During my training to become a leadership coach, one of our activities involved working in pairs to practice listening skills. At that time, we did not focus on questioning or body language, which are, of course, essential. We focused on holding different attitudes and emotions as we listened to our partners.
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How do you change the future?
A number of years ago, my husband, son and I toured Chartres Cathedral, a few miles outside of Paris. We were delighted to have the opportunity to join a one-hour tour with noted Cathedral author and historian Malcolm Miller, who studied and lectured there for many years. His tour of the magnificent structure includes “reading”...
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What Keeps You from Moving Forward?
What is Affective Leadership?
As I watch leaders and question why others follow them, I am increasingly convinced that leadership is much more than what a leader says or does; it is who he is. What makes one group of soldiers follow a commanding officer into battle and probable death, while another group under a different leader chooses to mutiny? I...
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Leadership is Also About Lightness
Leadership is serious business. Leaders take care of weighty issues and solve important problems. They want people to recognize the significance of their causes. Their missions and strategic objectives are posted on their walls and seared into their brains. I am not in the least minimizing the need for mission statements and worthy goals. In...
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