Leading Effectively e-Newsletter - April 2008 Issue

April 2008

Building a Leader's Image

Celebrities and politicians are not the only people who need to manage their image. Leaders, too, can benefit from gaining a clear view of their image and taking steps to improve it.

Adapted from a new CCL guidebook, Building an Authentic Leadership Image, this issue of Leading Effectively reveals why a leadership image matters, why you can't fake it and how to hone your image in a way that makes you a more effective leader.

Articles

Leadership Image: Asset or Liability?
Your effectiveness as a leader is tied to your image. The question is whether your image is an asset or a liability. (more...)

What Message Are You Sending?
Martin was recently named president of a regional financial services provider. Recruited from another company, he knew he needed to send the right signal at his first all-management meeting. So he set forth his vision -- and took the first step in building his leadership image. (more...)

Image Busters: Eight Common Mistakes
There's no shortage of ways to bust your image. Here are eight common mistakes executives make — and you should avoid — that have a negative effect on their leadership image. (more...)

Why Manage Image: A Conversation with CCL's Corey Criswell
Creating an image is usually viewed as a matter of style over substance. But CCL's Corey Criswell, author of Building an Authentic Leadership Image, says don't be so quick to judge the value of image. (more...)

Building an Authentic Leadership Image
Developing your leadership image doesn't need to be an incredibly complicated process. Often, gaining the awareness of your current image and its limits goes a long way. (more...)

Results of the CCL Poll: Sustainability
In our March 2008 Leading Effectively e-newsletter, readers were asked if sustainability and corporate social responsibility were on the radar screen in their organization. (more...)

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