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		<title>Face the Ogre</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Perschel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>You must jump through the hoop of Fire, and

Skate to the middle of the Pond

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<p>Skate to the middle of the Pond</p>
<p>to face the Ogre</p>
<p>So fear</p>
<p>Will no longer hold you back</p>
<p>From anything</p>
<p>It will not disappear</p>
<p>But it will not stand in the way</p>
<p>Anymore</p>
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<p><em>A client, who is an executive coach, confronts the ogre who stopped him, as a child, from skating to the middle of the pond. This was sent to him, because regardless of the concrete outcome, he will realize a critical and long lasting achievement&#8230;the more important outcome.<br />
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		<title>Leading on Purpose</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Perschel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ceo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>An ode to the leader who finds his purpose. </p><p><a href="http://germaneconsulting.com/leading-on-purpose/">Leading on Purpose</a> is an original post from <a rel="author" href="http://germaneconsulting.com/author/anne/">Anne Perschel</a> on <a href="http://germaneconsulting.com">Germane Insights - Achieving Leadership Excellence through the Art and Science of Psychology</a></p>]]></description>
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<p>Competitive.</p>
<p>Plays to Win.</p>
<p>Smart as a Whip.</p>
<p>Big Thinker.</p>
<p>Business Acumen.</p>
<p>Relationship Builder.</p>
<p>Has Integrity.</p>
<p>Cares.</p>
<p>CEO successor.</p>
<p>No Anchor.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><a href="http://germaneconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/anchor.jpg" rel="lightbox[4388]" title="anchor"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-4400" title="anchor" src="http://germaneconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/anchor-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">What?</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">No anchor. Is not clear for what purpose he is leading.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">Yes, there is a company vision and values too.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">He helped create them.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">But he is not clear about the purpose for which he leads.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">So,</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">He floats,</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">and when the wave arrives,</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">He cannot decide whether to let it pass,</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">or dive beneath</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">or ride its surf.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Tell him, &#8220;You have no anchor.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">You must find your purpose.&#8221;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Without it he is afloat at sea</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Competing on behalf of nothing</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Competing on behalf of everything</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Competing just to compete.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">No. I can&#8217;t do that. I can&#8217;t tell him.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Tell him.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">You Must.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">
<p>I do.</p>
<p>He says, &#8220;I know.&#8221;</p>
<p>It will be a long process.</p>
<p>You will have to dig deep.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>What do you want to do</p>
<p>With these gifts on loan to you?</p>
<p>Five minutes.</p>
<p>Found,</p>
<p>just below the surface.</p>
<p>&#8220;Ignite innovation &#8211; Solve problems to improve people&#8217;s lives.&#8221;</p>
<p>The energy problem.</p>
<p>Anchored now.</p>
<p>CEO</p>
<p>of his own ship.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&copy;2012 <a href="http://germaneconsulting.com">Germane Insights</a>. All Rights Reserved.</p>.
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		<title>Manager or Leader &#8211; Which One is More Important?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Perschel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>A tale of one extraordinary leader,  one great manager, and why both are needed.</p><p><a href="http://germaneconsulting.com/manager-or-leader-which-one-is-more-important/">Manager or Leader &#8211; Which One is More Important?</a> is an original post from <a rel="author" href="http://germaneconsulting.com/author/anne/">Anne Perschel</a> on <a href="http://germaneconsulting.com">Germane Insights - Achieving Leadership Excellence through the Art and Science of Psychology</a></p>]]></description>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size: small;">One is an outstanding leader, the other a great manager. How are they different and which one is more important?</span></strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h1>Meet Ken</h1>
