Leadership Buckhead http://www.leadershipbuckhead.org Thu, 10 May 2012 15:15:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Don’t Make These Common Leadership Mistakes http://www.leadershipbuckhead.org/dont-make-these-common-leadership-mistakes/ http://www.leadershipbuckhead.org/dont-make-these-common-leadership-mistakes/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 15:53:31 +0000 jcranman http://www.leadershipbuckhead.org/?p=382 Continue reading →]]> No one is perfect. Even leaders make mistakes sometimes, but recognizing your “Achilles heel” and making a plan to improve has a positive impact on the effectiveness and profitability of your organization. Beth Armknecht Miller, founder and president of Executive Velocity, is a regular guest writer for Great Leadership. She shares the five most common mistakes she’s seen leaders make during her experience as a leadership development advisor.

 

  1. Focusing on the Urgent and not the Important

 

  1. Lack of Consistent Communication

 

  1. Ineffective Feedback

 

  1. Failing to Define Clear Goals

 

  1. Misunderstanding Motivation

 

For more leadership advice from Beth, visit http://executivevelocityblog.com/ or follow her on Twitter.

]]> http://www.leadershipbuckhead.org/dont-make-these-common-leadership-mistakes/feed/ 0 Asking the Right Questions to Teach Leadership http://www.leadershipbuckhead.org/asking-the-right-questions-to-teach-leadership/ http://www.leadershipbuckhead.org/asking-the-right-questions-to-teach-leadership/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:25:13 +0000 jcranman http://www.leadershipbuckhead.org/?p=342 Continue reading →]]> A leader often holds the titles of team facilitator, teacher and student. In order to effectively teach others leadership and management skills, it is important to be asking the right questions to both yourself and your employees. You might ask yourself the classic questions, such as “Are leaders born or made?” and “What are the core values of a leader?” But what about more situational questions like “Is it okay for managers to be friends with their employees?”

Dan McCarthy, director of Executive Development Programs (EDP) at The University of New Hampshire’s Whittemore School of Business and Economics, uses his award-winning blog Great Leadership as a resource for leadership development. He suggests using these questions that he formulated for both individual and large group discussions. McCarthy makes note that some have clear answers, while others may be more subjective.

1. What is leadership? What’s the difference between leadership and management?

2. Two of your employees come to you with a complaint about another one of your employees. You’ve never personally observed the behavior they are complaining about. Do you confront the employee? If so, do you mention the complaints?

3. Does a leader need power? How can a leader avoid being corrupted by power?

4. Your manager congratulates you for a brilliant suggestion and hints at a promotion. Your employee gave you the idea. Do you mention this to the manager?

5. Think about the best leaders you have ever known. What made them so great? What did they do or not do?

6. You’re reviewing the results of an employee survey and accidentally discover a way to see individual responses and comments. You feel one of the comments crosses the line and is inappropriate. Do you confront the employee?

7. What are the your most challenging leadership/management challenges facing you today?

8. Your employee is going to pick up her dry cleaning over lunch. She notices a ticket on your desk for the same dry cleaner and offers to pick yours up too. Do you accept the offer?

9. What’s your leadership vision? What’s your vision for your group/team/organization?

10. One of your employees gives you an expensive birthday gift, at least 5 times more than any other employee. Do you accept it?

Check out even more leadership questions, courtesy of Dan McCarthy, here.

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Harry Truman once said, “Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.”

]]> http://www.leadershipbuckhead.org/additions-to-your-leadership-library/feed/ 0 It’s been 20 years! http://www.leadershipbuckhead.org/20years/ http://www.leadershipbuckhead.org/20years/#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2010 04:36:14 +0000 admin http://www.leadershipbuckhead.org/?p=203 Continue reading →]]> It’s been 20 years since the founding of Leadership Buckhead! And we’re having a party!

Date: Saturday, April 16
Time: 7 – 11 pm
Location: Gordon Biersch (Buckhead) (www.gordonbiersch.com)
Special guest: Marilyn Marks (founder and esteemed advisor)

We will provide food and there will be a cash bar available. We hope to see you there!

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