LeadershipNow 140: July 2009 Compilation

• Releasing control and sharing influence with others may be the one of the most difficult changes to make in your leadership style. ~JR Kerr
• RT @UtneReader: Creativity it’s surprisingly orderly, it can be learned http://bit.ly/l581L Think about problems as abstract
• Is your reluctance to follow undermining your leadership?
• Ultimately, leadership is about life.
• Grow yourself. You can't separate yourself as a person from yourself as a leader.
• RT @davidzinger: Employee Engagement Zingers. A tad of Monday morning twitter humor to start your work. http://bit.ly/1xNbm4
• RT @SirHendrix: you are acting opportunistic because you don't know your purpose, you don't focus, and you have no strategy.
• Live through the unfair things, develop the hide to not let it bother you & keep your eyes focused on what you have to do. Hank Greenberg
• Identify the influencers. Work through them, not around them. Invite them, don't inform them.
• We build who we are by building up others.
• Excellent Piece WSJ: Celebrity Culture vs. The Right Stuff
• Time to get your strategy right: It's not just that markets have changed. Your organisation has changed. FT http://bit.ly/1YLaIt
• Time Magazine: No Charisma? Don't Worry, You Can Still Be a Leader http://ow.ly/hJKz
• Turnaround Question: What do I want this situation to become?
• Cronkite: "A career can be called a success if one can look back and say: 'I made a difference.'" He made a difference.
• RT @donhornsby: They Never Said That! | U.S. Presidents | Reader's Digest http://ff.im/5kHFS
• A Farewell to Harms WSJ http://bit.ly/15UkE4
• Everyone is normal until you get to know them better. ~Manfred Kets de Vries
• Every despot must have one disloyal subject to keep him sane. ~GB Shaw
• As a leader, if you are not encouraging candid feedback, you are just asking for trouble. Do you have a court jester?
• RT @perrynoble NEVER allow the voice of those who know you the least to shape you the most!
• Ideas from under your nose: While networks of outsiders are a fashionable concept, those looking for innovation... FT: http://tinyurl.com/nwd4qf
• RT @pamslim: The big 5 mid-year game-changing questions http://bit.ly/CWcV3 Good questions to ask yourself
• Interviews with top business authors during FT Press & Wharton School Publishing Author Week http://ow.ly/haRj
• Otto Scharmer- Leader: All people who engage in creating change or shaping their future, regardless of their formal positions
• If you can't live through adversity, you'll never be good at what you do. ~Hank Greenberg
• Managers who act like owners: Extravagant restaurant bills and huge taxi fares might not endear you to the peopl.. http://tinyurl.com/lesxgz
• RT @Ventureneer: Leadership can be learned :: says http://bit.ly/XNQJq
• Making History > David McCullough WSJ http://tinyurl.com/kumpdg
• The Fall of the Workplace Jerk ?? WSJ http://ow.ly/gn6j