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• Dr. David Knapp - Marathon Man

  March 02, 2010

  

  Doctor David Knapp

   

  Marathon Man!

   

  Around the Center for Leadership, we call Dr. David Knapp, Marathon man! Dr. Knapp is one our primary leadership and development trainers here at the Center. His training delivery, style and flare is always well received by the business leaders and executives who attend our world class leadership programs. Our courses are fresh, modern and relevant in today's ultra complex business world. They deliver jaw dropping performance and bottom line impacting results! 

    In his spare time, Doctor Knapp is the President of the company known as Marathon Leadership. His work there is legendary. The list of the top U.S. firms that Dr. Knapp's firm has served, reads like the who's who of the fortune 500 list. In addition to delivering effective leadership and development training for both the Center for Leadership and Marathon Leadership, David also serves as a running coach. He doesn't just run marathons, he delivers knowledge, training tips, motivation and spirit to the many athletes and would be athletes who have come to him for help.

  One of Dr. Knapp's Favorite Quotes

  "If people relied solely on reason, they would not run marathons. But we are not creatures of reason - we are creatures of passion. We need reason, of course, to steer the ship. But if the winds of passion are not in our sails, all the steering in the world would get us nowhere."

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• Leadership Defined - Situational Leadership®

  February 22, 2010

  

  Dr. Paul Hersey

  "The Situational Leader!"

   

  Leadership Defined

   

  According to George R. Terry, "Leadership is the activity of Influenceing people to strive willingly for group objectives." Robert Tannenbaum, Irving R. Weschler, and Fred Massarik define leadership as "interpersonal influence exercised in a situtation and directed, through the communication process, toward the attainment of a specialized goal or goals." Harold Koontz and Cyril O'Donnell state that "leadership is influencing people to follow in the achievement of a common goal."

  A review of other writers reveals that most management writers agree that leadership is the process of influencing the activities of an individual or a group in efforts toward goal achievement in a given situation.  From this definition of leadership, it follows that the leadership process is a function of the leader, the follower, and other situational variables L = f(l,f,s,).

  It is important to note that this definition makes no mention of any particular type of organization. In any situation in which someone is trying to influence the behavior of another individual or group, leadership is occurring. Thus, everyone attempts leadership at one time or another, whether activities are centered on a business, educational institution, hospital, political organization, or family.

  It should also be remembered that when this definition mentions leader and follower, one should not assume that we are talking only about a hierarchical relationship such as suggested by superior (boss) / subordinate. Any time an individual is attempting to influence the behavior of someone else, that individual is the potential follower, no matter whether that person is the boss, a colleague (associate), a subordinate, a friend, a relative, or a group.   

  Learn more about Situational Leadership® by contacting our Escondido, California offices at 1-866-759-5811. We also encourage you to attend one of our Situational Leadership® training workshops. The workshops are designed as “Train the Trainer” sessions and are one week in duration.

   

   

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• Dr. Paul Hersey's - The Situational Leader

  November 15, 2009

  

  Dr. Paul Hersey's book, is the story of a Situational Leader. It's a story of a manager who is under the gun to achieve results, develop team members and contribute to organizational success.  This book is intended to help you maximize your potential as a leader and as a manager because sometimes things just don't turn out the way they're supposed to - especially when other people are involved.

  It's a common problem. Normally, little can be accomplished without the cooperation of others. At home, in social settings or on the job, you're often in situations where the behavior of other people determines your success.

  Popular literature would have you believe that successful managers can do miracles in just one minute, but we live in the real world; it's time to consider the other 59 minutes. A practical model is needed to help identify strategies for meeting the ongoing challenges encountered in leadership situations. Leading and managing is a full-time job that should be practiced every hour of every day.

  Often leadership and management tools are not put to use by the practitioners for which they were designed. Somewhere between the "ivory tower" of academia and the "shop floor" most theories lose their impact. It's tragic that so much useful information is discarded. The reason these theories have not been put to use is that the information has seldom been translated into practical models that can be replicated and applied.

  It may be appropriate at this time to note the difference between a model and a theory. A theory attempts to explain or interpret why things happen as they do. Theories deal with insight. As such they are not designed to recreate events. A model, on the other hand, is a pattern of already existing events which can be learned and therefore repeated. For example, in trying to imagine why Henry Ford was motivated to mass produce automobiles you would be dealing with theory. However, if you recorded the procedures and sequences necessary for mass production of automobiles, this would be a model.

  To learn more about Dr. Hersey's book, the Situational Leadership® Model, or the activities of The Center For Leadership Studies, please take a minute to tour our web site (www.situational.com).

   

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