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One way to reduce your reliance on power as a behaviour style is to give the power away. If you do that you  are likely to increase your use of Affiliative and Humanistic-Encouraging behaviour. That is probably why the saying works.

The fastest way to learn a topic is to teach it. Having to teach a topic to another creates an internal standard that is highly motivating. It creates an environment for mastery. Effective leaders create environments for others to develop mastery. What will you allow your people to teach you? Effective leaders demonstrate high levels…

John Cleese provides some great insights into how NOT to create an environment for teaming and innovating.  Those familiar with the Human Synergistics Circumplex listen out for the Passive and Aggressive leadership behaviours.

Being conventional has it’s benefits.  You can manage risk, be reliable, comply with policy and be safe. But, it has it’s down sides.  It restricts creativity and dampens your level of achievement. You end up living someone else’s life. Bend some rules. “Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy to growth” – John…

Over 30 years of research across thousands of organizations using the Organizational Culture Inventory® has shown positive relationships between Constructive cultural norms (that is, expectations for members to behave constructively in order to “fit in”) and motivation, engagement, teamwork, quality, external adaptability and, ultimately, profitability. Constructive cultures are those in which members are encouraged to…

At the top of the HSI circumplex is Satisfaction (blue) . At the bottom is Security (red and green). Jodie Nevid of BRS makes the link between vulnerability and the courage to leave security behind. Arguably this idea is the key to really effective leadership.