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3 Communication Practices to Escape Productivity TAR
3 Communication Practices to Escape Productivity TAR To avoid extinction like the dinosaurs, leaders must ensure productivity does not get stuck. Just like the dinosaurs of old, we too must avoid being stuck in modern tar-pits. To avoid getting your organization’s...
Biblically-based Leadership Principles
Biblically-based Leadership Principles Biblically-based leadership can be distilled down into five principles. These principles, all except for one, are taught in nearly every leadership course I ever attended or taught. However, I realize that the inclusion of...
Constructive Disagreement
Constructive Disagreement Constructive disagreement is essential. However, sometimes followers must disagree with leaders. Accordingly, many political revolutions started because of follower disagreements (Gebil, 1990). In today’s global economy, it is crucial that...
Ethical Leadership
Ethical Leadership Required in Today's Global Marketplace Ethical leadership is required in today’s global business environment. Northouse (2019) discussed the growing interest in leadership ethics. This interest is due to the ever-increasing number of leader scandals...
Leadership Definition History
Leadership is difficult to define. Due to that difficulty, leadership is usually defined within the context or study which it is being used (Northouse, 2019). For this article, before we set our definition of leadership, we need to understand its history. This will...
Followership Defined
Early researchers did not assign an active role to followership but did argue that the perceptions and preferences of the follower determined the effectiveness of the leader (Meindl J. R., 2007). This type of argument led to more follower-centered research (Oc &...
Leadership Defined
Leadership is difficult to define, mostly because of its fluid nature. For our purposes, we will examine three definitions and combine them for a synthesized meaning. Burns described leadership as a “reciprocal process of mobilizing persons with certain motives and...
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Organizational Culture and Leadership
Organizational Culture and Leadership 5th Ed Readability: Medium Compatible with Efficient Reading Course: Yes Applicability: Organizational Culture and Leadership describes how to help leaders and managers understand the current organizational culture and make...
Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture – Based on the Competing Values Framework 3rd Ed
Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture – Based on the Competing Values Framework 3rd Ed Readability: Medium Compatible with Efficient Reading Course: Yes Applicability: Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture describes how to help consultants and...
Balancing Individual and Organizational Values: Walking the Tightrope to Success
Balancing Individual and Organizational Values: Walking the Tightrope to Success Readability: Easy Compatible with Efficient Reading Course: Yes Applicability: Balancing Individual and Organizational Values, while written specifically for Organizational Development...
1501 Ways to Reward Employees
1501 Ways to Reward Employees Readability: Mildly tricky to read Compatible with Efficient Reading Course: No Applicability: 1501 Ways to Reward Employees is a great resource for low-to-no-cost day-to-day ways to reward employees. The books consisted of two parts....
The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations – 6th ed
The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations – 6th ed Readability: Easy to read Compatible with Efficient Reading Course: Yes Applicability: The authors discuss five practices leaders should engage in to be an exemplary leader....
The Making of a Christian Leader: How to Develop Management and Human Relations Skills
The Making of a Christian Leader: How to Develop Management and Human Relations Skills Readability: Easy, quick Compatible with Efficient Reading Course: No Applicability: Ted Engstrom does a great job explaining the basics of leadership and supervision while adding a...
Leadership: Theory and Practice 8th Ed
Leadership: Theory and Practice Readability: Easy, plodding Compatible with Efficient Reading Course: Yes Applicability: Peter Northouse does a great job of synthesizing the most popular leadership theories and styles currently on the market today. This book distills...
Lead Like Jesus – Revisited
Lead Like Jesus – Revisited Readability: Easy, quick Compatible with Efficient Reading Course: Yes Applicability: The book contains lessons that are very applicable for primary and intermediate leadership students and business leaders. The book is heavily devoted to...