Encyclopedia of Leadership

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RELATED LEADERSHIP TOOLS

1.4 Leader Principles 2.5 Values 15.1 Balance

1.5 Seven Habits 12.2 Trust 15.2 Emotional Intelligence

1.8 Recursive Leadership 13.3 Accountability 15.7 Stress

FOR FURTHER ASSISTANCE

Hendricks, Gay, and Kate Ludeman. The Corporate Mystic: A Guidebook for Visionaries with Their Feet on the Ground.
Bantam, 1996.

38 SECTION 1 FOUNDATIONALCONCEPTS

What actions will you take to begin living and leading more authentically?

Where are there distortions in your communications with others—colleagues, reports, customers, and so on?

When have you been guilty of spin-doctoring an event to make yourself look better?

What do you need to do to square yourself with these people? What is your biggest fear when you speak the truth with

these people?

[☛1.8 Recursive Leadership]

Being authentic with others as a leader

When do you avoid accountability for your actions (e.g., making excuses, laying blame)?

Which past agreements remain unfulfilled and need to be renegotiated?

What do you need to do in order to be clearer about your agreements and to follow through?

Doing what you say you will do and keeping your promises as a leader