Leadership and IT

This blog grew out of a number of presentations that were made at the ACM SIGUCCS Management Symposium in Spring 2009 , the EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference in Winter of l 2010, and SunGard Summit 2011. It is based on the book "Lincoln on Leadership" by Donald T. Phillips. Please add comments on how you feel these principles can be applied to Information Technology.

Friday, March 27, 2009

Master of paradox

Lincoln was:
Charismatic yet unassuming: Consistent yet flexible: Trusting and compassionate yet demanding and tough; When having a bad day be positive and supportive of your staff – keep your darker side to yourself (Lincoln wrote letters & did not send them). Do have examples from IT of these principles? Have you ever written a memo to staff but not sent it? Saved it for another day in case you still needed? Been trusting and compassionate while still demanding?
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  1. UnknownNovember 16, 2016 at 8:03 PM

    I read the book "Lincoln on Leadership" and it gave me a whole new level of respect for him as a leader. I have written letters and shredded them after reading them. This helped me to cool down and see the issue in a more calming and reasonable light.

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  2. UnknownNovember 17, 2016 at 11:22 AM

    This is so true and I wish everyone would do that before hitting send.

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  3. UnknownNovember 17, 2016 at 11:22 AM

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