This section of the resource corner will look at the issue of 'Leading yourself' or 'personal leadership'.
Personal leadership is about who you are and what you want to achieve. It is about self-management, developing your qualities, and addressing your weaknesses. It is not a one-off event, but a personal journey that can last a life-time. On the internet, and in books, you will find a wide range of resources to guide you through this process, including tools for time-management and the creation of a personal vision, and tests to identify your personal leadership style. There is also a range of materials available on how leadership development programmes devote attention to the question, through coaching and mentoring, journal keeping, and experiential learning.
This section of the resource corner draws from this wide selection, and tries to provide you with a first overview.
What tools and exercises did you use to become 'your own best leader'? Please sign up for the resource corner, and add your input, by clicking on the 'add content' link at the bottom of the page.
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Juil 2006This exercise complements the Power Point presentation on Taking Risks and Challenge from the SNV Leadership Development Programme in Albania. It contains a series of questions and coaching questions to help participants evaluate and address their own risk-taking behaviour and fears.
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This Power Point presentation addresses the question of 'structural tension', which is defined as the discrepancy between what you want (desired end result) and what you have (current reality). It discusses the difference between the choices you make to get to this result (primary choices)...
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This exercise was used in the second module of the SNV Leadership Development Programme in Albania to help participants identify and understand their most significant values. When developing a personal vision or mission statement, and something inside you says, “That’s really not me,” most like...
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Based on research in Bangladesh and the UK, the paper attempts to analyse the question of NGO leadership and the difficulties confronting NGOs in developing second-line leaders.
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Jav 1970This article is an adaptation of a series of articles from the website of Mind Tools, which can be visited at http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newHTE_00.htm. The articles provides some useful tips and exercises that will help you manage your time more efficiently. The approach is to fo...
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Juil 2006This Praxis Note draws from the experiences of 20 Malawian NGO leaders who participated in the Leadership and Management Dynamics programme in 2004. Offered by the South-African consultancy Vision Quest Africa, the programme consists of 2 four-day modules that are offered with 2 - 3 months in b...
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In this online article, Margaret Wheatley looks through the lense of what she terms 'new science' at how 'we' deal with natural and man-made disasters. This new science view of the world asserts that relationships, not individuals, are the build...
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In this online article, Margaret Wheatley asserts that leadership has taken "a great leap backwards to the familiar territory of command and control", which is causing "worker disengagement, few organizations are succeeding at sol...
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Coaching and mentoring are increasingly being used as tools for leadership development within civil society organisations. This Praxis Note (#27) illustrates how coaching can be used with leaders and staff in situations of internal tension and d...
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This Praxis paper addresses a series of questions concerning 'coaching' and 'mentoring'. What does a coach or mentor actually do? How did the approaches evolve? When are they effective? What are the do's and don'ts?