Discussion How Does One Live as a Leader?
Someone who isn’t afraid to put their right foot forward and speak up in situations were they may be the only one who stands up for their certain belief. A leader needs to be someone who is understanding but who can get things done.
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How Does One Live as a Leader?
Moderated by Megan McCausland
What makes someone an effective leader?
What kind of leadership is most effective?
How much is leadership learned, how much is inherent?
How does one foster his or her ability to lead?
Who are the great leaders of our past, present, future? What can they teach us about leadership?
What kind of leadership is most effective?
How much is leadership learned, how much is inherent?
How does one foster his or her ability to lead?
Who are the great leaders of our past, present, future? What can they teach us about leadership?
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Sydnie SUSA, Feb. 10, 2012
Megan McCausland, Dec. 22, 2011
When the CEO of a company called Vineet Nayar told all employees that substantial layoffs would happen if the company didn’t find a way to decrease expenses by $100 million, the employees came up with $260 million worth of cost saving ideas and no one got laid off. http://bit.ly/qZf7Bi
This is the kind of bottom up leadership more people in positions of leadership need to embrace.
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srini n Dec. 23, 2011
One of my fellow Cost Management professional friends used to say for decades at work, at meetings and at seminars: “Don't cut heads; cut overheads”
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Howard McCosh Jan. 7, 2012
One of the few things I like about the US Government is the Ideas for Excellence Program. For suggesting creating a form in tractor or pinwheel feed format years ago and showing how much time and money would be saved using that form I was awarded $400. Employee incentive programs work nicely! -
Howard McCosh Jan. 7, 2012
To be an effective leader one must know where he is going and entice his/her people to follow! Mission first, people always!
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Megan McCausland, Nov. 15, 2011
Key leadership lessons from the Penn State scandal: http://drivingresultsthroughculture.com/?p=2512. The downfall of any organization is imminent when values and principles are not put into practice.
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Megan McCausland, Nov. 6, 2011
Jim Collins says that good leaders don’t motivate people, they add passionate people to their teams and avoid doing things that cause their enthusiasm to extinguish. http://bigthink.com/ideas/40844
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Georgia Gibbs, Oct. 26, 2011
Just wanted to share this interview I just read in Google Quarterly: Madeleine Albright “shares her thoughts on the transformational power of women’s leadership.”
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Jill Davies Oct. 27, 2011
Madeleine Albright is one of the great women leaders. I have always held her in high esteem. What I find remarkable about this interview is how boldly she delves into her “human” side. This passage, for instance:
Even at the pinnacle of her profession, Albright says she sometimes second-guessed herself when she was the only woman in the room. In meetings, she’d be about to speak up, only to silence herself, thinking, ‘That will sound really stupid’. Then, almost inevitably, a man would pipe up with the same observation, “and everybody thinks it’s brilliant, and you are so mad at yourself.” There’s something both reassuring and discouraging about the fact that a Secretary of State makes the same sort of mistakes as an ordinary professional woman. Reassuring, because she was a spectacular success despite them. Discouraging, because it suggests that no amount of success ever really makes deep-rooted insecurities go away.
To me, her ability to share her human side, her faults and insecurities, shows just how strong she is. -
Georgia Gibbs Nov. 9, 2011
I have listened to her in a few interviews and am always delighted by how much I admire her. Her breath of experience and the spine she had to achieve what she did are both inspiring. She is an inspiration and, in a historical context, was a torch for many that followed.
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Jill Davies, Oct. 22, 2011
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg looks at why a smaller percentage of women than men reach the top of their professions - and offers 3 powerful pieces of advice to women aiming for C level jobs.
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Megan McCausland Oct. 22, 2011
Great TED talk! Here's a list of the top 40 bosses under 40…not a lot of women on the list, even among the young: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/40-under-40/2011/full_list/ -
Georgia Gibbs Nov. 9, 2011
Thanks for the Ted Talk. I signed in to post a piece she wrote. I agree strongly with her point made in this article and in an interview with Charlie Rose that aired Nov. 8th; don't leave too early. Although she is talking with regards to women on a trajectory in their career it is good advice for anyone. http://bit.ly/sSandberg
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Billy Sumner, Oct. 22, 2011
On June 18, 1940, after the battle of France, the new Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Spencer Churchill, delivered a stirring speech to Parliament, and he spoke to the nation, in which he outlined the fact that the Nazi war machine would very soon attack Britain. At the end of his speech, Churchill pointed out that if they survived the terrible onslaught, history would look back and say, “this was their finest hour.” One of the finest leaders.
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Bedford Wells, Oct. 20, 2011
“Taken on the whole, I would believe that Gandhi’s views were the most enlightened of all the political men of our time. We should strive to do things in his spirit: not to use violence for fighting for our cause, but by non-participation of anything you believe is evil.” — Albert Einstein, 1950
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Elsa Maestra, Oct. 19, 2011
Simon Sinek has studied leaders from Steve Jobs and Martin Luther King to the Wright Brothers and come up with a model of leadership that starts with the question: “Why?” Be inspired!
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Megan McCausland Dec. 28, 2011
This is a company where employees happily earn salaries below market rates. Why do they do it? Because of the company's WHY! http://www.inc.com/michael-waas-smith/keeping-morale-high-when-salaries-arent.html
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Jorn Straten, Oct. 19, 2011
“The more people you inspire, the more people will inspire you.”
I absolutely recommend you to read the book Start with why from Simon Sinek.
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