<div id="attachment_4368" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 170px"><a href="http://germaneconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dress_up_like_a_manager_baseball_cap.jpg" rel="lightbox[4364]" title="dress_up_like_a_manager_baseball_cap"><img class="size-full wp-image-4368" title="dress_up_like_a_manager_baseball_cap" src="http://germaneconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dress_up_like_a_manager_baseball_cap.jpg" alt="" width="160" height="160" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The Manager</p></div>
<p>He sees himself as a coach. Ken&#8217;s mission is to help people discover hidden talents and achieve things they didn&#8217;t think were possible. He develops people. He spends a lot of time thinking about what his organization needs to achieve, the best approach to doing so, and how to develop his people to employ that approach.</p>
<p>Ken reads people well. He is deliberate and thoughtful (sometimes overly so) about what he says and does. He acts with utmost integrity and on the one occasion when I saw Ken catch himself not walking his talk, he suffered his own lecture and made immediate changes.</p>
<p>Ken coaches two children&#8217;s lacrosse teams. The players are delighted to develop skills they never knew they had. Unlike the other coaches, he does not yell at the children and doesn&#8217;t understand why anyone would do so.</p>
<h2><strong>Five Year Business Synopsis</strong></h2>
<p>Goal:  Increase sales while positioning for long term growth</p>
<p>Approach:  Develop entrepreneurial mindset. Position managers and front line folks to see themselves as running a new business funded by investors.  Ask them, and have them ask themselves, whether the venture firm would continue to invest baed on their short term financial performance and longer term prospects.</p>
<p>People development:  Identify criteria for entrepreneurial mindset. Assess each manager against these criteria. Coach/develop as needed. Invest time in people.</p>
<p>Results:  Ken has turned even poor performers into winners. His territory exceeded revenue goals and expectations. Ken is promoted.</p>
<h1>Meet Paul</h1>
<div id="attachment_4369" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 160px"><a href="http://germaneconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/fearless_leader_cap_hat-p148280072123461115zvhz8_400.jpg" rel="lightbox[4364]" title="fearless_leader_cap_hat-p148280072123461115zvhz8_400"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-4369" title="fearless_leader_cap_hat-p148280072123461115zvhz8_400" src="http://germaneconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/fearless_leader_cap_hat-p148280072123461115zvhz8_400-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The Leader</p></div>
<p>He is highly competitive and emits the scent  of determination. In response to the question, &#8220;What is the worst thing anyone could say about you as a manager or a leader?&#8221; he responds, &#8220;That I don&#8217;t care and don&#8217;t have integrity.&#8221; He is personable and people want to follow him.</p>
<p>Paul has a quick sharp mind. He scans the environment, constantly. I imagine that he developed this habit and skill while playing high school football, scanning for the opening.</p>
<p>Paul is unclear on behalf of what he most wants to use his mind, his determination, his ability to garner followers. We talk. His purpose shows up. Here&#8217;s the bumper sticker version:  <strong>&#8220;Innovation for better living.&#8221;</strong> He wants to change the way we think about, source and use energy. Think green.</p>
<p>Paul, like Ken, coaches children&#8217;s sports teams, but Paul wants to change the very nature of coaching. The chidlren he&#8217;s coaching are having the time of their lives. They win, but more importantly for Paul, they celebrate passing the ball to each other. He talks to the other coaches about change. Ken has a vision for improving just about everything in which he&#8217;s involved. He can&#8217;t seem to help himself. Innovate, change, improve.</p>
<h1>Which One is Needed?</h1>
<p>Two people.</p>
<p>One extraordinary leader &#8211; a visionary, determined to win. People follow.</p>
<p>On great manager &#8211; develops the troops to make the vision a concrete reality.</p>
<p>The business and the vision need both.</p>
<p>They need each other.</p>
<p>Sometimes the great manager and extraordinary leader come in one package.</p>
<p>Sometimes, not so much.</p>
<p>Have both&#8230; will travel&#8230;far&#8230; successfully.</p>
<p>&copy;2012 <a href="http://germaneconsulting.com">Germane Insights</a>. All Rights Reserved.</p>.
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		<title>Elephant Lessons: Real Men Leading Boys to Manhood</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 04:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Perschel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Elephants have much to teach us about why we need men leading boys, and men from oppressed regimes, to manhood.</p><p><a href="http://germaneconsulting.com/elephant-lessons-real-men-leading-boys-to-manhood/">Elephant Lessons: Real Men Leading Boys to Manhood</a> is an original post from <a rel="author" href="http://germaneconsulting.com/author/anne/">Anne Perschel</a> on <a href="http://germaneconsulting.com">Germane Insights - Achieving Leadership Excellence through the Art and Science of Psychology</a></p>]]></description>
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<p>Violence and bizarre aggressive behaviors among young male elephants has increased dramatically over the course of a few decades.</p>
