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  Ask Four Questions Daily

  As a leader, every night, on your commute home, ask yourself four questions: 1).How did I show up as a leader today? 2).What did I communicate today? 3).Who did I develop today? 4).Who did I thank today?

  [ 2014-01-22 13:47 ]
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  Effective Leaders

  - From a focus on leader as a person to a focus on leadership as an organizational capability. The metaphor of brand is more about leadership than about the characteristics of individual leaders. - From a focus on what happens inside the leader or firm to a focus on meeting customer, investor, and other external expectation. The metaphor of brand starts from the outside and focus clearly on business results.

  [ 2014-01-02 09:30 ]
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  What do followers want?

  Effective leaders are sensitive to context – including the requirements of their followers – and are able flex their style accordingly. In the course of our work, we have asked many followers that what they want from leaders, and conclude that their responses can be described under four elements: Authenticity、Significance、Excitement、Community

  [ 2013-10-04 02:25 ]
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  Drive

  When carrots and sticks encounter our third drive, strange things begin to happen. Traditional “if-then” rewards can give us less of what we want: They can extinguish intrinsic motivation, diminish performance, crush creativity, and crowd out good behavior. They can also give us more of what we don’t want: They can encourage unethical behavior, create addictions, and foster short-term thinking. These are the bugs in our current operating system.

  [ 2013-08-01 15:30 ]