- Written by Mitch McCrimmon
Can leadership be shown bottom-up? How often have you influenced your boss to think or act differently? Is this not leadership shown by you to your boss?
- Written by Mitch McCrimmon
We have heard of folk psychology and folk medicine – everyday beliefs about how the mind and body work – but what about folk leadership? Is there a primitive concept of leadership that is now outdated?
- Written by Mitch McCrimmon
We often think of leadership in terms of traits or competencies but we also have leadership models: Level 5 Leadership (Jim Collins), Servant Leadership, and Authentic Leadership among others.
- Written by Mitch McCrimmon
The creative class will rule the 21st century according to Richard Florida1. Creative class employees are innovative knowledge workers. If Florida is right, a massive power shift will make creative class employees the new leaders.
- Written by Mitch McCrimmon
Leadership is shown by influencing people to change direction. But what forms of influence count as leadership? How does it differ from managerial influence?
- Written by Mitch McCrimmon
We need to stop viewing executives as leaders or managers because leadership and management are functions or activities, not roles. Executives occasionally lead and manage but so do all other employees.
- Written by Mitch McCrimmon
What is the most essential leadership trait? Integrity? Vision? Emotional intelligence? The truth: there are none. They are ALL situational requirements.
- Written by Mitch McCrimmon
Diversity and wise crowds create new ideas. With business now a war of ideas, leadership shifts to the power of the latest idea and is thus fragmented and dispersed across multiple sources. It is no longer a role or type of person, but our need for leaders to be parent figures is blocking this shift in perspective.
- Written by Mitch McCrimmon
The idea that women are better leaders than men is gaining ground. Post-heroic leadership is all about collaboration, relationships and nurturing talent. Men, it is claimed, are too individualist, competitive and aggressive, too lacking in feminine interpersonal skills to lead in this new arena.
- Written by Mitch McCrimmon
Agreement is nearly universal that leadership can be learned. If leadership means being an executive, then there are clearly learnable skills for this role. But if leadership is an occasional act of influence, not a role, then it's not so clear what can be developed.