The strengths that most senior sages attribute to themselves are a combination of Jim Collins’ Level 4 and Level 5 Leadership and Robert Greenleaf’s Servant Leadership.

The emerging sages describe and explain their own leadership strengths and capabilities.

The broad vision for the project has been to undertake an exploratory study of the role that unusually talented young and old sage leaders play in lending their experience, judgment, and wisdom to advance the civic welfare of Grass Valley and Nevada City, California.

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“Counterfeit leaders” spend much of their time playing politics, protecting their turf, and promoting their self-interests. To make matters worse, counterfeit leaders, in both public and private sectors, often masquerade as positive role models.

The essence of leadership, said Greenleaf, is the desire to serve one another and to serve something beyond ourselves, a higher purpose.

Every coach holds a particular framework when coaching, along with lenses that lay beyond our conscious awareness.

In a recent conversation a colleague discussed doing motivational speaking. Then she said, “or maybe it’s inspirational.” That got me thinking about a common dilemma that managers and leaders face, “is it my role to motivate or to inspire?” To me, the two terms are very related but have a definite distinction. Motivation is something that comes from within. As …

Sector: Software Development Assignment: Identification of Core Values, Common Core Purpose, & Vision & application to Sales & Marketing Period: 2008-2010 Background A well-established specialist software company with a global sales footprint wished to review its market positioning, degree of product differentiation & pricing in preparation for a major sales strategy. Assignment • To assess the organisation’s core values • …

When leadership is engaged in a postmodern setting, then leadership is exhibited when one furthers the vision created and embraced by other people in the organization—not just the stakeholders