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By Rebecca Barnett - You don't have to be a CEO, CFO or any other type of alphabet soup kind of leader to create a culture of character in your company. You can change your department and create the kind of company you are proud to lead. You can make a difference. Not by rigidly following the rules or by handing down moral authority from on high like your own home grown version of the ten commandants. Not by forcing your values onto the people you lead. But by returning to the fundamentals of leadership that we learned long ago from our parents, churches and schools. Many business leaders lost their way in the blinding white... ^new (Added: 20-Mar-2011 Hits: 200 )

Leading Equals - Motivating Without Authority

By na - Leadership is a complex subject. There are visionary leaders, empowering leaders, charismatic leaders, and values-based leaders. For each of these styles, there are situations where that style is and is not effective. However, the one thing that traditional leaders can usually rely on, regardless of their style or situation, is legitimate power. When things get tough, a traditional leader has the status and position to demand how work is done. But when you're in charge of a team of your peers, your level of authority is often nonexistent. You might have as little status as the person to whom the work has been given - but is that enough to lead what is essentially a horizontal collaboration? To lead a multifunctional peer group, you must have all the characteristics of great leaders - and then some. Here are the key skills you'll need to succeed. ^new (Added: 18-Sep-2011 Hits: 137 )

Leading When You Don't Have Formal Authority

By Steven Demaio - Here's three great principles you should add to your work ethic that will get you noticed as a 'natural leader' in your work environment. Take a few minutes to study them and learn how valuable these principles can be to your career and your corporation. (Added: 12-Feb-2010 Hits: 729 )

Leading Without Authority: An Examination of the Impact of Transformational Leadership Cooperative Extension Work Groups and Teams

By William Brown - Empirical research study looking at leading without formal authority, and transformational leadership approaches. (Added: 5-Mar-2007 Hits: 1300 )