Motivation on the Run

Best line in the article, “Leadership is not about creating followers only,” says Nancy Greer, academic lead of the MA in leadership and the MBA leadership stream at Royal Roads University in Victoria. “It’s about creating other leaders.

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Say goodbye ? and good riddance ? to the ego-driven, desk-thumping CEO. Today’s more educated and worldly workers just aren’t buying that act anymore. The blowhard won’t be missed. Forward-thinking companies are looking for a different kind of leader. One who is a team player in the truest sense of the word. The kind of chief who deflects the glory to underlings, letting them fight battles and win wars. A boss who creates a working environment where the talented have a chance to show off. This manager, by the way, will more likely be a woman or a minority ? not because of some altruistic message a company wants to send to the community, but because of its enlightened self-interest.

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