May 22, 2012 / by Michael Wayne Regier Ph.D. / Relational Excellence Articles
The books “Good to Great” and “Tribal Leadership” define five different levels of leadership, with L5 being the most advanced level. The authors of Tribal Leadership describe L5 thinking by the theme “life is great” and by the mood “innocent wonderment.” In their study of corporate cultures they found that only two percent of companies […]
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What is Servant Leadership?
September 1, 2014 / by Michael Wayne Regier Ph.D. / Relational Excellence Articles
Reflecting this morning on the verse “the son of man did not come into the world to be served but to serve.” Matthew 20:28 This brought to mind the work of Robert Greenleaf who over 100 years ago defined the concept of servant leadership. In his book Essentials he wrote: “The servant-leader is servant first… […]
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The Science of Brag and Bash Leadership
June 27, 2012 / by Michael Wayne Regier Ph.D. / Relational Excellence Articles
One of the most difficult types of organizations to work with is one which is controlled by what I call “brag and bash leadership.” It does not take a lot of looking around to notice leaders with a very black and white view of the “good and bad” people within their sphere of influence. They […]
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Leaders Mirror Emotion
June 14, 2012 / by Michael Wayne Regier Ph.D. / Relational Excellence Articles
A number of years ago I talked with a group of executives about how the emotions of the top leaders in an organization affect the whole emotional tone of the organization. While this finding reported in the Harvard Business Review intuitively made sense to me I didn’t understand at the time what the mechanism was […]
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How L5 Relational Leaders Think
May 22, 2012 / by Michael Wayne Regier Ph.D. / Relational Excellence Articles
The books “Good to Great” and “Tribal Leadership” define five different levels of leadership, with L5 being the most advanced level. The authors of Tribal Leadership describe L5 thinking by the theme “life is great” and by the mood “innocent wonderment.” In their study of corporate cultures they found that only two percent of companies […]
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