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Peak Potential Nov 2007

November 2007

Welcome to the inaugural launch of our revitalised e-newsletter Peak Potential. Each month we will deliver practical, evidence-based insight to leaders across Australia. This month we explore how an enhanced understanding of the very nature of leadership can be applied to increase your leadership impact.

Articles

The Heart of Good Leadership

Management expert, the late Peter Drucker, was renowned for his 'to-the-point' insight. His plain speaking view that the only definition of a leader is someone who has followers lies at the heart of leadership effectiveness and its implications may unsettle you.

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The Nature of Leadership

Despite a popular myth that all people have an equal ability to lead, research leaves us in no doubt that personal characteristics impact on your habitual leadership behaviour and therefore your effectiveness. Whilst no single list of personal characteristics can ensure success, personal characteristics, including intelligence and personality, can help or hinder your leadership.

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BOOK REVIEW

What Got You Here, Won't Get You There

"What Got You Here Won't Get You There" by Marshall Goldsmith is the must read management book of 2007. Marshall starts by outlining the problem of success. Your existing approaches to leadership have got you to where you are today. This leads you to hold certain beliefs which can hold you back from making the necessary changes you need in order to get where you want to be in the future - be that a promotion or being more effective in your current role. Three common beliefs that leaders hold which can prevent them from learning to be more effective are:

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