Introduction to a Connected View

What is leadership?

How does it work? What can I do to be a better leader?

In this blog, I’ll be looking at the phenomenon of interpersonal leadership from many different angles. Here are my favorites:

Self: over and over again, I see that interactions between people, especially in the area of leadership, are grounded in core beliefs and values.

Hard science: during a leadership interaction, what’s going on physiologically, neurologically for the two people involved? Are they interacting through the words, or at a much deeper level? Perhaps hard science can provide a useful description of the question “What is leadership?”

Nature: what can we learn from animals that could inform our understanding of a “leadership instinct” in humans? Could it give us clues about what really matters in a good leader?

Everyday life: I see leadership, at all different levels, around me all the time. Be it at work, at home, or on the dance floor there is much to be observed and learned. At the end of the day, any ideas about leadership are only as useful as their application in the real world.

I'd like to hear from you--I invite your comments.