The Super Bowl was SUPER! But I have to admit it made me think of… cycling and the Tour de France. I’m serious. The Tour de France is the Super Bowl of professional cycling, where 180 of the world’s best cyclists race an average of 100 miles per day for 21 days. To win . . . → Read More: Leadership Lessons from the Super Bowl and… Lance?
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Washington’s leadership lesson reminds us that the whitewater work environment requires leaders to manage “paradoxical tensions.” . . . → Read More: Ouch! Leaders Who Snap When They Should S-t-r-e-t-c-h  8 comments - (Comments are closed)  Commanding embrace ambiguity and paradox, Leading managing paradox, Managing paradox, Paradox, paradoxical, paradoxical leadership It is not the strongest that survive, it is the most agile. Agility is the ability to respond flexibly to a rapidly changing environment. The essence of the eXpansive Leadership Model is agility (XLM) . . . → Read More: How eXpansive a Leader Are You? One comment - (Comments are closed) Commanding embrace ambiguity and paradox, expansive, Leadership general, Leading managing paradox, XLM Everyone cheered when Randy was promoted to lead the new business unit. Senior executives applauded his strategic, innovative and collaborative skills. His boss was pleased with his performance in the new position, until… Sales slipped and tough decisions needed to be made. That’s when troubling signs of Randy’s “lopsided leadership” surfaced. He was slow . . . → Read More: Crimes We Commit Against Our Careers! One comment - (Comments are closed) Apply the XLM, Coaching, Commanding embrace ambiguity and paradox, leadership career, Leadership general, Leading managing paradox, XLM The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. F. Scott Fitzgerald The Dimensions of Leadership As complicated and difficult as your job as a leader is (at work or home), it . . . → Read More: Conquering Your Paradoxical Leadership Challenges with the eXpansive Leadership Model 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Leader, Leadership, Leading managing paradox, Management, Managing paradox, XLM |
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