Leadership VoicesIs leadership . . . | Leadership Voices https://leadershipvoices.com Legacy Leadership Principles For Today And Those That You Are Leading Sun, 01 Sep 2019 12:45:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 79463028 Accidental Leadership https://leadershipvoices.com/2017/02/13/accidental-leadership/ https://leadershipvoices.com/2017/02/13/accidental-leadership/#respond Tue, 14 Feb 2017 03:05:15 +0000 Kevin Bowser http://leadershipvoices.com/?p=10076 There was a famous novel written in 1985 that became an Academy award winning movie in 1988. (The Academy was won in 1989, but who is that picky?) It was called “The Accidental Tourist” and starred one of my favorite actors, William Hurt. The plot of the story revolves around the dissolving marriage of Macon […]

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]]> There was a famous novel written in 1985 that became an Academy award winning movie in 1988. (The Academy was won in 1989, but who is that picky?) It was called “The Accidental Tourist” and starred one of my favorite actors, William Hurt. The plot of the story revolves around the dissolving marriage of Macon […]

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]]> https://leadershipvoices.com/2017/02/13/accidental-leadership/feed/ 0 10076 Distance and Leadership https://leadershipvoices.com/2015/01/11/distance-and-leadership/ https://leadershipvoices.com/2015/01/11/distance-and-leadership/#respond Sun, 11 Jan 2015 12:58:14 +0000 Kevin Bowser http://leadershipvoices.com/?p=8368 There is an old joke that is not all that kind to girls.  And it goes like this: “She was so homely looking that the only thing that improved her looks was distance.” Do you see? I told you it wasn’t very nice. So, I apologize to all of the women in our audience. That old joke […]

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]]> There is an old joke that is not all that kind to girls.  And it goes like this: “She was so homely looking that the only thing that improved her looks was distance.” Do you see? I told you it wasn’t very nice. So, I apologize to all of the women in our audience. That old joke […]

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]]> https://leadershipvoices.com/2015/01/11/distance-and-leadership/feed/ 0 8368 Talkative Leadership https://leadershipvoices.com/2014/09/30/talkative-leadership/ https://leadershipvoices.com/2014/09/30/talkative-leadership/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2014 11:43:48 +0000 Lance Couch http://leadershipvoices.com/?p=7655   This past Sunday I stood up in front of a large group of people and talked.  And talked, and talked, and talked.  I ended up talking for 10 minutes.  I was trying to encourage people, and to lead them.  I was trying to be the leader I thought I was hired to be.  I […]

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]]>   This past Sunday I stood up in front of a large group of people and talked.  And talked, and talked, and talked.  I ended up talking for 10 minutes.  I was trying to encourage people, and to lead them.  I was trying to be the leader I thought I was hired to be.  I […]

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]]> https://leadershipvoices.com/2014/09/30/talkative-leadership/feed/ 3 7655 The NFL: Major Leadership Fail https://leadershipvoices.com/2014/09/28/the-nfl-major-leadership-fail/ https://leadershipvoices.com/2014/09/28/the-nfl-major-leadership-fail/#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2014 03:46:25 +0000 Rene Rivera http://leadershipvoices.com/?p=7664   I was on Facebook the other day and I saw this post-“Wanted: an obedience school that trains puppies AND sweet little 2 year old girls.” Of course, I couldn’t resist and I threw my comment into the fray: ” I hear the NFL may have some Subject Matter Experts. They can even help with […]

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]]>   I was on Facebook the other day and I saw this post-“Wanted: an obedience school that trains puppies AND sweet little 2 year old girls.” Of course, I couldn’t resist and I threw my comment into the fray: ” I hear the NFL may have some Subject Matter Experts. They can even help with […]

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]]> https://leadershipvoices.com/2014/09/28/the-nfl-major-leadership-fail/feed/ 4 7664 Signs That A Leader Is Failing https://leadershipvoices.com/2014/09/04/signs-that-a-leader-is-failing/ https://leadershipvoices.com/2014/09/04/signs-that-a-leader-is-failing/#respond Thu, 04 Sep 2014 12:14:44 +0000 Kevin Bowser http://leadershipvoices.com/?p=7293 I was told by a manager one time, “If you aren’t failing, you aren’t trying.” And I am sure that there are many situations in which that statement is true. But, I am not dealing with effort and intentions alone today. Instead, I am dealing with results.  To some this may seem harsh.  Our society […]

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]]> I was told by a manager one time, “If you aren’t failing, you aren’t trying.” And I am sure that there are many situations in which that statement is true. But, I am not dealing with effort and intentions alone today. Instead, I am dealing with results.  To some this may seem harsh.  Our society […]

