Forceful Leadership and Enabling Leadership: You Can Do Both. Robert Kaplan

      © 1996 Center for Creative Leadership

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      CCL No. 171

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      Kaplan, Robert E.

      Forceful leadership and enabling leadership : you can do both / Robert E. Kaplan

      p. cm.

      Includes bibliographical references.

      ISBN 978-1-932973-74-7 (print-on-demand) — ISBN 978-1-932973-42-6 (e-book)

      1. Leadership. I. Title

      HD57.7.K366 1996

      658.4'092—dc20

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       Table of Contents

       Acknowledgments

       Preface

       Introduction

       The Tension between Forceful and Enabling

       Forceful Leadership and Enabling Leadership as Opposing Virtues

       Versatility

       Enabling Leadership as “Virtuous”

       Development Needs as Lack of Versatility

       When Virtues Become Vices

       Getting involved personally versus granting autonomy

       Declaring oneself versus hearing from other people

       Making tough calls versus being sensitive to people’s needs

       Making critical judgments versus showing appreciation

       Having a can-do attitude versus accepting limits

       Conveying confidence versus showing modesty, humility

       Lopsidedness or Restricted Movement

       Case of Overly Forceful, Not Enabling Enough

       Case of Overly Enabling, Not Forceful Enough

       What It Takes to Increase Versatility

       Learning to Emphasize the Underdeveloped Side

       Learning to De-emphasize the Overdeveloped Side

       The Primary Development Task for Forceful Managers

       The Primary Development Task for Enabling Managers

       Phases in Actually Changing

       Conclusion

       Appendix

       Bibliography