2003 Leading Effectively Archive Abstracts
December 2003: The Big Picture: How We Learn to LeadCaught up in your day-to-day work, how often do you stop and think about the larger view of leadership? Do you ever wonder, What makes me a leader? How did I develop the leadership skills I currently have? How will I learn what it takes to lead in the future?
- What it Takes: Four Facets of Leader Development
- How We Learn: Six Ways Leaders Develop
- Learn From Others: How Developmental Relationships Drive Leadership
- Accept a Challenge: Using Job Assignments to Develop Leadership
- Building Resilience: What Hardships Teach About Leading
- November Poll Results: Critical Leadership Challenges
The Center for Creative Leadership's fifth annual Friends of the Center Leadership Conference in Orlando generated an abundance of new ideas and energetic discussions, attracting 200 people to the three-day event in October. Keynote presenters included leadership consultant and author Ron Heifetz, journalist Malcolm Gladwell and others with expertise in leadership and creativity. This issue of the e-Newsletter shares some of the ideas and perspectives offered by the presenters.
- Malcolm Gladwell: Social Power
- Ron Heifetz: Leadership On the Line
- Robert Eichinger: Return on Investment from People
- Robert Throckmorton: Creativity for Competitive Advantage
- Lily Kelly-Radford: Leadership Trends and Challenges
- And There's Still More ... Touching Base with FOCLC Concurrent Sessions
- October Poll Results: Critical Leadership Challenges
How do today's leaders deal with change and challenge? What is the connection between strategy and leadership? What's on the mind of top leaders? How can we - intentionally and creatively - improve leadership skills? This issue of the CCL e-Newsletter addresses these compelling questions of leadership. We've put together the 7 most popular e-Newsletter articles of the last two years.
- Leadership: A Balancing Act
- Strategic Leadership: The Work of Many
- What CEOs Think: A Leadership Survey from CCL and Chief Executive Magazine
- Leadership at the Top: Knowing What it Takes
- Three Keys to Development: Assessment, Challenge & Support
- Strategic Leadership: What Makes it Different?
- Mind Mapping: Tony Buzan Connects Leadership and the Brain
- September Poll Results: Working in Teams
Teams are everywhere. Corporate America is particularly enamored of teams, but frequently the term 'team' is used without giving much thought to why a team is created or how it should function. This issue of the CCL e-Newsletter addresses the fundamentals of when to use a team and how to get it going.
- What Is a Team and Do We Really Need One?
- Getting Started: Putting the Team Together
- Do No Harm: Avoid the Top Team Destroyers
- Support Matters: Team Success Depends on Others
- Teams: Start Smart by Setting a Clear Direction
- August Poll Results: Leadership Development in Organizations
What's going on in the field of leadership development? And where does the Center for Creative Leadership fit in? We've asked several creative thinkers - with experience as managers, teachers, consultants and writers - to share their thoughts about leadership today and the role of CCL. Read on to hear from Frank Bordonaro, CCL's Ellen Van Velsor, David Hurst and Peter Vaill.
- Frank Bordonaro: The Importance of Investing in Leadership
- Ellen Van Velsor: Looking Through CCL's Lens on Leader Development
- David Hurst: Learning, Management and Golf
- Peter Vaill: Learning in a World of Permanent White Water
- July Poll Results: The Personal Side of Leadership
Leadership is a highly personal activity. Who you are affects how you lead and your leadership experiences impact the person you are. This issue of the CCL e-newsletter takes a look at the personal side of living as a leader: What motivates and inspires you? What does it feel like to be a leader? What are you doing today to ensure the leader in you thrives and survives?
- Survival Mode: Staying Alive Through the Dangers of Leading
- The Role of Why: How a Sense of Purpose Makes a Difference
- In Times of Crisis: Lead Yourself, Lead Others
- Being True: The Importance of Being Authentic
- To Your Health: Exercise Increases Effectiveness
- June Poll Results: Formal Feedback
Frequent, on-the-job feedback is a must for real-time professional development in today's fast-paced world. Yet, there are times in your career where it's useful - even essential - to step back and systematically evaluate where you are, where you want to be and what you need to do to get there. That's where formal feedback processes like 360-degree assessments and feedback-intensive programs come in. Learn more about how formal feedback can be used for you and your organization in this month's CCL e-Newsletter.
- Formal Feedback: Why it Matters
- The Lowdown on 360-degree Feedback
- CCL Feedback Coaches Answer Your Top Questions About 360-degree Feedback
- Intense is Good: Why Feedback-intensive Programs Work
- May Poll Results: Blended Learning Solutions - The Future of Leadership Development
Technology is impacting the way leaders lead and teams function. It's also changing how leaders learn the skills they need to be effective in their jobs. But has technology fundamentally transformed leadership? Read this month's issue of the CCL e-Newsletter to find out more about leading and learning in today's technology-driven organizations.
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Connectivity and Collaboration: E-Learning to Lead
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Digital Dilemmas: The Paradoxes of Leadership
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Getting Control: How to Manage Your E-mail
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Teaching, Technology and Teamwork: Leadership Lessons at Xerox
- April Poll Results: The Value of Coaching
Coaching is much more than a popular management trend . it can be a powerful process for improving your management and leadership skills. Investing the time, effort and money in a good management coach, combined with a well thought-out development plan, may be the best way to tackle your goals. Find out the what and why of executive coaching in this issue of the e-newsletter.
- What is Coaching, Anyway?
- Who Should It Be? What to Look For in a Coach
- Are You Ready? How to Get the Most from Your Coach
- When You're the Coach: Advice from Marshall Goldsmith
- March Poll Results: Do You Know How to Give and Receive Feedback Effectively?
"Feedback" is a word that is tossed around in organizations, but often without much thought to what it is, why it matters and how to - constructively - give it to others. At CCL, learning to give and receive valuable feedback is a crucial component of our leadership development programs. During the course of giving feedback to tens of thousands of people over many years, CCL has developed a feedback technique that is simple and effective. Whether you're the giver or receiver of feedback, this issue of the e-Newsletter fills you in on the fundamentals.
- Feedback: What It Is and Why It Matters
- Keep it Simple: How to Give Feedback
- It's All in the Asking: How to Get Feedback
- Top 10 Feedback Mistakes According to CCL
- February Poll Results: Is Derailment a Problem in Your Organization?
Whether you're an up-and-coming supervisor, seasoned manager or top executive, the path of leadership is filled with change and challenge. Taking the time to learn and adapt is essential. In this issue of the e-Newsletter, CCL shows ways to keep your career on track . and why it makes a difference to you and your organization.
- Weak Spots? Better Pay Attention
- Change is Good: Learning to Adapt is Key to Leadership Success
- Relationship Trouble: It's Not Too Late
- Staying Power: How to Make the Most of the Job You're In
- Conflict Poll Results
Conflict occurs when people possess or express contrary values, interests, goals, orientations, principles or feelings. At its core, conflict is division and discord between people, interests or ideas. Conflict is also natural - where there are people, there will be conflict. But if conflict at work is inevitable, it doesn't have to be destructive. Whether you're at odds with your boss, your direct reports or your peers, there are ways to minimize and direct conflict
