A comprehensive list of freearticles and
leadership information from magazines, newspapers,
a few blogs, a
podcast or two, and many articles from
quality leadership websites.
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"The mighty
oak didn't grow from
seed to majestic tree in a week. Similarly,
you can't evolve a manger to a leader based on
a three-day seminar."
Murray
Johannsen
Recent
Leadership Articles From the Popular Press
This section
presents some good articles, interesting press releases, or
summaries of recent research on leadership from the wire services
or the business press.
By Traci Purdum, Industry Week. Oct. 5, 2005
-- According to a new study by Leadership IQ, a global leadership
training and
research
company, 46%
of newly
hired employees will fail within 18 months. The reason: poor
interpersonal skills.
E-Commerce
Times, September, 2005. Wikipedia and other open-source
computer projects also challenge traditional ideas about
executive
leadership.
It requires leaders who encourage collaboration, not obediance.
On
Philanthropy,
September 11, 2005. A short araticle
on the concept of leadership with Lilya Wagner, who wrote
a book, “Leading
Up: Transformational Leadership for Fundraisers.”
MarketingProfs, January 18, 2005. I've worked
at companies with smart, charismatic leaders who have
run a good idea right into the ground. A leader without
a sound strategy is like a guide without a compass. . .
eMediaWire. January 11, 2005. Why most managers have never learned
leadership. Leadership can
be
learned, but it takes time, effort, intention, and a sincere
effort.
Daily Breeze - Torrance,CA,USA,
December 31, 2004
Business owners by definition must be leaders but many confuse
the leadership and the management role.
U.S. News & World Report - Washington,D.C.,United
States, October 4, 2004
Some companies go off the beaten path and use the arts to develop
leaders: such as trying to sit amid chamber orchestras,
wave a conductor's baton, or choreographing a few modern
dance
steps as part of a leadership development program.
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA,
September 18, 2004
The article mentions that corporate investments in executive
leadership development are at an all-time high and covers two
general
methods currently in vogue.
Fast Company, NY,
USA - Sep 21, 2004
... This year, Ford will send about 2,500 managers to its Leadership
Development Center for one of its four programs.
Business Wire (press release)
- San Francisco,CA,USA, September 14, 2004
It's recommended that companies provide the necessary executive
leadership coaching to the bottom third of managers and executives
to turn around their performance.
Business Journal.com article
Predicting the future is a rather dicey proposition. However,
these futurists make important ten work force predictions
executives would be wise to take into account.
By Amy Joyce, Staff Writer, Washington
Post, USA, February 15, 2004
A decade ago, General Electric
was the only large corporation to have a leadership development
program, said Michael Useem, director of the Wharton Center
for Leadership and Change Management, while today "virtually
every major company I know has some kind of executive leadership
initiative now."
By Albert A. Vicere, Albuquerque
Tribune, Scripps Howard News Service
The article talks about how CEO McNerney
has managed to make 3M an even more efficient, streamlined,
high-performing organization, through their flagship leadership
development program.
Some companies seem to be on a roll. What
these widely admired companies in Fortune magazine all
have in common? An ability to set goals and execute on
them for one thing.
By: Bill Thomas, Posted on Tuesday, May 25,
2004, zongoo.com
Did you know that there are 7 really effective, yet powerful
ways to improve your leadership learning?
This press release lists the top ten concerns
of human resource professional. It also shows how that
top five concerns have changed over the past few years.
The number 1 issue: leadership and its development.
The
student that takes from once source gets punished,
The
professor that takes from 20 sources gets published
The
scholar that takes from 100 sources gets put on a pedestal.
Murray Johannsen
Few sites with leadership articles
do a very good job of screening their articles so the quality
of the
information is often low. The ones presented below are some
of the better sites one that
seek
to present
useful
content,
ranging
from the expert to the novice.
This is a group of professional speakers who have written
short articles as a means of getting their name out there.
Some good reads, but mostly conventional wisdom combined
with platitudes.
Many of this articles where published in business
magazines so the quality is goodr. For some reason leadership
was
put under the heading management science which is a oxymoron
along the lines of clean coal, temporary tax increase, and
compassionate conservative and job security.
A number of good articles targeted toward
senior managers and executives. Articles are a bit longer, between
2000 and 2500 words. Our favorite title amongst the many is:
"Train Dogs and Develop Leaders."
Sloan
does have some very good leadership articles. However,
not a one is available for free.
Leadership
Podcasts
There are not that many
blogs or podcasts on leadership. And what is available are
"all about me sites." We will screen
out the narcissists and the "I'm awesome" types
and present experts who still have a touch of humility.
A 6 minute audio streamed
or PodCast interview with Marshall Goldsmith. Elliott Masie
asks Marshall to discuss his findings about the effectiveness
of leadership
development activities.
