What Kind of Leader Are You?
What kind of leader are you? Are you benevolent, beloved, or controversial? Take this quiz and find out.
Leadership
How to Recognize Good Leadership
How do you recognize good leadership? We identify 5 characteristics of a good leader. Some of them might surprise you.
How-To Build Democratic Groups
Democracy is not for the faint of heart. It is messy and emotional and taxing. It takes a lot of time to create and maintain and everyone must come prepared with awareness and a good heart. But it’s better than having some power-hungry jerk tell you what to do. So here is a crash course in how democracies work (or don’t).
Farah Karimi on Leadership, Change, and Compromise
Farah Karimi tells us: “As a leader you have to be the first who stands there and articulates the direction you have to go in. You need followers, without followers you are not a leader. You have to convince them in such a way that they themselves believe in the change that you need to take. It’s not possible to get 100% agreement. It’s not going to be the same for everybody, but you need critical mass.”
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How-To Recognize and Deal with Conflict
The secret to effective teamwork is learning how to deal with conflict. Conflict can be unpleasant and uncomfortable, but it’s a necessary part of collaboration.
Building a Network with No Masters, No Leaders
They are pervasive and loud, many with half-shaven heads, rowdy barking mixed-breed dogs, and mud-encrusted dreadlocks. Yet their network may as well be invisible to the authorities who have spent the better part of thirty years failing to stamp it out. How does this raggle-taggle band of Britain’s prevalent environmental activists (also known as eco-warriors or protesters) evade countless attempts of infiltration and eradication?
Characteristics of Democratic Organizations
Self-ruled, democratic, and autonomous are somewhat interchangeable words. Autonomous organizations are not all the same, but they do share some characteristics. This handy guide provides some tips for identifying the characteristics of autonomous and democratic organizations.
What Can Birds Teach Us About Leadership
What can migrating birds teach us about leadership? More than you might think. Here are three things we can learn from flocks of birds.