Issue 2

Level 5 Leadership – Getting Things Done Within a Diffuse Power Structure

Key Points:

True leadership only exists if people follow when they have the freedom not to. (p. 13)

• Leadership vs. Management
• Forging ahead or bailing water?

Power All Around (p.10)

• Power of Inclusion
• Power of Language
• Power of Shared Interests
• Power of Coalition

Executive vs. Legislative Power (p.11)

• Legislative depends on: persuasion, political currency, shared interest
• Goal is to create conditions for the right decisions to happen
• Best leaders know when to use each

Ambitious for the Cause (p.11)

• Personal humility and professional will –Why are we here? Why is what we do important?

Articles of Interest:

Leader’s Framework
http://0-search.ebscohost.com.lrc.cod.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bsh&AN=27036324&site=ehost-live

What Leaders Really Do
http://0-search.ebscohost.com.lrc.cod.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bsh&AN=9006181436&site=ehost-live

Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail
http://0-search.ebscohost.com.lrc.cod.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bsh&AN=23363656&site=ehost-live

Sometimes Moving Up Makes it Harder to See What Goes On Below
http://0-proquest.umi.com.lrc.cod.edu/pqdweb?did=1364840431&sid=1&Fmt=3&clientId=10090&RQT=309&VName=PQD

Jim Collins Interview
http://0-search.ebscohost.com.lrc.cod.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=17328693&site=ehost-live

Honest Conversations
http://0-search.ebscohost.com.lrc.cod.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bsh&AN=12109079&site=ehost-live

Cool Sites:

http://www.jimcollins.com/lab/level5/index.html

http://www.transitionpartnerships.com/docs/leadershipmatters.pdf

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