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Before we move on to my final post regarding this article, I wanted to thank all of you for your thought provoking contributions. I hope you guys have enjoyed [...]
It’s almost midnight here. My friend, Dominic, just left. We had a terrific conversation about many things. One of them related to our conversation on leadership. Dominic mentioned how he had grown so much in his understanding of and behavior within relationships that sometimes he feels he was a “different person” than he [...]
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The Seven Ways ["Action Logics"] of Leadership
The Opportunist –wins any way possible
The Diplomat –avoids overt conflict
The Expert –rules [...]
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The Seven Ways ["Action Logics"] of Leadership
The Opportunist –wins any way possible
The Diplomat –avoids overt conflict
The Expert –rules by logic and experience
The Achiever–meets strategic goals
The Individualist–Interweaves competing personal and company action logics
The Strategist–generates organizational and personal transformations.
The Alchemist
The [...]
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Welcome back.
The Seven Ways ["Action Logics"] of Leadership
The Opportunist –wins any way possible
The Diplomat –avoids overt conflict
The Expert –rules by logic and experience
The Achiever–meets strategic goals
The Individualist–Interweaves competing personal and company action logics
The Strategist
The [...]
The Seven Ways ["Action Logics"]
The Opportunist –wins any way possible
The Diplomat –avoids overt conflict
The Expert –rules by logic and experience
The Achiever
The Individualist
The Strategist
The Alchemist
Today we’re talking about The Achiever. Achievers meet strategic goals. They are characterized by effectively achieving goals through teams and juggling managerial duties and market demands. Their [...]
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The Seven Ways ["Action Logics"]
The Opportunist
The Diplomat
The Expert
The Achiever
The Individualist
The Strategist
The Alchemist
Today we continue the third part of our conversation on transforming our leadership “action logics.” According to the Harvard Business Review, corporate and individual performance are related to one’s “action logic” (see Monday, April 4 post for a definition). The [...]
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Yesterday we began to talk about the 7 Transformations of Leadership. Today we continue that conversation. Feel free to chime in the comment box. I’ll reply to you there as well.
The 7 Transformations of Leadership
part 1
Self awareness is a key to growing as a leader. I’m not referring here to simply [...]
Jesus did not come to make the world Christian.
He came to make it human again. While many see Jesus as the religious leader that established the Christian religion, Jesus was moved by dreams far greater than this. He dreamed of a world reconnected to the very energy that gave rise to the mysteries of the cosmos and the human consciousness.
Chris Nall: I’ve been part of a new church plant for 20+ years so I get the idea of having to create the...
kevin: well having read neil cole, and peter wagner, and knowing you Alex personally. I would have to agree with...
Parepidemos: Interesting, but I don’t think it is a parallel case. What we’re reading about in the...
John Gnotek: “When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and you argue about... Parepidemos: Wow, Bret. On other forums, a post like that is referred to as a “discussion killer.” I...
Shaman: Excellent thoughts! Now just one thing left. If these are ideas that truly transcend the Christian ghetto...