<p>A team of researchers, trauma experts and neuropsychologists among them, studied the causes and found a way to resolve the elephant violence. Their findings can help us understand why we need mature men leading boys to manhood and to guide for those coming into renewed manhood following the overthrow of repressive regimes. The lessons require connecting three dots.</p>
<p>1.  The social development systems of male elephants.</p>
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<p>2.  The abuse of women in oppressive regimes.</p>
<p>Pictured below is Mona Eltahawy, journalist, in Egypt, following her arrest, physical and sexual abuse by Egyptian soldiers.</p>
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<p>3.  Boy Gangs &#8211; A poor substitute for real men leading boys to manhood</p>
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<p>Facts: The increased violence by male elephants included killing members of their own species, raping and killing rhinoceroses, and attacking humans. Intraspecies killings rose from 6% of all elephant deaths to 90% in one of the most affected areas of South Africa. The increased violence began after throngs of young males witnessed the killing of adult males. These fatherless elephants were subsequently raised by young single elephant mothers.</p>
<p>In <em><a href="http://www.elephants.com/pdf/PTSD.pdf" target="_blank">Elephant Breakdown</a></em>, <a href="http://www.gabradshaw.com/theauthor.html" target="_blank">Gay Bradshaw</a> and her fellow researchers declared that elephant populations were suffering from chronic species-wide post traumatic stress syndrome resulting from decades of poaching and culling elephant herds. Other effects included disruptions to elephant culture and societal relations, among them the traditions by which young elephants had been raised in the wild, and by which established elephant herds were governed. Bradshaw and her fellow researchers believe this led to a collapse of elephant culture and was at the root the increased violence by, among and between elephants.</p>
<h2>Disrupted Development</h2>
<p>Normal development of the male elephant&#8217;s brain and culturally normative behavior relies on a second phase of socialization (beyond and after mother-nurturing) in which adult males play a critical role.</p>
<p>Repeat: <strong>In which adult males play a critical role.</strong></p>
<p>This period and a second stage of brain reorganization also occurs in human adolescents. During this phase neural connections rearrange themselves en masse.</p>
<h2>The Elephant Solution</h2>
<p>When older males were re-introduced to the male herds (read gangs) the rogue adolescent males stopped engaging in hyper-aggressive behaviors and abnormally early musth cycles (periods of heightened sexual activity and hormonal shifts).</p>
<p>Repeat: Hyperaggressive and early periods of sexual activity (rape) both ceased.</p>
<p>Supervision? Role-modeling? Some believe it also had to do with the biochemical odor of adult male hormones calming the hormones of the adolescent males.</p>
<h2>Violence and Abuse of Women in Oppressive Regimes</h2>
<p>Moving on to dot number two:</p>
<p><em>&#8220;The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women.&#8221;  President Barack Obama</em></p>
<p>Women throughout the world are subject to violence and sexual abuse, but it seems the abuse and dehumanization is greater in oppressive regimes. Like the elephants, men (and women) in these cultures observe the culling, dehumanization and poaching of the herd, and more specifically of the healthy adult males.</p>
<p>In November 2011, <a href="http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/740232/as_egypt_holds_vote,_journalist_mona_eltahawy_recounts_beating,_sexual_assault_by_egyptian_forces/">Mona Eltahawy</a>, an Egyptian born U.S. based journalist was attacked, arrested and sexually abused by the military regime temporarily ruling the country following the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak&#8217;s oppressive Egyptian regime.</p>
<p>What happens when</p>
<ul>
<li>Fathers and would-be guides of adolescent boys are victims of oppression?</li>
<li>Young boys witness the oppression, arrest, brutalization and killing of their fathers?</li>
<li>Young men are then raised without male mentors during the human equivalent of musth?</li>
</ul>
<p>Are the young men, like the elephants, more prone to violence against weaker members, women among them?</p>
<h2>Elephant Society &#8211; Male Development</h2>
<p>Elephants are social creatures. Young elephants are raised within an extended network of doting female caregivers that includes the birth mother, grandmothers, aunts and friends. These relations are maintained over a span of some 70 years. Young elephants stay within 15 feet of their mothers for almost all of their first eight years of life, after which young females are socialized into the matriarchal network, while young males go off for a time into an all-male social group before coming back into the fold as mature adults.</p>
<p>When an elephant dies, there are intense mourning and burial rituals, including vigils over the body, careful burials, caressing the bones with their trunks, If harm comes to a member of an elephant group, all the other elephants are aware of it. Elephants have an elaborate communication system. To pass along news about imminent threats or the death of a community member, they use patterns of subsonic vibrations that are felt as far as several miles away by sensors in the padding of their feet.</p>
