Chapter 9

Foundational Behaviors of the Phoenix Leader

Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do. The visible signs of artful leadership are expressed, ultimately, in its practice.

Max Depree

Throughout this book, we have covered many strategies and behaviors for successful leadership. In this chapter, we focus on some very important behaviors coupled with strategies to include them in your leadership development plan. These behaviors include visibility and accessibility, role modeling, proactivity versus reactivity, utilization of data and aligning of vision and mission.

Visibility and Accessibility

Early in my doctoral program, I read the book Lincoln on Leadership (Phillips, 1992), which ...

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