Redefine Leadership: Short Takes

Vision is how members of the group make meaning of their work. That's the normal "leadership training" explanation, but it is not enough. Learn about Redefine's Story of Vision and the tools that you need to tell the story to the members of your group. This is how leadership creates a standard of excellence, inspires collaboration, and builds identity and community. Our Seeing Exercise will get you started!

In this episode of The Basics, we introduce the functions of leadership, the definition of leadership, and the unique role that leaders play in acting upon the functions to make a group successful. Check out the poster and additional info at www.thedefinitionofleadership.com !

Welcome to The Basics, an introduction to the functions of leadership, the definition of leadership, and the Redefine approach. Also, pre-order your copy of Redefining Leadership on www.thedefinitionofleadership.com !

We have a budget for emotions, and when we spend it all, we do not have any left for the next challenge. This is why leaders need to understand this concept. Oh yeah, and it makes us better friends.

Understanding leadership lets us understand the impact of our actions, and explain why they have this impact. "I'm here" are two of the most powerful things we can say, and here is why.

Organizational culture is an explanation of organizational relationships, not the other way around. Here is an illustration of how we know. In less than three minutes, for a change.

MIT accomplished excellence in DARPA's famous red balloon experiment. This is what we should take away from their implementation of leadership.

To be a leader, we have to guide and support the group in growing their emotion relationships. To do that, we have to grow in our own emotions. Here is how and why.

Values. It’s a big word. Here is where values come from, and why changing our values doesn’t actually change anything. Also, where to make changes if we want to actually change our values.

The story of vision can become a source of community: identity, belonging, worth, value. We use our communities to explain to others who we are. This is why the story of vision is so powerful and yet so neglected in the workplace.