<p>When these systems and rituals are disrupted, strange things happen &#8211; such as increased violence and aggressive behaviors by adolescent males who have witnessed their fathers being murdered and now have to grow up without the second and important phase of develop which takes place in all male social groups.</p>
<h2>Men Leading Boys to Manhood</h2>
<p>The solution among the elephants involved bringing adult males into the herd. The violence and aggressive behavior ceased.</p>
<p>Might this be a solution to curbing the increased violence by gangs and young men who grow up in oppressive regimes?</p>
<p>These boys, not-yet-men, often witness the jailing, abuse, disappearance or murder of their fathers. Social fabrics and familial networks are torn. As a result, young men are not guided through the critical second phase of development by <em>mature evolved</em> male social groups. (Humans, like the elephants, undergo considerable brain reorganization and growth during adolescence.)</p>
<p>I leave you with these questions:</p>
<p>What if:</p>
<ul>
<li>We sent adult male groups into countries that have overthrown oppressive regimes? Soldiers of civilization, so to speak.</li>
<li>Adult male social networks infused at risk neighborhoods by way of Churches, YMCAs, schools, and the like?</li>
<li>The Big Brother Association went global?</li>
<li>You stood up to become a mentor?</li>
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<div>What if you add your ideas here?</div>
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		<title>The Narcissistic Leader: How and Why We Choose Them</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Perschel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>We choose our leaders and too often we choose the narcissistic leader. Why? More importantly how can we stop.</p><p><a href="http://germaneconsulting.com/narcissistic-leaders-how-and-why-we-choose-them/">The Narcissistic Leader: How and Why We Choose Them</a> is an original post from <a rel="author" href="http://germaneconsulting.com/author/anne/">Anne Perschel</a> on <a href="http://germaneconsulting.com">Germane Insights - Achieving Leadership Excellence through the Art and Science of Psychology</a></p>]]></description>
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<p>Numerous articles are written about the narcissistic leader and the abundance thereof.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">1</span><span style="color: #000000;"><span> Coincidence? Accident?  Neither, rather an unintended and inevitable consequence of unrealistic fantasies concerning who and what the leader will be for us.These fantasies stem, in part, from unresolved childhood disappointment, that our parents were neither perfectly suited to meet our needs nor omnipotent.<br />
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<p><span>We demand a great deal from our leaders (and our parents). We hold them under a constant spotlight. We readily criticize and rarely praise them. We, those who are not leading, are full of advice about how they ought to be and what they ought to do differently. We expect them to solve complex problems in ways that create no pain for us. </span></p>
<p><span>We seek in our leaders the magical non-existent near-perfect omnipotent father upon whom we can depend. Furthermore we want a leader who enables us to avoid the challenges and choices we must face in growing up. Because neither the leader, nor our parents, can do this &#8211; nor should they &#8211; we are continuously angry, disappointed or both. Until we resolve that this life, our life, is full of challenges, dangers, and choices that make us feel vulnerable and imperfect, we ask&#8230;</span></p>
<p>&#8220;Please be perfect for me,&#8221; and by doing so, we invite the leader who thinks he is so.</p>
<h2>Enter the Narcissistic Leader</h2>
<p>Who but the narcissistic leader would be seduced by such a fantasy? And how many are <a href="http://germaneconsulting.com/humble-bold-leader/" target="_blank">humble yet bold </a>enough not to be seduced and agree to lead us? Think Lincoln, Obama, Ghandi, Mandela. Unfortunately, more of the former than the latter answer the call.</p>
<p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #648a33; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;">How Grows the Narcissistic Leader?</span></p>
<p>We all employ narcissistic defenses at times. What differentiates the narcissistic personality is a matter of degree, regularity and failure to grow beyond this stage. He is a one act play. Regardless of what is called for, he responds narcissistically.</p>
<p>What is the narcissistic defense? Imagine a  child age 4 &#8211; 6. See and hear him yelling &#8220;Mommy, Daddy, look at me. Look at me,&#8221; as he stands at the top of the slide, rides his bike or performs some other feat. At this phase children see themselves as the center of the universe and their parents as all powerful figures who are there solely to cater to the child&#8217;s needs. It must be so, because life without parents who can protect and fill us with confidence is too overwhelming and dangerous for a young defenseless child.</p>
<p>If this stage is not satisfactorily addressed or resolved, the child can develop a solid wall of defense against a world that could at any moment deliver a cruel blow to his sense of self (self esteem) and his sense of safety. As an adult, the child for whom these issues are not resolved, may continue the narcissistic defense such that he fluctuates between two views of himself, the one wholly inadequate and the other highly over-valued. The latter defends against the former.</p>
<h2>The Narcissistic Leader in Action</h2>
