Denise Jacobs is a speaker, author, and creativity evangelist. The author of Banish Your Inner Critic, she is committed to helping leaders release their full potential. We’re thrilled she’s written this post for our Concord Leadership blog readers. If you...
While we start Quadrant 3 Leadership coaching wherever the client is, a common place to start is with the “Hardwiring” circle. As a leader, you’ve likely heard a lot about “hardwiring.” I believe it is one of the most misunderstood parts of...
One basic tenant of good leaders is that they discover frameworks to help them work with people. Not all frameworks are healthy – I once had a boss tell me that fear was one of the tools in his leadership toolkit. Really. Fortunately, there are plenty of...
There are many reasons leadership is challenging: staff, clients, budgets, demands on our time. But the biggest reason leadership is challenging? As a leader, we’re calling the shots. Before getting into a leadership position, you want to call the shots. You...
In our most recent nonprofit leadership study, one of the things we looked at was how four different leadership styles affected a nonprofit’s “culture of philanthropy.” The four styles were: servant leadership, transformational leadership,...
