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| What is the Art of Leadership? | |||||||||||||
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is the ability to gain effective responses from
others by using aware actions and considerate
civility in order to get useful things done.
Another name for this? Executive charisma. The truth is we judge people in the workplace based on how much we like them. And you can’t help but like someone who gets useful things done with considerate civility. This is not about placing style over substance, being a celebrity CEO, or some mystical mix of shaman / messiah. Rather, there are a handful of principles that leaders in all walks of life follow; the art of leadership articulates these principles. There is no substitute for substance. Doing good work, on time, on budget is always necessary but not sufficient. To motivate, inspire, teach, lead and “make a difference” you have to gain effective responses from others through your aware actions (see “Executive Charisma: Six Steps to Mastering the Art of Leadership” by D.A. Benton) always executed with considerate civility to get useful things done. |
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| Who can benefit from developing this leadership ability? | |||||||||||||
| Anyone
who has to work with other people to get things
done. Obviously business and community leaders,
politicians, even parents. Especially necessary
for C level jobs: CEO, CIO, CFO, CMO, CPO, COO. The six steps help you become more confident, comfortable, competent, cool, calm, collected. At the office, in your community, at church, and with your family and friends. |
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| Don't you have to be born with it? | |||||||||||||
| No.
It's a matter of exposure. Some might have had more charismatic parents/teachers earlier on. Now's your chance to learn it for yourself regardless of your background or previous experiences. It's like golf (or any other skill) you weren't born with the ability to play. Instead, you took lessons, learned the rules, practiced, modeled the best, etc. That’s how you gained the skills. That's what this book does: it provides the right exposure. It teaches you the rules, gives you examples to model, and provides steps to practice. You too will be described as memorable, impressive, credible, genuine, trusted, liked, cool, calm, collected…and respected. |
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| Is the need for Charisma in a leader dead? | |||||||||||||
| No.
It's needed now more than ever. Every group needs a leader--from grade school on to the corporate world. Being the smartest, most hard working, and most successful doesn’t make you a leader. You have to get the right responses from others and you get that based on the way you deal with them. The six steps in the book detail how to deal with anyone, anywhere with considerate civility. That’s how you get things done and become the leader. Jack Welch says one of the most difficult aspects of running a company is distinguishing among good people (as to who gets promoted). When substance is there, executive charisma becomes the distinguishing factor. |
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