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Action Centered Leadership - A Roles-based or Functional Leadership Model
Roles-based approaches to leadership focus not on the leader’s traits nor their behavior. Instead, they focus on their functions: what they need to do, to lead. And none is better, nor more accessible, than John Adair’s Action Centered...
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Goleman's 6 Leadership Styles - A Styles Models of Leadership
We’ve seen models of leadership based on personal traits, individual behaviors, and the roles we need to fulfill. Another approach relates to the way we lead: that is, the style we adopt.
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The Blake & Mouton Leadership Grid
Robert Blake and Jane Mouton took the idea of task versus relationship focus and turned it into a full-blown model of five leadership styles: their Leadership Grid.
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What is Visionary Leadership?
Visionary leadership is transformative. We could argue that it is one aspect of transformational leadership. But I want to consider it as a specific style, because we find many leaders who seem aim for this style as their default.
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What is Charismatic Leadership?
Charismatic leadership combines charm, interpersonal skills, and persuasiveness to motivate and influence others.
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What is Servant Leadership?
Servant Leadership is one of my favorite concepts. For me it’s a no brainer. So, let me explain why.
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Situational Leadership: A Generic Day-to-Day Model
In this video, I will explain the basics of situational leadership, using generic terminology. Oops! at 08:40, the words 'High Instruction' pop onto screen. They should say 'Low Instruction, of course. My bad! What I say out loud is...
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Robert House and Path Goal Theory [Situational Leadership]
Path-Goal Theory is a contingency model of leadership. Like other situational leadership models, the approach you take to leading is dependent on the situation. In this case, you look at the people you are leading and the nature of the...
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What is Transactional Leadership?
Transactional Leadership is the everyday leadership between a manager and colleague, officer and soldier, or any leader and their followers. It is the process of passing on a request or requirement and winning a commitment to meet it.
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What is Cog's Ladder of Group Experiences? - Team Development
Cog’s Ladder of Group Experiences is a model of group development that expands on the Tuckman Model we looked at in an earlier video.
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Team Leadership and the Tuckman Group Development Stages
In an earlier video, we looked at the Tuckman Model of Group Development. Now, we'll tie the different stages to the style of team leadership that will work best in each stage.
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Servant Leadership: Leading Your Team in the Tuckman Performing Stage
In the Tuckman Performing Stage, teams don’t need guidance (they know their roles) nor supportive team leadership (they can manage their own care, collaboration, and conflict management). What they most need is to be allowed to succeed...
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Team Leadership: What is John Adair's Action Centered Leadership?
John Adair's Action Centered Leadership model (sometimes known as the three circles model) is one of the best models for Team Leadership. Every manager should know it.
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LEAD Your Team: 4 Team Leadership Priorities
Here is a very simple model of four team leadership priorities - which spell out LEAD. Can you guess what they are?
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What is the Team Leadership Continuum? [Tannenbaum & Schmidt]
Robert Tannenbaum and Warren H Schmidt set out a range of leadership behaviours. This model gives us a powerful team leadership continuum.
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Teamwork: Providing for Your Team
Providing for your team is an important part of leadership. To create teamwork, you need to serve your team, so they can get on with working together, as a team. This is sometimes known as ‘servant leadership’.
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What is Charles Handy's Federal Organization Model?
Charles Handy's Federal Organization model is highly centralized – but highly decentralizing. What on Earth can we make of this apparent contradiction?
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Creating Trust in Remote Teams
Humans have evolved to work together in small, close-knit groups, often based around family relationships. These allow for slow and deep relationships to form, that are the basis of common understanding and mutual trust. Remote teams...
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Creating Connection and Building Culture in Your Remote Team
Building connection and creating a distinctive culture will be far harder with a remote team. You must take the lead in making efforts to communicate well.
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Team Building Events: Why, What, and How?
Team building is an important part of getting the best from your team. This is a thorough primer for any manager who needs to get team building right.
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Teamwork: Elements of Effective Team Meetings
Team meetings can be an awesome way to get your team coordinated. Or they can be a huge drain on your team’s time and morale. What are the essential elements of an effective team meeting, if you want to foster great team working?
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Social Media Advocacy Spurs Political Change for Social Housing
Kwajo Tweneboa has been relentless advocacy on behalf of social housing residents. The work is emotionally taxing and he and other activists face huge challenges in addressing the problems. Recently, however, his social media activism...
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Why did Carlyle’s CEO resign?
FT Due Diligence - The group shocked Wall Street when its chief executive abruptly resigned in August, throwing the leadership of one of the world’s largest private equity groups into disarray. But why did he quit? The FT’s Antoine Gara...
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2109 - Fortune 100 Speaker Jessica Kriegel on 3 Culture Questions You Must Ask in a Job Interview
You are in an interview- and the job seems great, but how do you know if the culture of the organization is going to be a good fit for you? Today workplace culture strategist Dr. Jessica Kriegel shows us 3 key questions that we can ask...