Tag: Book Summaries

7 Types of Leadership Power

Weeks 18 & 19 of the NIV Leadership Bible focus on the important skills of Power & Influence in leadership relationships.  In seeking another perspective on these skills, I ran across What Keeps Leaders Up at Night by Nicole Lipkin.  A sought-after speaker, consultant, and executive coach, Lipkin holds a doctorate in Clinical Psychology and outlines the seven distinct types of power–and how to wield them–in this book that was just published last year.

Power comes in many different forms, and leaders need to learn how to handle each type.  “Power tends to get to people’s heads,” Lipkin explans.  “We’re not really trained to handle power well.”

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4 Principles of Values-Based Leadership

From Values to Action Book

Weeks 16 & 17 of the NIV Leadership Bible focus on Values…crucial to a leader’s credibility and success.  As I’ve studied these daily devotions, I’m reminded how fortunate I’ve been to work for leaders with strong values over the past 20 years.

Values-based leadership is important for any leader seeking to shoot for the stars.  Three years ago, Harry M. Jansen Kraemer Jr. published From Values to Action: The Four Principles of Values-Based Leadership.  Drawing from his first-hand experiences as the former chairman and CEO of Baxter International (a global health care company) and from the popular classes he taught at Northwestern University (where he was voted as Kellogg School of Management’s professor of the year in 2008), Kraemer offers current and aspiring leaders a framework to adopt four principles of values-based leadership that will help them improve their organizations.

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