https://marshallgoldsmithlibrary.com/blog/2008/02/25/thought-leaders-in-your-organization/ Helping successful leaders get even better Sun, 11 May 2008 04:19:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 https://marshallgoldsmithlibrary.com/blog/2008/02/25/thought-leaders-in-your-organization/#comment-9 Moving the Thoughtless Leader forward | Achieve Coaching Group Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:05:45 +0000 https://marshallgoldsmithlibrary.com/blog/2008/02/25/thought-leaders-in-your-organization/#comment-9 [...] Marshall Goldsmith speaks of thought leaders in his latest blog and reflects on the idea that these specialists add value within their area of expertise.   As I was reading this I wondered if there is an antithesis to this idea; the notion of the  ‘thoughtless leader’.  While the thought leader had criteria listed such as character, principles, personality, performance, experience etc. as put forth by Ken Shelton in Leadership Excellence the ‘thoughtless leader’ is often someone that you also know within your organization.  This would be the person who puts forward an agenda without an understanding of the effect on employees, without a strategic plan for successful organizational change, without character, emotional intelligence etc.  How do you move an individual from being a ‘thoughtless leader’ to a valuable member contributing to organizational excellence?  In our coaching practice, we find that focussed and precise conversations bring about the transformational change enabling leaders to improve performance and character.   The opportunity to try out and take risks outside of your normal place of comfort with coach support creates a  step by step move to the zone of proximinal development.  Through coaching this gap closes and with collaborative problem-solving you begin to realize your potential.  If more leaders took this approach and became thought leaders imagine the exponential value this would create. [...] […] Marshall Goldsmith speaks of thought leaders in his latest blog and reflects on the idea that these specialists add value within their area of expertise.   As I was reading this I wondered if there is an antithesis to this idea; the notion of the  ‘thoughtless leader’.  While the thought leader had criteria listed such as character, principles, personality, performance, experience etc. as put forth by Ken Shelton in Leadership Excellence the ‘thoughtless leader’ is often someone that you also know within your organization.  This would be the person who puts forward an agenda without an understanding of the effect on employees, without a strategic plan for successful organizational change, without character, emotional intelligence etc.  How do you move an individual from being a ‘thoughtless leader’ to a valuable member contributing to organizational excellence?  In our coaching practice, we find that focussed and precise conversations bring about the transformational change enabling leaders to improve performance and character.   The opportunity to try out and take risks outside of your normal place of comfort with coach support creates a  step by step move to the zone of proximinal development.  Through coaching this gap closes and with collaborative problem-solving you begin to realize your potential.  If more leaders took this approach and became thought leaders imagine the exponential value this would create. […]

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