Leadership VoicesManagement | 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 Administration ≠ Leadership https://leadershipvoices.com/2017/09/18/administration-%e2%89%a0-leadership/ https://leadershipvoices.com/2017/09/18/administration-%e2%89%a0-leadership/#respond Mon, 18 Sep 2017 21:27:09 +0000 Kevin Bowser http://leadershipvoices.com/?p=10418 My wife has a beautiful singing voice. I do not. Every once in a while, I will ask her if it is “painful” for her to listen to some folks sing when they cannot carry a tune. National Anthem singing seems to bring out the very patriotic. They are just not able to sing. It […]

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]]> My wife has a beautiful singing voice. I do not. Every once in a while, I will ask her if it is “painful” for her to listen to some folks sing when they cannot carry a tune. National Anthem singing seems to bring out the very patriotic. They are just not able to sing. It […]

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]]> https://leadershipvoices.com/2017/09/18/administration-%e2%89%a0-leadership/feed/ 0 10418 Thought Leadership https://leadershipvoices.com/2016/12/15/thought-leadership-2/ https://leadershipvoices.com/2016/12/15/thought-leadership-2/#respond Thu, 15 Dec 2016 16:11:46 +0000 Kevin Bowser http://leadershipvoices.com/?p=9927 There was not as much backlash as I had anticipated. I was expecting a much stronger reaction from the leadership community where I hang out most of the time. There are many who do not look upon this as being “real” leadership. But, there are many that do. And all of that prompts a question. […]

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]]> There was not as much backlash as I had anticipated. I was expecting a much stronger reaction from the leadership community where I hang out most of the time. There are many who do not look upon this as being “real” leadership. But, there are many that do. And all of that prompts a question. […]

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]]> https://leadershipvoices.com/2016/12/15/thought-leadership-2/feed/ 0 9927 Know Your Followers https://leadershipvoices.com/2016/11/07/know-your-followers/ https://leadershipvoices.com/2016/11/07/know-your-followers/#respond Mon, 07 Nov 2016 14:00:38 +0000 Kevin Bowser http://leadershipvoices.com/?p=9860 One of the factors that were most important for me back in the days when I was a professional speaker was a maxim that I learned from the former actor that taught me all I needed to know about professional public speaking. He taught me that I needed to “know my audience” before I spoke […]

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]]> One of the factors that were most important for me back in the days when I was a professional speaker was a maxim that I learned from the former actor that taught me all I needed to know about professional public speaking. He taught me that I needed to “know my audience” before I spoke […]

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]]> https://leadershipvoices.com/2016/11/07/know-your-followers/feed/ 0 9860 Coaching https://leadershipvoices.com/2016/10/24/coaching/ https://leadershipvoices.com/2016/10/24/coaching/#respond Tue, 25 Oct 2016 04:35:57 +0000 Kevin Bowser http://leadershipvoices.com/?p=9837 One of the great things about being involved in leadership development and coaching is the opportunity to be constantly learning and developing your own skills in these areas. They say that you teach that which you need to learn the most. Although I don’t subscribe to that theory, there is a thread running through it […]

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]]> One of the great things about being involved in leadership development and coaching is the opportunity to be constantly learning and developing your own skills in these areas. They say that you teach that which you need to learn the most. Although I don’t subscribe to that theory, there is a thread running through it […]

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]]> https://leadershipvoices.com/2016/10/24/coaching/feed/ 0 9837 Leading a Team of Direct Reports https://leadershipvoices.com/2016/09/19/leading-a-team-of-direct-reports/ https://leadershipvoices.com/2016/09/19/leading-a-team-of-direct-reports/#respond Mon, 19 Sep 2016 21:31:06 +0000 Michael Johnson http://leadershipvoices.com/?p=9760 Leading and coaching people who directly report to you is a different endeavor than coaching someone who has no formal accountability to you. Coaching people can be exceptionally fun and rewarding, however when those being coached see you as “the boss” the dynamics of that relationship are much more complex. Because of cultural depictions of […]

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]]> Leading and coaching people who directly report to you is a different endeavor than coaching someone who has no formal accountability to you. Coaching people can be exceptionally fun and rewarding, however when those being coached see you as “the boss” the dynamics of that relationship are much more complex. Because of cultural depictions of […]