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]]> https://leadershipvoices.com/2014/09/04/signs-that-a-leader-is-failing/feed/ 0 7293 Leadership is . . . Saying you’re sorry https://leadershipvoices.com/2014/08/04/leadership-is-saying-youre-sorry/ https://leadershipvoices.com/2014/08/04/leadership-is-saying-youre-sorry/#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2014 13:57:49 +0000 Kevin Bowser http://leadershipvoices.com/?p=7180 Back in the 1970s there was a very popular little one panel comic that depicted a little male and female cherub-like creatures.  It had “Love is . . .” written in the upper left of the panel.  The couple was in the middle and the bottom was the rest of the sentence that told you […]

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]]> Back in the 1970s there was a very popular little one panel comic that depicted a little male and female cherub-like creatures.  It had “Love is . . .” written in the upper left of the panel.  The couple was in the middle and the bottom was the rest of the sentence that told you […]

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]]> https://leadershipvoices.com/2014/08/04/leadership-is-saying-youre-sorry/feed/ 3 7180 Shared Leadership https://leadershipvoices.com/2014/07/22/shared-leadership/ https://leadershipvoices.com/2014/07/22/shared-leadership/#respond Tue, 22 Jul 2014 11:31:42 +0000 Billy Long http://leadershipvoices.com/?p=7104 It seems to me that the very meaning of leadership is someone that leads. So how could it be possible to share leadership? I am thinking shared leadership is “one too many cooks in the kitchen”. So, is sharing leadership an acceptable model. Could it work? I don’t know, but let’s talk about it. The […]

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]]> It seems to me that the very meaning of leadership is someone that leads. So how could it be possible to share leadership? I am thinking shared leadership is “one too many cooks in the kitchen”. So, is sharing leadership an acceptable model. Could it work? I don’t know, but let’s talk about it. The […]

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]]> https://leadershipvoices.com/2014/07/22/shared-leadership/feed/ 0 7104 Leaders of the Past – Better than Today? https://leadershipvoices.com/2014/07/02/leaders-of-the-past-better-than-today/ https://leadershipvoices.com/2014/07/02/leaders-of-the-past-better-than-today/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2014 13:32:47 +0000 Kevin Bowser http://leadershipvoices.com/?p=7008 Sitting at lunch yesterday with one our most prolific authors on LeadershipVoices.com and with a new author who is going to be providing some interesting content in the coming days, our conversation was about leadership and the leadership crisis in our culture today. One of my hypotheses is that we are just one generation away […]

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]]> Sitting at lunch yesterday with one our most prolific authors on LeadershipVoices.com and with a new author who is going to be providing some interesting content in the coming days, our conversation was about leadership and the leadership crisis in our culture today. One of my hypotheses is that we are just one generation away […]

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]]> https://leadershipvoices.com/2014/07/02/leaders-of-the-past-better-than-today/feed/ 2 7008 Authority and Leadership https://leadershipvoices.com/2014/06/17/authority-and-leadership/ https://leadershipvoices.com/2014/06/17/authority-and-leadership/#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2014 12:18:22 +0000 Billy Long http://leadershipvoices.com/?p=6940 Imposing your authority does not make you a leader. I was recently engaged in a conversation with another leader here at Leadership Voices about the differences between authority and leadership. I made the point that having authority does not necessarily make a person a good leader. Likewise, you do not have to have authority in […]

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]]> Imposing your authority does not make you a leader. I was recently engaged in a conversation with another leader here at Leadership Voices about the differences between authority and leadership. I made the point that having authority does not necessarily make a person a good leader. Likewise, you do not have to have authority in […]

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]]> https://leadershipvoices.com/2014/06/17/authority-and-leadership/feed/ 5 6940 Is it really leadership if I don’t know I am doing it? https://leadershipvoices.com/2014/06/09/is-it-really-leadership-if-i-dont-know-i-am-doing-it/ https://leadershipvoices.com/2014/06/09/is-it-really-leadership-if-i-dont-know-i-am-doing-it/#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2014 12:10:39 +0000 Kevin Bowser http://leadershipvoices.com/?p=6876 Is it really leading if I don’t know it is happening?  That is the question that I have begun pondering in the last few days. For those of you that participated in the Seriously, why do we lead? discussion, I say thanks.  But one of the threads that I seemed to see in the comments […]

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]]> Is it really leading if I don’t know it is happening?  That is the question that I have begun pondering in the last few days. For those of you that participated in the Seriously, why do we lead? discussion, I say thanks.  But one of the threads that I seemed to see in the comments […]

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