Using a system to understand and lead an organization is not a new idea - it is at least 2,500 years old. According to Mo-Tze (a.k.a. Miscius) a Chinese philosopher around 500 B.C.E. Whoever pursues a business in this world must have a system. A business which has attained success without a system does not exist. From ministers and generals down …
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Leading Change Formula Revisited
This week I am revisiting my old article titled “Beckhard’s Change Formula - D x V x FS x B > R” to update it with some recent research and set the record straight regarding credit for the change formula. A friend of mine, Dr. Chad McAllister, frequently shares a link to my old article with his graduate class. One of his students recently …
Spiritual Leadership for Excellence
Search for Meaning For many leaders spirituality is “spooky” and “smacks” of religion. Something we were told to avoid, along with politics, in polite conversation. Yet the search for meaning and purpose seems to be “hard-wired” into us and our people. Note, for our purposes here, religion requires spirituality but spirituality does not require …
Leadership Research – Only the Brave Need Apply!
Ambiguity and Frustration Leadership is a messy activity often fraught with ambiguity and frustration. Choosing the “right” path can be difficult. And, for many situations, there is no obvious “right” path. Have you ever read a leadership book or blog post that proposed you could solve all your leadership problems by doing these 5 or 10 steps? Did …
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Transformational CEOs are Reflective
As the end of the year approaches, I thought a short post on reflection and learning might be appropriate. Leading transformation requires leaders at all levels reflect on the past and use experience to make decisions and develop strategies for achieving competitive advantage (Latham, 2013b). The CEOs in a recent study were reflective and learned …
