Comments on: Is Becoming A Leader Actionable And Attainable For All?

By: Nick McCormick

Nick McCormick — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:07:22 +0000

Alik,
Great post. You’ve shown me I have much work to do on multiple fronts. Looking forward to picking up a copy of Weinberg’s book.

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By: alik levin

alik levin — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:33:04 +0000

Shilpan,

>>”Your questions always makes me ponder.”

It is one of the biggest rewards for me.

By: Shilpan | successsoul.com

Shilpan | successsoul.com — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:39:41 +0000

Alik -

Thanks for the link love. You have uncanny ability to reward your blogger buddies with grace and valuable content. Your questions always makes me ponder.
I love it.

Shilpan

By: alik levin

alik levin — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:59:21 +0000

Jerry,

I am software performance and security consultant on my quest to reverse engineer (broaden) professional practices back into “real” life.
I see almost 100% match.

BTW, just finished your “Weinberg on writing – the fieldstone method”. See how I implement your advices? I’ve just stolen your stone in this post .
The other funny thing is that collecting “stones” is something I do too, here is how I collect gold nuggets with RSS:
http://blogs.msdn.com/alikl/archive/2007/05/13/how-to-use-outlook-2007-rss-to-effectively-aggregate-and-distill-information.aspx

There are few more techniques to collect the gold nuggets into “piles”. I sure must craft a post on that one.

Thank you for your practical books!

By: Gerald Weinberg

Gerald Weinberg — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:35:33 +0000

Alik,
I really like the way you have broadened the application of my definition of leadership to all the important areas of a person’s life. Although most of my work is with technical leaders, I, too, have a life. I never quite thought of it this way before, but I try to be a leader in my family and particularly of myself. Sometimes, though, I forget about empowering myself. Thank you for this terrific reminder–which, of course, makes you a leader.

By: alik levin

alik levin — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:58:53 +0000

Vered,

Thank you for being such a great reader! You empower me to blog thus you are my leader. No joke.

By: vered

vered — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:38:33 +0000

Thanks Alik!

Initially I though that I have no interest in leadership, but you are right: leadership pertains to family, blogging and life in general. Interesting post!

By: alik levin

alik levin — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:03:22 +0000

Joel,
Great to hear you liked it! Happy to strengthen our blogofriendship

Marelisa,
See, everybody can be a leader.

Sara,
Leadership is not same as management. Look for Leadership in wikipedia – they have good distinction between the two.
Also, review this for lessons on leadership from John Wooden:
http://practicethis.com/2008/06/06/john-woodens-12-lessons-in-leadership-for-kids/

By: Sara

Sara — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:28:09 +0000

I really like Weinberg’s definition. It’s easy to think that being a leader means being “the boss,” but it’s also about being a facilitator and a supporter. Are there any actions or characteristics that preclude a person from being a leader? I’d love to know what others think…