photo by Todd Turner on Unsplash Leadership Distinction #32: Power Increase your Power in this world (but probably not the way you think) Ever notice how the topics that pepper our business conversations involve sheets? Balance sheets, term sheets...
by Prescilla du-Preez on Unsplash Leadership Distinction #31: Authority Is your team following your lead, or complying with your Authority? Persons with higher levels of responsibility in organizations are often referred to as leaders. But how much...
by Noah Buscher on Unsplash Leadership Distinction #29: Authentic This kind of trust is a gamble — but it’s a gamble you must take At the turn of the century Robert Solomon and Fernando Flores introduced a practical and clear way of...
by Jean-Carlo Ever on Unsplash Leadership Distinction #29: Authentic To be authentic be your own artist Perhaps it is because of the many opportunities a leader has to veil their true intentions, if not to be downright deceptive on occasion, that we...
by Reimond de Zuniga on Unsplash Leadership Distinction #27: Influence The Follower decides when you may lead No matter the topic of our interest there always seems to be some key, salient truth that commonly, and curiously, gets overlooked in the...
Leadership Distinction #27: Influence When you take center stage ask your audience to join you When you attempt to secure the commitment of a follower your ability to Influence is center stage. What you offer for a reason to follow you is...
photo by Emmanuel Zua on Unsplash Leadership Distinction #26: Charisma How to be consciously charismatic If there is a leadership topic that draws the interest of everyone it is the art and practice of what draws the interest of one person toward...
photo by Anna Pritchard on Unsplash Leadership Distinction #25: Story Connecting heart to heart trumps connecting mind to mind Why are leaders impressed upon to find a way to communicate with followers and prospective followers alike via stories...
photo by Cristina Gottardi on Unsplash Leadership Distinction #23: Presence Mastery isn’t domination. It’s surrender. Contrary to conventional thinking, mastery is not command over something. It is really surrender to something. Unlike...
photo by C Drying on Unsplash Leadership Distinction #23: Presence A Leader’s Presence is bolstered by quiet. Who knew? There’s a whole lot being said and written these days about “leadership presence”. I interpret this as our collective...