July - August 2011

In this Issue: Your Story is Your Best Opportunity for Growth

In This Issue...

Q & A: The influence of our story

Current Trends in Leadership Thought or Practice
Four-point Framework for Leader Wellbeing

Thought and Comment
Seeing Purpose in Our Story

May - June 2011

In this Issue: Leader Congruence



In This Issue...
Q & A
Getting Your Head and Heart to Agree.

Current Trends in Leadership Thought or Practice
Value Congruence and Inner Congruence.

Thought and Comment
Inner Peace: The Desirability of Leader Wholeness

March - April 2011

In this Issue: Story Matters



Why You Can't Ignore the Story

In This Issue...
Q & A
Why the Story Matters.

Current Trends in Leadership Thought or Practice
Memories, Narrative Construction, and the Story of the Blue Chairs.

Thought and Comment
Living Our Own Story.

January - February 2011

When You Have to Lead Change

In This Issue...
Q & A
Change and Member Hostility

Current Trends in Leadership Thought or Practice
Change Leadership: Some Practical Facts about Leading Change

Thought and Comment
The Four Tasks of a Change Leader

September - October 2010

Dealing with Criticism


In This Issue...
Q & A
Dealing with Criticism

Current Trends in Leadership Thought or Practice
Dealing with Criticism. A look at the emotional and practical reasons for criticism.
Read Seven Facts About Criticism

Thought and Comment
When the Critic and You are On the Same Team. How two national leaders reacted to criticism.

July - August 2010: Cross-cultural Leadership


In This Issue...
Q & A
Cross-cultural Leadership: Leadership When You're the Outsider

Current Trends in Leadership Thought or Practice
Leadership That Works in Any Culture: Discover the good news about your leadership.

Thought and Comment
Authority: The Leader's View of People

May - June 2010: Role Models and Implicit Leadership


In This Issue...
Q & A
Are Leaders Born or Made?

Current Trends in Leadership Thought or Practice
Theories, Perceptions, and The Importance of Role Models: Implicit Leadership Theory and Categorization Theory.

Thought and Comment
Avoid Becoming Misplaced. Discover how to secure
your future.

March - April 2010: Embodied Leadership as Authentic Leadership


In This Issue...
Q & A
As a clergyperson I find myself leading people in pursuit of non-tangible goals such as increased faith and the development of their spiritual nature. At the same time as a pastor I also lead thedevelopment of a not-for-profit corporation called a church. Is this non-tangible/tangible dualism unique to clergy or does all leadership have these same elements? Also, how do I resolve the sometimes competing ends of leading these two efforts?

Current Trends in Leadership Thought or Practice
Transformational Leadership and an Ethic of Care

Thought and Comment
You Aren't Indestructible

January - February 2010: Public Leadership


In This Issue...
Q & A
Most of my career has been in for-profit business until recently when I took a position in a non-profit enterprise. I’ve been surprised that many of the leadership processes I used before are resisted now. Why is this?

Current Trends in Leadership Thought or Practice
Theories, Perceptions, and The Importance of Role Models: Implicit Leadership Theory and Categorization Theory. Public Leadership: The Art of Leading Responsively

Thought and Comment
The Ten Commandments and Community: Our Personal Obligation

November - December 2009: Visible Leadership


In This Issue...
Q & A
"I get things done and others look to me for direction but I'm not as aggressive as some in our division." The result is that I sometimes feel I will be passed over for promotion." "Any
suggestions?"

Current Trends in Leadership Thought or Practice
Why What We Don't See Matters: Neo-institutional Theory and Leadership.

Thought and Comment
We Aren't Independent: Three Inviolable Laws of Moral
Leadership.