Tag Archives: leadership development

Leadership in families is (also) no longer what it used to be

Posted on May 4, 2012 by

Drath (2001)* formulates three knowledge principles about leadership. They describe wonderfully the evolution of leadership. Also in family settings. 1) Leadership is a personal thing. The leader determines the vision, expects loyalty and is personally responsible for adaptive change. Followers … Continue reading →

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How to foster leadership and leader development from early childhood on.

Posted on March 13, 2012 by

Recent theories put identity & self-regulation development at the heart of leader and leadership development. The table below summarizes which leadership tasks can enhance leadership development from early childhood on….   Any comment?

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De drie nieuwe poten van leiderschap?

Posted on December 15, 2011 by

Af en toe kom ik een wetenschappelijk artikel tegen dat mij van mijn sokken blaast. “Direction, alignment, commitment” (DAC) van Drath et al. (2008) is er zo een*. 1) heel veel leiderschapsdenken kan je reduceren tot drie elementen. Ze vormen … Continue reading →

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The X-factor of leadership is social influence – Epilogue

Posted on September 9, 2011 by

Social psychology has a number of lessons on leadership as the power of leadership, it’s x-factor comes from social influence. Leadership and influence become even more important when ‘authority’ fails and formal structures and systems get stuck. The last weeks … Continue reading →

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Wisdom of the LinkedIn crowd on the best leadership books.

Posted on April 1, 2011 by

The Leadership Think Thank on LinkedIn launched in January the interesting question: “What are your favorite books on leadership?” I made a first summary on April 1st. This is an update two months later: 1) The question has now 492 … Continue reading →

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Responsible leadership: “move beyond the smell, sleep and newspaper test.”

Posted on March 28, 2011 by

“Aligning self-interest to social responsibility is the most powerful way to sustaining a company’s success,” says Starbucks’ CEO Orin Smith. A larger notion of responsibility is moving to the centre of business leadership in the 21st Century. We’re moving away … Continue reading →

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Leadership is a question of character

Posted on March 14, 2011 by

“Which leadership book or training can you recommend me?” These simple questions require very complex answers if you consider all dimensions of leadership. I combine abstraction and maturity levels for clarifying the field. Kegan and Lahey* define three levels of adult … Continue reading →

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