Positive Leadership: You Can't Lead Alone

Barry Posner is the Accolti Endowed Professor of Leadership at the Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University. 

In this talk he discusses two truths from his book with co-author Jim Kouzes, "The Truth About Leadership;" you make a difference and you can't do it alone. 

Positive Leadership: You Can't Lead Alone

Positive Leadership: Attitude

Positive Leadership: Attitude

Positive Leadership: Think Before You Act!

When we get defensive we make it harder for our conversational counterparts to hear what we’re saying, and we usually trigger the other person’s defensiveness, too. 

After someone has said something that causes you to want to become defensive, these three steps can lead you toward cooperation — and away from explosion: 

• Take a deep breath. Think of the first thing you want to say or do and don’t do that. Your first instinct may be to defend yourself against what you perceive as an attack, slight, or offense.

• Take another breath. The second thing you want to say or do may be to retaliate, but that will only escalate matters. Don’t do that, either.

• Focus on a solution. Think of the third thing you want to say or do and then do that. Once you get past defending yourself and retaliating, you have a better chance of collaborating on a solution.

For more, see: http://blogs.hbr.org/2013/11/dont-get-defensive-communication-tips-for-the-vigilant/

Positive Leadership: Think Before You Act!

Positive Leadership: Attitude

Positive Leadership: Attitude

Positive Leadership: Reducing Stress

Stress levels and physical complaints declined by roughly 15% after employees were directed to spend 10 minutes writing about three things that had gone well each day, says a team of researchers led by Joyce E. Bono of the University of Florida. 


At the end of the work day, the employees logged on to a website where they were asked to write about events large or small, personal or work-related, and explain why they had gone well. The findings suggest that this intervention could have important effects on employee stress and health, the researchers say.


For more, see: http://amj.aom.org/content/early/2012/09/06/amj.2011.0272.abstract

Positive Leadership: Reducing Stress

Positive Leadership: The Future of Leadership

Sharing their secrets of leadership success: Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson; Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger; Robert Kraft, New England Patriots owner; James Owens, Caterpillar chairman; Wesley Clark, retired U.S. Army general and Alison Levine USMA West Point adjunct professor.

Positive Leadership: The Future of Leadership

Positive Leadership: Vision

Positive Leadership: Vision

Positive Leadership: Every Day is a New Opportunity

Positive Leadership: Every Day is a New Opportunity

Positive Leadership: How to Lead Successfully in a Crisis

How to lead successfully in a crisis:

First, you need the knowledge. In a crisis, there is no way forward without knowing your industry, your business.

Second, you must also be willing to listen to counsel and integrate disparate data and information, yet act with determination.

Third, being prepared to take risks, able to think outside textbook prescriptions and ready to go beyond what others have done are qualities that become essential in dealing with the most severe crises.

When this knowledge, determination and creativity are combined with humility and humanity, the leader becomes an inspiration.

For more, see: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f90198d0-7d84-11e3-a48f-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2rXBywVML

Positive Leadership: How to Lead Successfully in a Crisis

Positive Leadership: Lead!

Positive Leadership: Lead!