, Harri Vainio
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Greger Wikstand, a Capgemini consultant (plus much more), and I exchanged Tweets on my post, “Leadership, The Secret (Pt 6): Scientifically Unproven.”... Read More
Leadership’s Secret Physical Characteristics
Posted on16 Oct 2014
Tagsdecisions, Influence, leadership, physical, subliminity, The Economist, voice, Leadership - The Secret Series, leader as actor, affect
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This Secret to Leadership Series began by stating leadership is an affect, an emotional influence that moves group members to action. It’s... Read More