<p>Observing the narcissist leader as he recovers from a slight to his self-esteem is like watching a magician, abracadabra and all.</p>
<p>The scene is well-represented in Cast Away, when Chuck, played by Tom Hanks, succeeds in lighting a fire. Notice how he places Wilson Volleyball, the stand-in for adoring parent, in a perfect position to play audience for all that Chuck, center of the universe, is about to achieve. Watch how Chuck continues to check and make sure Wilson is watching.</p>
<p>Be mindful that Chuck recently suffered narcissistic injuries when the whole world (the ultimate parent) abandoned him to fend for himself. Then adding insult to injury he fails his first attempt to light a fire and meet his most basic need. Perhaps he will not make it. This realization that I too will end, is the ultimate narcissistic injury.</p>
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<p>I recall a brief encounter with a CEO and one of the most blatantly narcissistic leaders I&#8217;ve ever met. My manager (his direct report) and I were meeting when Tom entered the room &#8211; uninvited. Every hair perfectly in place, donning a custom made Italian suit, he announced (with no realization or apology for the interruption) &#8220;It&#8217;s my birthday. Guess how old I am?&#8221; (Recall, &#8220;Mommy, look at me. Look at me.) Clearly we were to guess a year well-below reality. Following the requisite admiration for his good looks, he exited the room.</p>
<h2>How to Stop Choosing the Narcissistic Leader</h2>
<p>We continue to seek the perfect parent in others, until we accept that our parents failed us at times, and that it had to be that way.  The narcissist leader, who believes himself to be near perfect, is and our selected, albeit unconscious, answer.</p>
<p>How do we stop choosing him?</p>
<p>Accept that our parents failed us, and that is the way it must be.</p>
<p>Accept that the world is perfectly imperfect, as are we and those who lead us.</p>
<p>Accept the challenges of adult life.</p>
<p>Accept our own imperfection and vulnerability.</p>
<p>Accept there is no wizard of Oz but merely a journey on which we must find the answers to our own questions and quests.</p>
<p>Then, we can accept that the leader is there to shine a light, to bring us together, but not to do the work that each of us must do on our own and through our collective efforts.</p>
<p>Finally, we might even ask the leader what he needs from us to lead well.</p>
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<p><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Maccoby, M.(2000). Narcissistic Leaders, The Incredible Pros, The Inevitable Cons.  Best of Harvard Business Review, 2000. Accessed at <a href="http://showsupport.typepad.com/odyssey/files/ccc-081208-macoby.pdf">http://showsupport.typepad.com/odyssey/files/ccc-081208-macoby.pdf</a></span></p>
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		<title>Bold Because You Can Lead &#8211; Humble Because You Did Not Create the Leader</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Perschel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Be bold because the idea chose you and you owe it your boldness, your passion.

Be bold because you can lead.

Be humble because the idea does not belong to you.

Be humble because you did not create the leader in you.</p><p><a href="http://germaneconsulting.com/humble-bold-leader/">Bold Because You Can Lead &#8211; Humble Because You Did Not Create the Leader</a> is an original post from <a rel="author" href="http://germaneconsulting.com/author/anne/">Anne Perschel</a> on <a href="http://germaneconsulting.com">Germane Insights - Achieving Leadership Excellence through the Art and Science of Psychology</a></p>]]></description>
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<p>&#8220;Born with talent but raised with humour, humility and good manners.&#8221;</p>
<p>The sentence describes <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/mattroberts/2011/10/memories_of_marco.html" target="_blank">Marco Simoncelli</a> in an article by Matt Roberts, BBC Sports blog. Marco died recently in a motorcycle racing accident.</p>
<p>The phrase &#8220;with talent, but with humour, humility and good manners&#8221; is music to my ears. I wish this kind of music to be associated with leaders and leadership.</p>
<p>I wish for leaders who are at once both humble and bold.</p>
<p>How could it be so?</p>
<h3>The Way of the Leader</h3>
<p>We are born into talents.</p>
<p>They do not belong to us.</p>
<p>We are a vessel of their expression.</p>
<p>Our minds are visited by an idea that is there, somewhere, in the universe, available to be known.</p>
<p>We are simply the vehicle of knowing and not the knowing or the knower.</p>
<p>Our voices carry a melody that even tiny birds can sing.</p>
<p>Like the bird, we did not create the song, nor do we think the idea into existence.</p>
<p>No Me, My, Mine.</p>
<p>Be bold because the idea chose you and you owe it your boldness, your passion.</p>
<p>Be bold because you can lead.</p>
<p>Be humble because the idea does not belong to you.</p>
<p>Be humble because you did not create the leader in you.</p>
<p><em>[Simoncelli's] final act was a lap and a half of pure adrenaline, swapping positions with Alvaro Bautista, a familiar foe, with trademark panache and derring-do. Riding on the edge, the only way he knew, delighting in his own impudence and improvisation, revelling in the one act he loved the most.</em></p>
