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Authentic Leadership is the future of not only business, but the world. It is comprised of individuals and institutions who seek to manifest their destiny in the world. Their destiny is their soul, their higher calling, and to manifest it, they do so in homage to people and the planet and in absence of ego.
Authentic Leadership is comprised two things:
1. Solid theory and vision of what Authentic Leadership is and
2. The personal characteristics of an Authentic Leader
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An Authentic Leader has cultivated the 3 C's:
1. Character
2. Communication
3. Comfort with risk
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TOP 5 Things MBAs Will Learn in 2010
- Servant Leadership
- Leadership paradigm of stewardship, personnel development and stakeholder inclusion.
- Spiral Dynamics
- Organizational evolution hierarchy to understand values of the organization as it evolves.
- Holocracy
- Organizational/decision-making structure to make decisions faster, with maximum idea generation and buy-in.
- Chaordic Theory
- Visa Int'l founder and corporate innovator Dee Hock describes his concept of charordic organization, transformational effects of this new corporate paradigm on mainstream business, as well as the individual.
- Appreciative Inquiry
- Appreciative Inquiry is the number one problem solving framework for use in any organization. Learn AI and you can achieve anything in your life.
TOP 5 Books MBAs Will Read in 2010
Spiral Dynamics: Mastering Values, Leadership and Change
Part One of this book is amazing, probably the most accurate map of the progress of humanity, as well as each human. Part Two is management gobbly gook, so skip it. Part 3 is the Spiral Dynamics Field Manual, which was very interesting.
Are You Ready to Succeed? Unconventional Strategies to Achieving Personal Mastery in Business and Life
The book on the course that changed my life. My review is on amazon. Simple exercises to increase your awareness and become a more centered, fulfilled and purposeful leader.
Birth of the Chaordic Age
A history of how command and control organizations change into the organic systems required by today's non-linear organizations, organizations he calls "chaordic.
A Theory of Everything: An Integral Vision for Business, Politics, Science and Spirituality
The slimmest and most accessible of Wilber's work - points to the origin and the future of things. A great place to begin to digest the world's most comprehensive philosopher.
Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness 25th Anniversary Edition
Leadership paradigm of stewardship, personnel development and stakeholder inclusion.
The 3 C's of Authentic Leadership
2. Communication. As mentioned these skills will present themselves as you need them. However, if you cannot wait to begin or perceive serious deficiencies with regard to interpersonal communication, please check out Toastmasters and workshops aimed at interpersonal communication. Writing clearly and effectively is also important, but not nearly as important as how you conduct yourself in the presence of others.
3. Comfort with Risk. This will present itself as needed, but if you are one of the many creatures of habit just do one thing different each day. Just one thing and soon aversion to risk will be history.
TOP 5 Character Resources
- Landmark
- The largest and most effective human potential incubator in the world - you'll emerge with a clear idea of who you are and what defines your character.
- ManKind Project
- A men's personal development group. I am an active brother (member). Comprised of the NWTA (initiation weekend) and ongoing weekly I-groups. Develop your character, purpose, leadership and emotional fluency.
- Woman Within
- MKP's sister organization for women.
- Omega Institute
- A smattering of growth, developing and character building retreats and course. Located in Rhinebeck, NY.
- Esalen
- The original human potential oasis. In Big Sur, CA. Loads of courses to choose from.
TOP 5 Character Books
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
The place to start for any exploration into one's character and spirituality. Tolle uses easy to understand concrete language to express the importance of living in this moment, the present and not dwell upon the past or worry about the future.
Tao Te Ching
Can be read in an hour or a lifetime. 81, 1-page chapters of moral wisdom. Each time you read a chapter some new insight emerges. Great for keeping with you on the go - subways, airplanes, cabs, waiting rooms, etc.
Bhagavad Gita: A New Translation
Powerful spiritual and moral wisdom of the Hindu tradition. The only book Gandhi owned.
Man's Search For Meaning
Asserts that the driving force of life is to have meaning. Frankl builds on his experience at Auschwitz, leveraging his psychology practice, to help us understand why we are here and why we should get out of bed in the morning.
The Art of Living: Vipassana Meditation
Vipassana meditation is a crucial element to self-knowledge and the definition of one's character.
TOP 5 Communication Resources
- NonViolent Communication
- Communication is all about joining, collaborating, respecting and meeting needs. NVC retreats and weekly meetings give you the support to develop these skills.
- Toastmasters
- One must also be heard. Toastmasters helps everyone become a better speaker and leader. Learn how to appropriately vary speed, emphasis, tone and gestures in your communication. Weekly meetings give you the support and structure to develop these skills.
- Appreciative Inquiry
- Appreciative Inquiry is the number one problem solving framework for use in any organization. Learn AI and you can achieve anything in your life.
- Wikipedia
- Wikipedia a great launch point to build your theoretical understanding of communication. Start here with Organization Communication.
- Basics of Organizational Communication
- Another good launch point to understand how people communicate and work together.
TOP 5 Communication Books
Nonviolent Communication
Observations, feelings, needs, and requests: how to apply the four-step process of Nonviolent CommunicationSM to every dialogue we engage in. Overcoming the blocks to compassion-and opening to our natural desire to enrich the lives of those around us. How to use empathy to safely confront anger, fear, and other powerful emotions.
Leadership: A Communication Perspective, Fourth Edition
Analysis of different methods of leadership communication. Covers emotional intelligence, transformational leadership, resisting influence, group decision making, global leadership, and ethics.
Appreciative Inquiry Handbook: The First in a Series of AI Workbooks for Leaders of Change
The bible of organizational change.
Effective Communication Skills: Essential Skills for Success in Work and Life 2nd Edition
A-Z beginners guide to effective communication.
The Nonviolent Communication Training Course
The full monty of NVC. Get the book first, then if you like it do a retreat and then get this to really become a pro!
TOP 5 Comfort with Risk Resources
- Love vs. Fear
- My essay on Love vs. Fear. Start here.
- Steve Pavlina
- Hear his podcast on overcoming fear.
- Wikipedia
- An academic understanding of fear - also look up love.
- Swami Sivananda
- Short essay on why fear doesn't exist
- Coping.org
- Guide to overcoming fear
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