Center for Creative Leadership:   www.ccl.org

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What is creative leadership?  It’s the capacity to think and act beyond the boundaries that limit our effectiveness.  Every leader and organization faces obstacles that are difficult to surmount – from corporate executives confronting the complex global marketplace to educators trying to lift student achievement to nonprofit groups and government agencies addressing critical social issues with tight budgets.

FISH!:  www.fishplilosophy.com

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The FISH! Philosophy® emerged in 1998 from the film, FISH! Catch the Energy…this film is about the Seattle’s world-famous Pike Place Fish Market…that even in a workplace where fishmongers spent stinky, grueling 12-hour shifts stocking, selling and packing fish, remarkable results can occur when people accept the invitation to:  1) Be there for their coworkers and customers; 2) Play; 3) Make someone’s day; and, 4) Choose their attitude about how they show up for work.

Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership:  www.greenleaf.org

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Servant-Leadership is a practical philosophy which supports people who choose to serve first, and then lead as a way of expanding service to individuals and institutions.  Servant-leaders may or may not hold formal leadership positions.  Servant-leadership encourages collaboration, trust, foresight, listening, and the ethical use of power and empowerment.

The Leadership Challenge:  www.leadershipchallenge.com

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Our (Kouzes & Posner) research has revealed five practices that are common when leaders are able to make extraordinary thing happen.  We call these the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership®.  They are:

1.     Model the Way

2.     Inspire a Shared Vision

3.     Challenge the Process

4.     Enable Others to Act

5.     Encourage the Heart