According to an annual report (pdf file), Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership has identified six factors that inspired confidence in leaders in 2009:
Trust
Competence
Working for the greater good of society
Shared values
Results
Being in touch
The National Leadership Index survey also analyses people’s feelings about leadership in the following six sectors compared to each other and [...]
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6 keys to creating confidence in your leadership
November 20th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Growth · Leadership · Learning
Upton Sinclair
October 25th, 2009 · No Comments
Upton Sinclair said, “It’s difficult to get a man to understand something if his salary depends on him not understanding it.”
I really liked this quote. I think I’ve actually run into this phenomenon in a couple of arenas (of my life) recently. It certainly would explain some things.
A little context:
I’m a clean energy [...]
The irony of The Right Thing
October 19th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Every so often you get the opportunity to make a statement about who you really are–bone deep. Most of the time, very few people are watching. Most of the time, nobody cares.
Often, (and ironically) however, making this statement still takes a measure of courage.
These opportunities are like little nuggets of treasure, [...]