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]]> https://leadershipvoices.com/2016/09/19/leading-a-team-of-direct-reports/feed/ 0 9760 Leaders vs. Managers https://leadershipvoices.com/2016/02/01/leaders-vs-managers/ https://leadershipvoices.com/2016/02/01/leaders-vs-managers/#respond Mon, 01 Feb 2016 15:34:43 +0000 Kevin Bowser http://leadershipvoices.com/?p=9299 Like most young people entering the workforce in the early 1980s, I had great aspirations. I aspired to be a big-time manager for a major corporation. I knew I was not CEO material. But, I wanted to be a manager. And over the next 15 years I achieved that. At one point, I had almost […]

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]]> Like most young people entering the workforce in the early 1980s, I had great aspirations. I aspired to be a big-time manager for a major corporation. I knew I was not CEO material. But, I wanted to be a manager. And over the next 15 years I achieved that. At one point, I had almost […]

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]]> https://leadershipvoices.com/2016/02/01/leaders-vs-managers/feed/ 0 9299 Leadership Love Languages https://leadershipvoices.com/2015/02/14/leadership-love-languages/ https://leadershipvoices.com/2015/02/14/leadership-love-languages/#comments Sat, 14 Feb 2015 16:04:05 +0000 Billy Long http://leadershipvoices.com/?p=8463 We all thrive in an atmosphere of appreciation. Whether that’s peer to peer, parent to child, teacher to student or as we look at here; leader to team. Steven Covey puts it in his book 7 habits of highly effective people: “Next to physical survival, the greatest need of a human being is psychological survival, to be […]

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]]> We all thrive in an atmosphere of appreciation. Whether that’s peer to peer, parent to child, teacher to student or as we look at here; leader to team. Steven Covey puts it in his book 7 habits of highly effective people: “Next to physical survival, the greatest need of a human being is psychological survival, to be […]

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]]> https://leadershipvoices.com/2015/02/14/leadership-love-languages/feed/ 2 8463 Correction Time https://leadershipvoices.com/2015/02/13/correction-time/ https://leadershipvoices.com/2015/02/13/correction-time/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2015 13:50:13 +0000 Scott Hilton http://leadershipvoices.com/?p=8112 One of the many fun duties I have in my current position is what is called a “CAR Champion”. The acronym stands for Corrective Action Report or Corrective Action Request, depending on your company. What it basically means, is a process or product did not create the desired or required result and something needs fixed. […]

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]]> One of the many fun duties I have in my current position is what is called a “CAR Champion”. The acronym stands for Corrective Action Report or Corrective Action Request, depending on your company. What it basically means, is a process or product did not create the desired or required result and something needs fixed. […]

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]]> https://leadershipvoices.com/2015/02/13/correction-time/feed/ 3 8112 How to Lead an Underachieving Team https://leadershipvoices.com/2015/02/11/how-to-lead-an-underachieving-team/ https://leadershipvoices.com/2015/02/11/how-to-lead-an-underachieving-team/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2015 15:58:15 +0000 Michael Johnson http://leadershipvoices.com/?p=8471 There are times in our various leadership roles that we will have times of great productivity, effectiveness and performance. These times are wonderful and full of promise and excitement. But there are other times when it seems like instead of the Midas touch turning everything to gold, our leadership or our team keeps missing the […]

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]]> There are times in our various leadership roles that we will have times of great productivity, effectiveness and performance. These times are wonderful and full of promise and excitement. But there are other times when it seems like instead of the Midas touch turning everything to gold, our leadership or our team keeps missing the […]

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]]> https://leadershipvoices.com/2015/02/11/how-to-lead-an-underachieving-team/feed/ 1 8471 Stability and Leadership – Are They Related? https://leadershipvoices.com/2015/01/28/stability-and-leadership-are-they-related/ https://leadershipvoices.com/2015/01/28/stability-and-leadership-are-they-related/#respond Wed, 28 Jan 2015 14:01:56 +0000 Kevin Bowser http://leadershipvoices.com/?p=8428 I have recently begun hanging around some entrepreneurs in an effort to learn from these folks about how to build something tangible from just a dream and and some drive.  These guys (and one gal) are inspiring to me.  My hope is that they will help me grow Leadership Voices beyond my own personal abilities. […]

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]]> I have recently begun hanging around some entrepreneurs in an effort to learn from these folks about how to build something tangible from just a dream and and some drive.  These guys (and one gal) are inspiring to me.  My hope is that they will help me grow Leadership Voices beyond my own personal abilities. […]

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