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Becoming a Storyteller

I read this quote in a Yammer post today: “Stories are the single most powerful weapon in a leader’s arsenal.” The quote is from Howard Gardner, Harvard University. I had a history professor once, many years ago, who made history come alive for me for the first time in my life. How did he do [...]

22Mar2010 | Jo Ellen Roe | 0 comments | Continued
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Is “Strong” the Opposite of “Rude”?

“The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.”  Jim Rohn quotes (American Speaker and Author. He is famous for motivational audio programs [...]

17Mar2010 | Jo Ellen Roe | 0 comments | Continued
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Is a Good Boss Hard to Find?

We all complain about our bosses. I can’t even say how many conversations I’ve been in where someone is criticizing the boss. Comments like this are not uncommon: He (or she) doesn’t have a clue. I don’t know why this company promotes people like him (or her)! He (or she) just sits around doing nothing [...]

5Dec2009 | Jo Ellen Roe | 2 comments | Continued
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Another List for Leaders

I came across a great list to think about based on getting employees to trust you. Trust, says list author, Gregory P. Smith, CEO of Chart Your Course International, “is a key factor for effective leadership.” The problem, he goes on to explain, is that today, you can’t ask people to trust you and expect [...]

4Nov2009 | Jo Ellen Roe | 0 comments | Continued
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A Leadership Quiz from Dr. Henry Mintzberg

Twitter again! This time, from a Wally  Bock tweet, it led me to an article about Dr. Henry Mintzberg, Cleghorn Professor of Management at McGill University and well known management scholar. Mintzberg had lots to say about what managers do, but his description of good managers is the part I liked best: “Peter Drucker said [...]

18Aug2009 | Jo Ellen Roe | 0 comments | Continued
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Talking Times Ten Equals Listening and Reading

Gerald McGinnis, at one time President and CEO of Respironics, Inc., said, “Value your listening and reading time at roughly ten times your talking time. This will assure you that you are on a course of continuous learning and self-improvement.” It’s my experience that many leaders don’t think much about listening. They think quite a [...]

29May2009 | Jo Ellen Roe | 0 comments | Continued
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Know-It-Alls Don’t Know the Most Important Things

Here’s another leadership quote that Miss Brown and I like: “It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.” John Wooden, a Hall of Fame basketball coach, said these interesting words. We like this quote because it contains a play on words.  The phrase “know-it-all” is sometimes a derogatory term used to describe [...]

22May2009 | Jo Ellen Roe | 0 comments | Continued
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Where Is Bold Leadership?

Here is a quote about leadership that Miss Brown and I like, by David Lloyd George, a British politician and World War I hero: “Don’t be afraid to take a big step when one is indicated. You can’t cross a chasm in two small steps.” It’s a great image: the little steps would lead to [...]

19May2009 | Jo Ellen Roe | 0 comments | Continued
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Flexibility is a Principled Stand

Everett Dirksen, a former senator, once said, “I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.” Miss Brown and I like this quote because it’s a statement about principles — which we believe in, as our book, A Dog’s Advice to Leaders, makes clear.  [...]

13May2009 | Jo Ellen Roe | 0 comments | Continued
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More Obama Thoughts

I listened to presidential biographer Doris Kearns Goodwin on Morning Joe this morning talk with Andrea Mitchell of MSNBC about Obama’s leadership. Comparing Obama to Ronald Reagan, the president that conservatives seem to remember so fondly, Goodwin commented that people trusted both him and Obama as people even more than they necessarily agree with them.  [...]

28Apr2009 | Jo Ellen Roe | 1 comment | Continued
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