THE PARTNERSHIP STYLES

The partnership is a drastically different kind of leadership from the styles previously discussed in this section. Both the dictatorship and the “almost” democracy maintain a clear boundary between leader and group members. The partnership, however, blurs the line and requires the leader to become just one of the group.

Principles of Leadership

To help you be, know, and do; (U.S. Army;1973) follow these eleven principles of leadership (later chapters in this guide expand on these and provide tools for implementing them):
Know yourself and seek self-improvement – In order to know yourself, you have to understand your be, know, and do, attributes. Seeking self-improvement means continually strengthening your [...]

Concepts of leadership

Good leaders are made not born. If you have the desire and will be power, you can become an effective leader. Good leaders develop through a never ending process of self-study, education, training, and experience. This guide will help you through that process.

Developing Stronger Leaders

From an organizational perspective, leadership can be defined as: the ability to influence, motivate, and enable people to attain goals and contribute toward improving the effectiveness and efficiency of an organization.
Why is developing strong leaders such a top priority?
Leaders initiate and sustain the cycles of organizational change. Without encouraging and inspirational leaders, organizations are [...]

Leadership Qualities

As defined in the preceding section, a leader is someone who inspires, who makes decisions that affect the organization in a positive way, and who can pull together a diverse team to work toward a common goal. But if all managers are not leaders, what are the qualities that set leaders apart?
Charisma is one qualify [...]

Use Gmail IMAP in Microsoft Outlook 2007

We’ve all been hearing about the new IMAP support in Gmail, but how do we access that from Outlook? Those of you that have been waiting patiently will be happy to know all the instructions are on this page.
Using IMAP we can synchronize email across multiple devices, since the mail stays on the server. You [...]

LEADERSHIP STYLES

You will read about several different styles of leadership, the merits and downsides to each, and how to determine which style is right for you.
No Two Are Alike
Just as no two snowflakes are exactly alike, no two people lead in exactly the same way. This topic, however, outlines several of the most common [...]