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		<title>Dear Leader: Want Great People? See Great People</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Perschel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>If you want great people working for you, people who give their best, you need to see the best in them, show them what you see and tell them how they make a difference that matters. Hold up that vision so they can see it too. Here's how.</p><p><a href="http://germaneconsulting.com/dear-leader-want-great-people-see-great-people/">Dear Leader: Want Great People? See Great People</a> is an original post from <a rel="author" href="http://germaneconsulting.com/author/anne/">Anne Perschel</a> on <a href="http://germaneconsulting.com">Germane Insights - Achieving Leadership Excellence through the Art and Science of Psychology</a></p>]]></description>
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<p>&#8220;I know that you would never consider doing _____. Given the options you would take the high road.&#8221; said my manager.</p>
<p>The truth is I was thinking about doing  _____, but once he instilled in me the vision that I would never and could never do _____, I simply couldn&#8217;t. Having been led to the high road, I took it.</p>
<p>He tricked me. He manipulated me into being a better self. It worked.</p>
<p>If you want great people working for you, people who give their best, you need to see the best in what they can give, show them what you see and tell them how they make a difference. Hold up a vision, a poster of Rick or Tammy being great.  How?</p>
<h2>1. Notice&#8230;</h2>
<p>when someone is their most extraordinary self. That&#8217;s when they are great.</p>
<p>When Tammy shines, what is she doing? What is she not doing?</p>
<h2>2. Name&#8230;</h2>
<p>what you notice.</p>
<p>&#8220;Tammy you were sharp, articulate, full  of energy, and inspirational&#8221;</p>
<h2>3. Paint&#8230;</h2>
<p>a picture of what happens, how others are affected, and the outcomes that occur when someone is being the best version of herself.</p>
<p>&#8220;Tammy, I stopped in for a few minutes and listened to your informal presentation about our new product family. You were sharp, articulate, full of energy, inspirational. I imagined, for a minute, that I was a customer. Your excitement about the product sold me. Keep that up and you&#8217;re going to hit it out of the ballpark this quarter.&#8221;</p>
<h2>4. Tell&#8230;</h2>
<p>them how they can make a difference in this world. &#8220;This product and the people who need it, need you. We could revolutionize the way people with diabetes medicate themselves. You will be making a big difference for people who need that difference.&#8221;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>When you catch great people in the act of being great, tell them what you see, what is possible, and that they make a difference.</p>
<p>Be genuine and believable.</p>
<p>How?</p>
<p>Watch Angela Maiers in this video. She is genuine. She is believable. When Angela speaks, people know what they do in this world makes a difference.</p>
<p>She tells people, children in fact, &#8220;You Matter,&#8221; with all her heart and all her mind and all her soul,</p>
<p>&#8220;You Matter&#8221; and so they do.</p>
<p>And then they do things that really matter.<br />
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		<title>Leadership that is the Change We Seek to Create</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Perschel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>We are searching NOWLeaders who focus on a purpose that extends beyond the bottom line, with tendrils and tentacles that reach out to the local, national and global communities they serve, who lead collaboratively, who.... Will you help us find them?</p><p><a href="http://germaneconsulting.com/leadership-for-the-change-we-seek-to-create/">Leadership that is the Change We Seek to Create</a> is an original post from <a rel="author" href="http://germaneconsulting.com/author/anne/">Anne Perschel</a> on <a href="http://germaneconsulting.com">Germane Insights - Achieving Leadership Excellence through the Art and Science of Psychology</a></p>]]></description>
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<p>Labor Day.</p>
<p>A time to brush off the lethargy brought on by the heat of summer.</p>
<p>A time to start new things, to expand and shift perspectives, to explore new places.</p>
<p>That’s what this post is about.</p>
<p>We are looking for leadership in places and by people we may not have considered before.</p>
<p>We call them NOWLeaders.</p>
<h1>Who is <em>We</em>? You may ask…</h1>
<p><a> Dale Lawrence</a>, <a href="http://gwynteatro.wordpress.com/about-me/">Gwyn Teatro</a> and I, Anne Perschel, form the core team with <a href="http://www.futureworkinstitute.com/aboutus/our/tanya.html">Tanya Odom</a>, Global Diversity expert at Future Work Institute; <a href="http://md.shrm.org/eric-peterson-s-manager-diversity-and-inclusion-initiatives">Eric Peterson</a>, Strategic Human Resources Management, Diversity and Inclusion Manager;  <a href="http://geronimocoachingnow.com/?page_id=910">Marion Chapsal</a> of France at Geronimo Consulting; and <a href="http://www.joegerstandt.com/">Joe Gerstandt</a>, Diversity expert, as our advisory team.</p>
<h1><em>Why?</em> You may ask…</h1>
<p>Well, we believe that the variety of lists representing the epitome of leadership, while impressive, is missing a whole population of talented leaders and leadership thinkers. We want to find them. We want to build a rich, diverse portfolio of them. And, we want to shine a spotlight on them.</p>
<h1><em>Why shine a light on them?</em> You may ask…</h1>
