Simon Sinek’s great video presentation has resonated for me for several years. Most people have watched, if you haven’t I would recommend you take some time to do so at: https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action In this week’s video I explore the question that Simon brings forth for me and what it could…
Credibility + Vision = ????
Research has shown that people consistently select four characteristics to describe the leaders they would choose to follow. They are: Honesty. Inspiring. Competent and Forward-Looking (Kouzes & Posner, 2012). These four characteristics that followers expect of leaders add up to what communications experts freer to as source credibility (Berlo, Lemert…
What is Leadership Pt II?
So I continue with this weeks video blog where I left off last week, with some additional thoughts on what leadership is. I focus on how increasing your self-awareness as a key step to recognizing your own leadership style, understanding your values and building a vision… then go from…
What is Leadership?
What is Leadership? After a few weeks of posting written blog posts, I come back this week with a video to talk about some ideas and reflections on leadership informed by my faculty of managment students at UBCO… Part 2 next week John Whitehead coaches individuals and…
Using FeedForward to get Unique Perspectives
FeedForward is an exercise and concept from Marshall Goldsmith, one of the world’s top executive coaches. FeedForward is based on the premise that we can’t do anything about the past, it’s done. What we can focus on is the future. It is a different way of looking at performance reviews…