Leading Effectively e-Newsletter - 2006 Archive Abstracts
December 2006 Issue: Building Character: Strengthening the Heart of Good LeadershipTo succeed over the long-term, organizations need leaders with strong character. Building character, says CCL's Gene Klann, is both a smart move and the right move for leaders and organizations.
This issue of Leading Effectively is based on the just-released book Building Character: Strengthening the Heart of Good Leadership by Gene Klann.
- Don't Give Up on Leadership Character
- Choices, Consequences and Dilemmas
- Leadership Character: Five Influential Attributes
- Character, Leadership, and (yes) Politics: A Conversation with Gene Klann
- A Checklist of Good Leader Behaviors
- Results of the CCL Poll: Gen. Honoré's Leadership Principles
Many CCL alumni have compelling tales to tell about their leadership journeys; a recent event at the Center's Greensboro, N.C., headquarters focused on three of these stories. The "Lessons of Leadership" forum held in mid-September 2006 featured presentations by Lieutenant General Russel L. Honoré, Nancy Coffee and Terrie Williams - three CCL alums who have distinguished themselves in the military, nonprofit and business sectors, respectively. Their stories have the power to inspire, provoke and teach - and we share them with you in this issue of Leading Effectively.
- General Honoré Leading the Response to Katrina
- General Honoré Leaders Needed
- Nancy Coffee: Transforming Memphis Through Leadership
- Terrie Williams: Telling the Truth
- Point of View: A Panel Discussion with General Honoré, Nancy Coffee and Terrie Williams
- Results of the CCL Poll: Innovation
The ability to sustain innovation is essential for an organization's long-term success. Even so, few organizations have an effective approach to the process of innovation. This issue of Leading Effectively introduces you to Bob Rosenfeld, CCL's first Innovator in Residence, and eight principles that guide sustained innovation. We'll also fill you in on specific techniques that encourage new perspectives and new thinking. Premium Subscribers can also access an Innovation Workbook drawn straight from Rosenfeld's new book, Making the Invisible Visible: The Human Principles for Sustaining Innovation.
- Bob Rosenfeld: Making the Invisible Visible
- The Essence of Innovation: 5 Principles
- Creating an Environment for Innovation
- Needed: A New Way to See
- Getting Started: Innovation Workbook
- Results of the CCL Poll: Key Leadership Skills
Do you ever feel that most of what you read and hear about leadership doesn't apply to you? The leadership stories and advice of corporate leaders, global executives and national figures may be interesting, but they can also leave many people wondering, "Where does my leadership work fit in?" This issue of Leading Effectively is geared to "everyday leaders" - small business owners, educators, nonprofit leaders, local officials, stay-at-home moms, service professionals, volunteers and so on. So give it a read and pass it on to the everyday leaders in your life.
- Everyday Leadership
- Can You Relate?
- Everyday Challenge
- A New Balancing Act
- Lead with Purpose
- Results of the CCL Poll: Teams in Organizations
Leading a team requires a lot more than touting teamwork. To be effective, teams-and leaders-must develop new skills to work in today's complex situations and organizations. Unfortunately, research shows that many teams fall short of their potential. This issue of Leading Effectively discusses the current state of teams and considers ways leaders can develop their team and leverage its talent. We also include articles about coaching teams and how to build support for your team.
- The State of Teams: A CCL Research Report
- Interdependence: Defining Today's Teams
- Coaching Teams
- Positive PR: Building Team Support in Your Organization
- Know the Signs: Diagnosing Team Effectiveness
- Results of the CCL Poll: Coaching Challenges
A recent online poll conducted by CCL revealed some of the challenges leaders face in playing the role of coach to their direct reports and peers. Top on the list was "juggling the coaching role with other roles as a manager," "cultivating candor, trust and dialogue with the coachee" and "dealing with resistance to my feedback." This issue of Leading Effectively follows up on these and other concerns.
- Six Principles of Leadership Coaching
- The Confident Coach: Facing Your Challenges
- A Coach's Dilemma: Resistance to Feedback
- Getting on Board: Creating a Coaching Culture
- Beyond the Playbook: Building Trust
- Results of the CCL Poll: Job Challenges
Think you need to change jobs to gain new skills? CCL's Cynthia McCauley says there's another way to find challenges and develop as a leader - by taking on developmental assignments in your current role. In this issue of Leading Effectively, she shows you how.
- Developmental Assignments: How to Grow as a Leader
- Choose Your Challenge
- Practice and Learn: How to Grow Leader Competencies
- On Your Mind: Q&A with Cynthia McCauley
- Monday Morning Tools: Start Your Plan
- Results of the CCL Poll: The Leadership Pipeline
Do you have the right people to get the job done today? Do those people have what it takes to meet future expectations? These are the basic questions managers and organizations need to ask so that they can begin to fill the leadership pipeline. This issue of Leading Effectively offers managers and executives ideas for tackling the talent discussion in your department or organization.
- A Few Good Reasons: Why Developing Others Is A Priority
- Overcoming Resistance: Developing a Talent Mindset
- How to Begin? Guidelines for Developing Others
- Succession Management: Who's Next?
- Organizational Processes: Honing in on Leaders
- Results of the CCL Poll: The Leader Coach
A growing expectation in many organizations is that experienced leaders will be good coaches for their direct reports and colleagues. This new role - one that we call the Leader Coach - is taken on by many managers as a matter of course. For others, it's a stressful or unwanted addition to already demanding jobs. In either situation, developing a workable approach to coaching can be the difference between a difficult experience and an effective, energizing way to develop others.
- All in a Day's Work: The Role of the Leader Coach
- Fear Not: Leader Coaches Are Not Therapists
- Boss and Coach? Dealing with the Challenge of Dual Roles
- Getting Started: Brief Solution-focused Coaching
- Question It: Six Questions for Effective Coaching
- Adaptability Poll Results
In today's environment of complex challenges and rapid change, the ability to adapt and remain flexible has become a leadership imperative, not a choice. For leaders, the consequences of not adapting can be severe. By developing your ability to adapt, you can be more effective at leading yourself, your people and your organization.
- What Is Adaptability?
- Why Adapt?
- How To Develop Adaptability
- A Global Spin: Cultural Adaptability
- Strategic Improvisation: Prepare to Adapt
- Critical Leadership Challenges Poll Results
Research by the Center for Creative Leadership and feedback from our clients shows that managers and executives are concerned not only with developing talented individual leaders but also in expanding the leadership capacity of teams and organizations. In this issue of Leading Effectively, we've rounded up five of our most widely read newsletter articles from the past two years, and, not surprisingly, the articles explore leadership best practices for both individuals and organizations. Join us for a refresher on developing character as a leader and addressing the stress that individual leaders face. Learn, too, about building effective teams and cultivating strategic leadership in your organization. And share in the leadership wisdom of Rudy Giuliani. We hope you'll enjoy this recap of some of the Leading Effectively articles that have meant the most to you.
- The Five E's of Character Development
- Strategic Leadership: Beyond Setting Direction
- Start it Right: Set Course for Empowerment
- Leaders Suffer: Stress Takes A Toll
- Giuliani's Six Principles of Leadership
- Changing Nature of Leadership Poll Results
Is leadership changing? Absolutely, say today's leaders. And leadership will change even more in the next five years, according to a recent study by the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL). The work of leadership is changing largely because of the increase in complex challenges. Such challenges test the limits of an organization's current strategies and reveal the shortcomings of leadership. This issue of Leading Effectively looks at ways leadership is shifting, the driving force of complexity, and the skills leaders need to be effective in the future.
