Shape-Shifting Leadership

Three kinds of leadership for three different situations.
By Dan Kimball, Mark Driscoll, and Leith Anderson

Leadership in the emerging church is a paradox. I am someone who fully sees the value of mission statements, organizational charts, and a strategic approach to leading. I read everything John Maxwell and Bill Hybels write, and they fuel my heart and passion for leadership. The irony is that most growing up in our emerging culture are critical of anything that looks like "organized religion." My church doesn't want anything too business oriented or too structured.

Mark Driscoll: Leading Yourself First

Leith Anderson: Leading by Influence continue reading

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NB. Your Leadership Is Unique:
Good news: There is no one "leadership personality."
by Peter F. Drucker

The one and only personality trait the effective ones I have encountered did have in common was something they did not have: they had little or no "charisma." Read more.

Seven deadly leadership sins

JEFFREY GANDZ
Special to The Globe and Mail, July 6, 2007
So much is written about what constitutes a good leader.
But what about the bad?
Clearly, a good leader will want to avoid the kinds of behaviour that go with the flip side.
See if you recognize any elements of your leadership, or the leadership of your bosses, in these bad-leader archetypes:

Narcissists
Ditherers
Avoiders
Panderers
Faddists
Tunnellers
Fantasizers continue reading

Managers work rather than holiday - Are you there?

Many UK employees might feel that they don't receive enough time off work, but this pales in comparison to their boss' Holiday time, according to new research. continue reading @ Holiday hypermarket

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