<p>This 21<sup>st</sup> Century asks something different of us than what was called for in the Industrial age. The pace of change is dizzying. The world, through technology, gets smaller and smaller while at the same time more complex. We have messy problems to solve that don&#8217;t lend themselves to the same kind of thinking we&#8217;ve employed in the past. To be successful in any endeavor, we must find ways to cut through traditional bureaucracies and structures while optimizing our collective and diverse brainpower. The day of the singular leader-hero has passed. As such, there is a need to shift and expand our perspectives about <em>who </em>and <em>what</em> makes for effective leadership in this new age. These new leaders, NOWLeaders, work in accordance with a different set of paradigms from those that got us to and through the industrial age.</p>
<p>We must grow our capacity for great leadership and our understanding of what it takes to engage more brains and hearts in doing great work and accomplishing great things…together. We may even redefine the meaning of &#8220;accomplishing great things.&#8221; To do all this we need ALL the talent at the table.</p>
<p>In short, we need and seek NowLeaders.</p>
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<h1><em>What is a NOWLeader?</em> You may ask…</h1>
<p>NOWLeaders are highly accomplished global citizens. They achieve results <em>through</em> and <em>alongside</em> people, rather than from <em>above</em>, <em>around</em>, <em>over</em> or <em>in spite of </em>them.They gather multiple perspectives to deal with complex problems. At the same time, they are not afraid to make tough decisions and they do so with consideration about the effect on individuals and communities. They know and feel an obligation that extends well beyond corporate profits.</p>
<p>NOWLeaders are business leaders.They are thought leaders.They are military leaders. They lead non-profit organizations, educational institutions, small organizations and large ones.</p>
<p>NOWLeaders navigate the rapids of this past paced century. They lead change. They are diverse in thought, experience, culture, nationality and ethnicity. They are women. They are men. They are young…and old.  They are everywhere.</p>
<h1>And NOW we ask <em>Will you help us find them?</em></h1>
<p>Yes? Terrific. We hoped you would.</p>
<h2>Here’s what you can do.</h2>
<p>Begin by nominating someone who you believe exhibits the attributes of a NOWLeader and demonstrates the skills associated with the development of inclusive, collaborative organizations, someone who is highly accomplished yet prefers to share recognition and reward with others.</p>
<h1><em>How do I nominate someone?</em> You may ask…</h1>
<p>Well, you go directly to <a href="http://now-leadership.com/">Now-leadership.com</a>, where you will find all the information and instruction you need to nominate your NOWLeader, including a list of the attributes NOWLeaders demonstrate. Please join us in being the change we, <em>and you</em>, seek to create…and thank you for doing so.</p>
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		<title>Why We Love to Love Steve Jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Perschel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Steve Jobs, the person, has resigned, but the iconic Steve, remains ours forever.</p><p><a href="http://germaneconsulting.com/love-to-love-steve-jobs/">Why We Love to Love Steve Jobs</a> is an original post from <a rel="author" href="http://germaneconsulting.com/author/anne/">Anne Perschel</a> on <a href="http://germaneconsulting.com">Germane Insights - Achieving Leadership Excellence through the Art and Science of Psychology</a></p>]]></description>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Steve Jobs&#8217;, the physical being has completed his work here, but his spirit, the iconic Steve Jobs, The Steve, The Apple Man in the black turtle neck, is ours forever.</p>
<h1>Icon</h1>
<p>What makes The Steve such an iconic figure?</p>
<p>He walked the hero&#8217;s journey.</p>
<p>He represents the success we all hope to achieve, not by virtue of his fame, his wealth, his company, but because of the journey. Along the way he claimed him Self. Only when he did that was he free to do something that mattered to others.</p>
<p>Hero and heroine archetypes often feature a child who has lost or been lost by his/her parent(s). Consider Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella, Pippi Longstockings, Telemachus, Moses&#8230; The list goes on.</p>
<p>Steve Jobs was born to a single mother. She &#8220;lost&#8221; Steve to the adoptive family who &#8220;found&#8221; him. His challenge would be to find himself. We are all faced with this challenge, whether we have physically lost our parents &#8211; or not.</p>
<p>The hero&#8217;s work is to grow up and become an adult. His journey involves discovering his own identity separate, and separating, from parental ties and expectations. The child-would-be-hero aligns with these expectations &#8211; until he doesn&#8217;t.</p>
<p>Steve Jobs&#8217; biological mother designated one condition for his adoptive family. Send him to a good college. Steve&#8217;s adoptive parents were not wealthy. They were working class heroes who worked hard to fulfill this promise. The implied expectation was that Steve would graduate. And he aligned with these expectation &#8211; until he didn&#8217;t. Breaking the tie was hard especially as Steve&#8217;s first mentor was his Dad. Steve dropped out of college, nevertheless, but continued to attend classes. This time he studied what he loved &#8211; calligraphy.</p>
