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Emerging Approaches to Leadership

April 13, 2011 in Education, Leadership with 8 Comments

After beginning a two year research to propose some leadership theories which focus on a particular characteristic of a leader, leaving out the followers and situations from the equation, I’ve been able to break down leadership into the following four categories: Charismatic Leadership, Attribution Leadership, Transactional Leadership, and Transformational Leadership.

Charismatic Leadership

The theory behind Charismatic Leadership emphasizes the ability of a leader to communicate new visions of an organization to its followers and to raise follower awareness of the importance and Continue Reading…

2, 4, 6, 8; Time to Recalibrate!

September 23, 2010 in Featured, Leadership with 10 Comments

The other day I received an e-mail notification that my domain name for this blog is up for renewal. This triggered me to go back and review my blog postings and perform a quick personal inventory. While I was reading over each of my previous posts, it reminded me why I began blogging and what my short and long term goals were. Being completely honest, I had no idea what I was getting myself into and what the future had in store. Here is a short list of phases and their descriptions I encountered along the way:

Establish the basics and define the overall navigation around WordPress and find ways to define core values, identity and overall content.
Create an identity for the blogsphere to answer the following question: “Who is Geoff Snyder?“
Learn about theme layouts, plugins, basic SEO, linking, and VERY basic HTML and PHP coding.
Understand proper social media etiquette and sincere engagement, while also learning how to automate.
Discover the importance of RSS feeds and their subscribers.
Staying true to the core values and beliefs while collaborating with other like-minded individuals.
Research, read, discuss, read some more, collaborate, and most importantly…stay proactive!

Now that I think I have the swing of things and have been lurking around the blogsphere, I’ve decided to add some personality…make this something personal, find ways to materialize what I’ve gathered into something meaningful, opposed to writing robotic “content friendly” posts simply to appease the search engines’ crawlers.

With that said, I must express my deep, sincere gratitude for the wonderful people I’ve encountered along the way. The level of friendly engagement has made me realize the power of blogging, the world of social media (twitter, facebook, linkedin, etc…), and how social networking has the ability to bring together so many people they we never knew existed. The level of synergy that is available to us is extremely powerful. With the tools of a laptop, a internet connection, the motivation to seek like-minded people, as well as the passion to help other achieve their goals, I am convinced that there is absolutely nothing that cannot be achieved.

Now, I know that the last sentence of the previous paragraph may have some overtones of the cliche our parents told us for all those years: “You can do anything that you put your mind to.” Well, it’s true and the efforts and their results far outweigh the consequences of living in fear or sustaining a lack of confidence. I know, I’ve been there a few times throughout my short life and I am so thankful for those who’ve been there to help pick me back up and support me during those dark times.

I’m going to go ahead and warp this post up with a couple words: Dream Big.

Call me “Juno” if you will, call me a post-modernist, or call me some new age yuppie type…but we’re in the 21st century and the rules have changed. Globally, as Robert Dickie recently tweeted: “We did not just go through a “recession” we went through a “reset.” This is important to understand. Many of the rules have changed.” It’s time to throw away the status-quo and begin leading from within. It will allow for a reflection so bright that it will glow amongst all of those close to you and those you’re about to meet along the way.

I’d like to thank Tom Schulte for the inspiration of the title and thought of this blog post. Thank you Tom.

Core Values

August 10, 2010 in Business, Leadership with 9 Comments

“Without beliefs or the ability to tap into them, people can be totally disempowered. They’re like a motorboat without a motor or a rudder.” – Anthony Robbins

When Stephen Covey’s book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People was first published in 1989, the concept of a mission statement was completely novel. But soon companies around the country started creating their own mission statements. Mission statements are the core beliefs of a company. Motivational speaker Tony Robbins suggests that living by your mission statement creates the integrity that clients are looking for.

The journey of success isn’t about the destination, it’s about discovering yourself through a series of checkpoints along the way. Helping your team understand the sense of direction allows for your ability to lead more effectively.

Internally, company-wide mission statements are important tools because employees need to know what is expected of them–just as they need to know how the company perceives itself. For example, customer service reps can’t call their manager every time a customer calls with a little gripe. They need to understand the corporate philosophy and apply it to a customer’s concerns. Sales people also need to be able to make deals and offer contracts that are consistent with mission statement.

Empower your people with solid information on you goals and expectations. The give them the ability to make decisions based on your philosophy, and then be able to broadcast your ideas to the rest of the world.

I am interested in your views on this. I’ve found there to be a lot of confusion between an employee handbook and a company’s mission statement. How are these important to you?