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How Leadership Begins in the Family

Leadership development, despite its corporate underpinnings, begins in the family. Here are two examples. Continue reading

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Leadership requires a child-like questioning ability

Leaders need to be able to ask fundamental questions just as children do. Analytical leadership intelligence is an index of this ability. However, we train ourselves to make assumptions, to develop stereotypes–in short to cultivate a fog- that clouds our ability to ask the basic questions that should begin our analytical process. Continue reading

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Great Leaders Have Great Causes: What is Yours?

Leadership is defined by a commitment to a cause. What is your cause? Continue reading

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Visual and Verbal Branding of Leadership: Gandhi&Martin Luther King

Leaders–whether unconsciously or self-consciously–become associated with brands. In fact, it is more right to say, they become brands themselves. Continue reading

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An Example of Communicative Leadership Intelligence

Leila Chirayath Janah, Founder & CEO of Samasource provides an excellent illustration of communicative leadership intelligence in action.

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What Matters Now: Leadership Intelligences

Seth Godin brought out a free e-book titled, What Matters Now (download it here). It’s a fascinating collection from many thought leaders. Each writer elaborates in one page on a theme s/he has chosen. It is a must read.I am … Continue reading

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President Obama: Speech on intelligence failures

President Obama gave a speech on Jan 5, 2010 on the intelligence failures of the US Government. Did he succeed in being seen as a leader by using his communicative leadership intelligence ? Continue reading

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Wilbur Ross: NPR Interview

NPR interviewed investor Wilbur Ross this morning. During the interesting interview, Ross revealed that he had tried to be a creative writer in his student days. What had he found useful from his creative writing training, however short-lived that was, … Continue reading

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