<p>This seed grew into Apple&#8217;s initial market differentiater &#8211; a variety of fonts from which users could choose. Computers became a design tool; a tool for design. They become a design. They become a work of art and they made art work. They represent beauty in simplicity with a sense of flair. They became Sexy. They became user friendly and users befriended them. All because a man, once a boy, took the heroes journey. Along the way he met with failure. He learned. He got up and tried again. Better. Stronger. He became more of him Self.</p>
<p>The hero&#8217;s task is to discover his true Self and to live life as that person. Steve Jobs did it well. He represents the hope that the rest of us will do likewise, and that we too might make a contribution that matters.</p>
<p>His body is gone. His contribution lives on in our hands. It is up to us now, that&#8217;s you and me, to continue the heros journey, each in our own way.</p>
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		<title>Leaders Stand When It&#8217;s Easier to Sit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Perschel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p></p><p><a href="http://germaneconsulting.com/leaders-stand-when-its-easier-to-sit/">Leaders Stand When It&#8217;s Easier to Sit</a> is an original post from <a rel="author" href="http://germaneconsulting.com/author/anne/">Anne Perschel</a> on <a href="http://germaneconsulting.com">Germane Insights - Achieving Leadership Excellence through the Art and Science of Psychology</a></p>]]></description>
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<p>Starbuck&#8217;s CEO Howard Schultz cancelled a speaking engagement that would have given him and Starbucks a lot of visibility &#8211; over 1000 in the live audience and 150,000 more across 40 nations, by way of live video broadcast.</p>
<div id="attachment_3884" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://germaneconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Starbucks-CEO-cancels-megachurch-talk.jpg" rel="lightbox[3883]" title="Starbucks-CEO-cancels-megachurch-talk"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3884" title="Starbucks-CEO-cancels-megachurch-talk" src="http://germaneconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Starbucks-CEO-cancels-megachurch-talk-300x224.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Starbucks CEO - Howard Schultz</p></div>
<h2>For What?</h2>
<p>According to change.org, Willow Creek Church in Chicago, host of the Leadership Conference, has a &#8220;long anti-gay  history&#8221; and has  &#8220;practiced dangerous conversion therapy to  &#8216;cure&#8217; people of their sexual  orientation.&#8221; (<a href="http://www.toledoblade.com/Religion/2011/08/12/Starbucks-CEO-cancels-megachurch-talk.html">ToledoBlade.com</a>)</p>
<h2>What Would We Do?</h2>
<p>Would I pass on such an opportunity based on a clash of values? Would I take a stand? Would you?</p>
<p>What if company CEOs had refused to make parts for gas chambers?</p>
<p>What if I only did business with companies that have women in executive leadership roles and on their boards?</p>
<h2>Your Turn</h2>
<p>What if ________________ .</p>
<p>What if ________________ .</p>
<p>What if ________________ .</p>
<p>Please add your &#8220;What ifs&#8221; to the comment section.</p>
<h2>What&#8217;s Our Excuse?</h2>
<p><em>Schultz and Starbucks are big enough already. They don&#8217;t need this or any other stage to be successful.</em></p>
<p><em>If I had what Schultz has I&#8217;d stand up too.</em></p>
<p><em>I&#8217;m just a little fish trying to stay alive in the pond.</em></p>
<p><em>One little person like me can&#8217;t make a difference.</em></p>
<h2>The Bottom Line on What Leaders Do</h2>
<p>Much is written about what leaders do and what attributes they display.</p>
<p>But let&#8217;s be clear &#8211; Leaders lead. They draw a line about what&#8217;s in and what&#8217;s out.</p>
<p>They take a stand &#8211; popular or not.</p>
<p>That is both the top and the bottom line on leading.</p>
<p>If you don&#8217;t do this YOU ARE NOT LEADING.</p>
<p>You may have followers. You may have an organization at your disposal. You may even have a stage upon which to speak.</p>
<p>BUT YOU ARE NOT A LEADER IF YOU DO NOT TAKE A STAND.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t mis-take being popular for being a Leader.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t mis-take the fact that people are listening for the fact that you are leading.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t mis-take compromising your values for leading.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t mis-take sitting when called to stand for leading.</p>
<h2>Who&#8217;s Leading?</h2>
<p>Nelson Mandela &#8211; who needs no introduction.</p>
<p>Martin Luther King &#8211; who also needs no introduction and is still leading posthumously.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jp_xhMGrDVyKxZqn5D1l5WMDl9cQ?docId=CNG.134982ec52950e282f99f40cd0f0f2c5.51">Nancy Wake</a> &#8211; saved 100s during the holocaust and became one of the Gestapo&#8217;s Most Wanted.</p>
<p>Howard Schultz &#8211; Starbuck&#8217;s CEO</p>
<h2>Your Turn</h2>
<p>Please add you stand up leaders with a word or two about how they stand up to lead.</p>
<p>P.S. You can read Willow Creek&#8217;s response to Schultz&#8217;s cancellation <a href="http://www.christianpost.com/news/willow-creek-church-is-not-anti-gay-pastor-clarifies-53805/">here.</a></p>
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