theories-of-leadership

To use an analogy, the "leadership is the answer to everything" perspective is the modern equivalent of the, 'God is the answer to everything' perspective that held back our scientific understanding of the physical world in the Dark Ages. In the 1500's, people ascribed all events they didn't understand to God. Why did the crops fail? God did it. Why did we have an earthquake? God did it. What holds the planets in place? God. But with the Enlightenment, we began the search for a more scientific understanding - physics, chemistry, biology and so forth. Not that we become atheists, but we gained deeper understanding about how the universe ticks.Similarly, every time we attribute everything to 'Leadership," we're no different from the people in the 1500's. We're simply admitting our ignorance. Not that we should become leadership atheists (leadership does matter), but every time we throw our hands up in frustration - reverting back to "well, the answer must be Leadership!" - we prevent ourselves from gaining deeper, more scientific understanding about what makes great companies tick.

Hard-core results come from igniting the massive power of emotional commitment. Are your people committed?

When you__e not on your own agenda, you__e prey to the agenda of others.

Emotional commitment means unchecked, unvarnished devotion to the company and its success; any legendary organizational performance is the result of emotionally committed managers.

Let__ get right on top of the bottom line: You must live your personal values at work.

To integrate one__ experiences around a coherent and enduring sense of self lies at the core of creating a user__ guide to life.

Do you think your people struggle with being true to themselves? Do their values match up with their work?

Leaders are people who know exactly who they are. They know exactly where they want to go. They__e hell-bent on getting there.

Success for Managers means: I want to be in healthy relationships. I want a real connection with people I spend so much time with.

Companies should be the best possible place to practice fulfillment, to live out values and to realize deep connectivity and purpose.

The company may have captured their minds, their bodies and their pockets, but that doesn__ mean it__ captured their hearts.

Any expert will tell you that if you want emotionally committed relationships then people must be allowed to be true to who they are.

Management controls performance in people because it impacts skills; it__ a matter of monitoring, analyzing and directing.

Success means: I want to know the work I do means something to somebody and helps make the world, if not a Better place, not a worse one.

Leaders make a lot of mistakes but they admit those mistakes to themselves and change because of them.

Values are the individual biases that allow you to decide which actions are true for you alone.

Your values are your essence: an undistorted mirror showing you at your pure, attractive best.

The high quality of a company__ customer experience rarely has anything to do with the high price of their product.