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Unconventional thinking from extraordinary leaders
By Daniel R. MacDonald

In every successful business, you will find great leaders who do not allow their thinking to be confined by the tradition, norms, or unwritten rules of their industries. When leaders of other companies say, “That’s not the way we do it”, great leaders ask, “Why not?” The ability to think unconventionally provides a competitive advantage that helps exceptional leaders succeed.
A great example of an unconventional thinker is Michael O’Leary, CEO of the European based discount airline Ryanair. To help make his company successful, he met with Herb Kelleher, co-founder of the U.S. based discount carrier South West Airlines. O’Leary’s goal was to learn everything he could about the discount airline business from Kelleher. The action of asking potential competitors for their secrets to success is considered abnormal and potentially even ludicrous but O’Leary did not let this stand in his way. He set up a meeting with Kelleher for that very purpose.
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This arcticle has been graciously donated by LeadersDirect.com.
Written by Mitch McCrimmon, Ph.D.

• Our primary image of the leader comes from the military.
• Great leaders have always been heroes, especially military heroes.
• Hero worship is OK if it inspires us to greater heights.
• But bad if it disempowers us, making us dependent on heroes.
• Military heroes know where to go and how to get there so can lead from the front.
• Organizations today need everyone thinking about new directions to pursue.
• No one person can now lead from the front without a crystal ball!!
• Future leadership depends on complex knowledge and innovation from all.
• 21st century leadership is not dependent on position. Leadership now means promoting a better way. This is an ACT not a role. Front line employees can show leadership without even being seen as informal leaders in the sense of taking charge informally of the group.

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This activity has been graciously donated by Wilderdom.

Activity Summary

Deceptively simple yet powerful teamwork activity for learning how to work together and communicate in small to medium sized groups. Form two lines facing each other. Lay a Helium Stick on the group’s index fingers. Goal: Lower to ground. Reality: It goes up!
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A glimpse on the life of Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs is one of the most successful leaders in business history. His company Apple created the Apple 2, Macintosh, iPod, iTunes, iPhone, G5 and the iTouch. In addition Steve purchased Pixar Animation from George Lucas which brought computer animation to the big screen in a big way, including Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Monsters Inc., a bugs life, Cars, Ratatouille, Wall-e, and many more. The follow commencement address by Steve Jobs provides interesting insight into the thinking of this successful leader.

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