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Effective Leadership Begins with You
     
 
     

The Mailroom CEO: A Portrait of the Collaborative Leader
Many types of organizations have assimilated team based, cross-functional and collaborative structures. However, organizations often fail to recognize the full benefit of these models because employees in operational posts still wait for direction from executives rather than embody leadership characteristics. Organizational structures that inspire members toward a common mission can allow the task of leadership to shift fluidly to the individual with the highest degree of efficacy at any given point in time.  More…

 
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Default Leadership: Two Significant Gaffes Leaders Make
Leaders are responsible for many things; acquiring and shaping vision, personal and corporate communication, strategic planning, budgeting, training, supervision, executing the plan and the plan’s results. But there’s a missing ingredient from this list. What is it? It’s the way leaders treat and relate to team members, a key indicator of one’s ability to lead effectively. More…

 

What Drives Your Leadership?
Horsepower. Torque. Crankshaft speed. These are just a few of the performance specifications upon which racing engines are measured. From America’s NASCAR to international Formula One racing, a motorsports driver seeks the highest engine performance possible in order to win the race. In much the same way, leaders drive organizations with distinct styles governed by their own inward motives.  More…
 
Strategic Thinking Made Simple
“If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail,” the old adage tells us. While most of us are quick to agree, not as many of us have a good grasp on the planning process – or strategic thinking as a whole. If we’re good, a comprehensive strategizing experience exists on our personal to-do lists or on the department’s committee calendar. But one thing generally leads to another; the schedule fills up, business picks up, somebody starts or quits, or necessary changes get in the way. So, how can leaders get their attempts off the ground and into the works? More…
 
 
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From the Editor

As we ring in the new year, I encourage you to reflect upon the successes and challenges of 2009 and consider how you would or would not do things differently in the year ahead. What will it take to have a successful organization and be an effective leader in 2010?

In this issue of LAO, we examine various types of leadership that, when implemented, may lead to new successes in 2010 and beyond.

We begin this issue with an article by John Wilson, who provides us with a corporate scenario illustrating the importance of collaborative leadership. From the mailroom to the executive boardroom, he notes that being open to input from all levels of employees is vital.

In addition to collaborating, we see that it is also important to consider how leaders treat and relate to their employees. Joel Garcia explores the two gaffes leaders make and explains how to overcome them to improve leadership effectiveness and employee relations.

Additionally, what drives your leadership? Being a transformational leader does not necessarily equal positive transformation; underlying motives are the key determinant. In his article, Marcus Streater examines three different leadership styles: charismatic, transformational and transactional, and focuses on the underlying motives of the leader, both good and bad, that can ultimately make the difference.

Despite collaboration, healthy leader-follower relationships, and right motives, it takes strategic thinking to get great ideas off the ground. In the fourth and final article of this issue, Nathan Magnuson provides the instrumental steps leaders need to take to bring their ideas to fruition. His approach to strategic thinking will help you stay the course for the upcoming year.

On behalf of LAO and the Regent University School of Global Leadership & Entrepreneurship, Happy New Year!

Julia Mattera
Editor

“Good leaders make people feel that they’re at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference to the success of the organization. When that happens people feel centered and that gives their work meaning.”

Warren G. Bennis
American Scholar and Pioneer of the Field of Leadership Studies
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