http://www.bluepointleadership.com/blog Bluepoint Blog Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:57:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Bryn Meredith A few weeks ago I began to read Nelson Mandela’s autobiography, “Long Walk to Freedom,” (probably years overdue on my part as it has been in print since 94!) and I was intrigued to see that he recognized and adopted the concept of leading from behind at a ... http://www.bluepointleadership.com/blog/bryn-meredith/leading-from-behind/ We are pleased to announce the release of our latest leadership workshop, The Leader Within. As a gift to all our Point readers, we invite you to take advantage of a complimentary 360 Assessment, the Leadership Emotional Intelligence Assessment (LEQ) which will provide you with some valuable feedback in your ... http://www.bluepointleadership.com/blog/contributor/complimentary-leadership-emotional-intelligence-assessment-for-all-readers-of-the-point/ By Susanne Biro Lately I have found myself having a similar conversation with a number of clients. The conversation begins with my client stating they want to increase their visibility within their organization and better position themselves to work at a more senior, strategic level. They want to be noticed and ... http://www.bluepointleadership.com/blog/susanne-biro/can-we-please-move-on/ By David Parks One of the things I love about my job is that I get a unique window of insight into why leadership development does, or does not, occur in organizations. Like a corporate anthropologist, I seek insights into how some organizations achieve a world class reputation for leadership development ... http://www.bluepointleadership.com/blog/david-parks/betting-on-high-leverage-leadership/ By Bryn Meredith There is a well known story that goes something like this....... Dan was coming to the end of a long overseas business trip that had seen him visit a number of different cities and countries. He was looking for a gift to take home for his young son ... http://www.bluepointleadership.com/blog/archived-posts/is-your-puzzle-complete/ By David Parks I am not an economist by any stretch but Pareto was, so I’ll rely on an interpretation of his 80/20 principal to state my case: Eighty percent of leadership development professionals in 2009 tell a consistent story of budget cuts, axed programs, initiatives on hold, and a general state ... http://www.bluepointleadership.com/blog/david-parks/leading-or-waiting-for-recovery/ By Susanne Biro Stanley Kubrick once said, “If you can talk brilliantly about a problem, you can create the consoling illusion that it has been mastered.” As Kubrick suggests, knowing what to do and actually doing it are two very different things. I doubt that many of us need additional information about ... http://www.bluepointleadership.com/blog/susanne-biro/the-age-of-application/ by Gregg Thompson You’ve done all the right things. You’ve provided crystal clear direction to your organization, rewarded courageous risk-taking, encouraged innovation, honored diversity, demanded personal accountability, put the customer first…but it all just went to hell in a hand basket. Your market just went south, a major product failed or ... http://www.bluepointleadership.com/blog/gregg-thompson/when-bad-things-happen-to-good-leaders/ By Gregg Thompson and Bruna Martinuzzi Leadership is at the core of all important human endeavors whether commercial or social, political or humanitarian, scientific or artistic. And it is a role that should not be stepped into lightly. People will count on you. Organizations will put their very existence in your ... http://www.bluepointleadership.com/blog/gregg-thompson/the-power-to-lead/ By Jim Boneau & Gregg Thompson Have you ever noticed that all of the great teams are a bit odd? Sure they have more than their share of the classic textbook characteristics for which high performing teams are known (mutual goals, good conflict resolution, effective communication, appreciation of diversity, respect for ... http://www.bluepointleadership.com/blog/archived-posts/leading-weird-and-wonderful-teams/