Lead2XL from the Self Renewal Group, an executive assessment and coaching firm offering assessments for development or selection and coaching for greater success at work and smooth career transitions. See Self Renewal Group menu above.


Welcome to Lead2XL

Our aim is to stimulate new thinking about leadership and management. In our age of the wisdom of crowds, we need to understand how leadership can be shown bottom-up, not just by those in charge. If employees successfully champion new products or processes to management, is this not leadership? If so, what kind is it? It's not what we normally call "informal leadership" because the informal leader takes charge of groups just as the formal leader does, only without formal authority. Informal leadership is still a role in charge of people. It's not "distributed" or "dispersed" leadership either, because all such leadership is shown downwards only.

If leadership shown bottom-up is just successful influence, maybe it's an odd case that we can conveniently forget. But there are other instances of leadership with similarly odd characteristics, such as green leadership. When green leaders convince far-flung communities to change their ways, they also show leadership without being in charge of those who follow. Check out articles under the LEADERSHIP menu for more on these issues.

If we change how we view leadership, then management must be upgraded to take over the role-based aspects of being in charge of people. See MANAGEMENT for more on this theme.

Other topics include building confidence for career success (SUCCESS AT WORK) and EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT. See MAJOR THEMES for a selection of key articles on a variety of topics. Please share articles you like and add your thoughts!

Leadership & Management Latest

Leadership Influence
21 March 2012
Leadership is shown by influencing people to change direction. But what forms of influence count as leadership? How does it differ from managerial influence?
What is an Executive?
01 March 2012
What does it mean to be an executive and how does it differ from being a manager or a leader? By defining executive as a role, we can view leadership and management as occasional activities.
Leadership and Management as Functions
27 January 2012
Apples and oranges have different properties but managers and leaders have different functions. So, it's not about what it takes to be a leader but how the function works.
Leadership: NOT a Role
27 December 2011
A hotly debated issue: some are adamant that leadership isn't a role, but the feeling that it must be persists. What's the answer?
Beyond Leadership Style
05 November 2011
The concept of leadership style is a usurper. It seized the territory once occupied by management style. It's time to give it back.
Why Be a Leader, Not a Manager?
17 October 2011
We regard our most admired leaders as heroes while managers are seen as villains or antiheroes. Why the good-evil slant?
Influencing Skills for Leaders
15 October 2011
Leaders who want people to be fully engaged in their vision can't use the same influencing tactics as sales people, who are generally self-interested.

Success & Engagement Latest

How To Say No
29 March 2012
Do you feel guilty for saying no? Do you say yes but take on too much as a result? Or, maybe you find it easy to say no but you annoy or hurt people in the process.
Relationships at Work
20 March 2012
Do you have to push yourself to develop important relationships at work? Many see it as a necessary evil, a time-consuming diversion from doing real work.
What's Your Excuse?
29 February 2012
Excuses are self-defeating. They get in the way of our success by letting us off the hook, making life easier for us when we should be facing up to a challenge.
How Engaging Are You?
17 February 2012
Too many managers want their employees to be self-sufficient with minimal attention to keep them going. No wonder so many employees are disengaged.
What Are Your Self-Limiting Beliefs?
07 January 2012
We stay where it's safe for fear of failing, feeling humiliated and looking bad. Self-limiting beliefs are a self-imposed prison, walls we build and maintain to protect ourselves. How can we break out?
How To Contribute More In Meetings
06 January 2012
People are quiet in meetings because they can't think of any content to offer. Suggesting solutions is the only form of contribution they recognize. Why not contribute as a catalyst instead?
Are You Making Progress?
01 January 2012
Recent research suggests that a sense of making progress is a powerful motivator. Unfortunately, setbacks knock us down much more than progress drives us forward.

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