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Leading without Positional Power December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Diagnostics, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance, Positive Deviance

The Starfish and the Spider+Employees First

Leaderless organizations are everywhere. If you don’t find ways to include everyone on your team, you may soon be the one sitting on the bench.

After reading a bio of one of my business heroes, Vineet Nayar I decided to read his favorite book The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations by Ori Brafman and Rod A. Beckstrom. Vineet was the CEO of HCL Technologies at the time and has been recognized as one of the top business thinkers in the world today...

Conversation Vs Communication December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Association Insights, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance

This is based another enlightening IdeaCast

How Effective Leaders Talk (and Listen)

It is directed toward big business but the difference between communications and conversations are critical to every relationship.

Can of worms Most GOOD organizations including nonprofit associations focus on good communication to their members or employees.

GREAT organizations understand that engagement is not engendered by being good at communicating outwardly but by being thoroughly invested in listening intently.

When...

Hiding Behind Hierarchy December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Association Insights, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance No comments

This article is part of group conversation involving several dozen contributors in the Step into the Spotlight LinkedIn group. I like the group be case the members have the audacity to engage. It is not cacophony of communication but a community for thoughtful conversation. This portion applies to nonprofits but the debate could be applied to everything from corporations to countries.

The simple debate is culture before transparency or transparency before culture...