leadership

Useful site -- see the 'resources' tab. Also check out Current projects/Management and Business Consultancy Standards Project.

http://www.management-standards.org/

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Dave 

“Even the most talented leaders require the input and leadership of others, constructively solicited and creatively applied. It’s time to celebrate the incomplete— that is, the human — leader.”

 Ancona, Malone, Orlikowski and Senge: “In Praise of the Incomplete Leader” (Harvard Business Review, 2007)

As a leadership coach, time and time again, for over 5 years, and probably with 4-500 companies, I come across individuals and organisations constantly chasing (often directly) something that does not exist. Namely 'Leadership'.

Leadership cannot be found, grasped, tasted, smelt or acquired . We will never find it in the fridge one day or fall over a hunk of it in the ceo's office.

It is a nominalisation, a verb pretending to be a noun (I think as scientists, we also chased 'heat' as a thing for around 200 years).

Short series of byte size films suitable for inclusion in blended learning packages at:

http://www.ehow.com/video_4757146_roles-leader.html