State-of-the-art Leadership
I recently received an email from an individual who, after receiving a copy of our book Resources for Leadership, expressed his appreciation that the skills of leadership are timeless.
I at one time worked professionally in the arena of Training and Organizational Development. Competing against one another for clients and contracts, the consultants and companies I grew to know had to differentiate their product. Each put his or her own spin and imprint on the concepts of leadership development. As fellow members of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), my perception was that they never quite trusted one another, with whom they competed for the same client dollar.
I've been exposed to many leadership concepts and models over the years, but have yet to see anything new under the sun that could not fit somewhere into the eleven competency model originally distilled by Bela Banathy in the early 1960s. Teaching about communication? Look into Getting and Giving Information. Thinking about project planning? See Problem Solving , Evaluation, and Controlling the Group. Considering what you must change within yourself? Consider Setting the Example.
Have you seen anything new under the sun?