What does it mean to bring the right attitude to work? What is the impact, positive or negative? In this week’s video blog post I talk about an example that came up in a leadership workshop I was conducting this past week with a colleague. _____________________________________________________________________________________ John Whitehead, coaches…
What is Your “WHY”
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…