“To lead people, walk beside them … As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence. The next best, the people honor and praise. The next, the people fear; and the next, the people hate … When the best leader’s work is done the people say, ‘We did it ourselves!”
Lao-Tsu
Readings on Personal Leadership
- Fadla, A. (2014). Self-leadership. Leadership Excellence, 31(8), 10."Effective personal leaders are those who view personal leadership as a prerequisite to public leadership, critical to their long-term success and therefore, are willing to consciously and purposefully enhance themselves through deep self-examination and self-reflection. "
- "Leadership transformed: The pros and cons of benevolent dictatorship." (2014). In D. Jemielniak, (Ed.) Common Knowledge : An Ethnography of Wikipedia. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. A book chapter which analyzes the phenomenon of personal leadership, examining the example of Jimmy Wales, cofounder of Wikipedia. It shows the evolution of his role and the reasons why his influence on the movement could only increase when he stepped down from operational, daily activities and stopped his attempts at direct management.
What Makes Us Feel Good About Our Work
Selected e-books on developing personal leadership
Embodied Leadership by ISBN: 9780749465643Publication Date: 2013-06-28We don't need leaders who know about leadership - we need leaders who embody the capacity to lead in the midst of ambiguity and complexity. The concept of embodied leadership is derived from somatic coaching, a unique approach that brings the body forward as an advocate in creating a place for change and transformation. It brings together language, action, feeling and meaning and is based on the idea that the mind and body are inextricably linked: to develop one, you must cultivate the other.
