Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Misc. Resources

Hi folks. Usually I try to keep these posts to a single topic. However this one contains links to a variety of really good resources that have come across my screen in the last few days. So, in no particular order, here are some interesting things for you to check out.

Workplace Challenges Among the Generations: This topic holds great intrigue for me. There are lots of resources out there, but three that I recommend looking at are:
Questions: I've become a strong proponent of using questions to evoke deeper thinking and as a way to facilitate lasting change. Here are some resources on that front.
Blogs and Wikis: I'm now in the "wiki" game. I'm still trying to learn how best to use them, but came across a fun little video that helps to better understand what a wiki is and how it works. I've even started a wiki for my colleagues in the Association of Leadership Educators to continue a discussion we started last week. It looks like a pretty useful tool for collaborative work.

Here are some useful blogs that I look at often:
The really nice thing about Blogs and Wikis is that with RSS feeds they are very easy to keep up with. (They tell you when they've been updated).

That's enough links for now. I hope you find some of these useful.

Be well. /jeff

Thursday, July 12, 2007

Leadership Myths

I've just returned from the annual conference of the Association of Leadership Educators. This is a group that has been in existence since 1991. It's a group that I really have enjoyed my time with. I'll be writing more about the conference in a later blog entry.

In the meantime, the following came across the last couple of days.... I find this most intruiging. I also find myself agreeing with much of it.

Be well... /jeff

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The Half-Truths of Leadership

Leaders have far less control over organizations than people believe, but they can be more effective if they understand leadership myths and use them to their institutions´ advantage.
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/bmag/sbsm0605/feature_leadership.html