As buoyancy is not contrary to other characteristics of leadership, including decisiveness, accountability and performance standards, I don't ever think it can… — Kevin Allen Copy Share Image
Buoyant leadership is not a management technique, it's a leadership principle based on the belief that leading isn't presiding, it's taking people… — Kevin Allen Copy Share Image
True buoyant leaders can never communicate in percentage points, or charts and figures. First and foremost, they must be storytellers, communicating with… — Kevin Allen Copy Share Image
One of my great mistakes coming up, since I was a kid from wrong side of the tracks, and fearful that I… — Kevin Allen Copy Share Image
Leadership is not about sitting and presiding, it's about a going somewhere. To be buoyant, you must not only ignite passion around… — Kevin Allen Copy Share Image
Buoyancy is a phenomenon whereby, as a leader, you float because the people you inspired believe that you should, because you've truly… — Kevin Allen Copy Share Image
What I've come to realize is that emotional intelligence, which I define as buoyancy, was the only way I knew how to… — Kevin Allen Copy Share Image
At the end of the day it's really easy to be a great leader when things are going well. The real test,… — Kevin Allen Copy Share Image
Mr. Churchill connected truly to what was in the hearts of the British people, which is what a buoyant leader does. One… — Kevin Allen Copy Share Image
All buoyant leaders are driven by a real ambition- that is, what is being created that didn't exist before- and one criteria… — Kevin Allen Copy Share Image
It is so easy to "calibrate" -that is, given the pressures on a smaller company to redefine in less ambitious terms- that which you… — Kevin Allen Copy Share Image
Maintaining patience, being generous, and helping your peers takes time, and no small amount of emotional fortitude. But it brings an exponential difference in… — Kevin Allen Copy Share Image
At the end of the day it's really easy to be a great leader when things are going well. The real test, whether or… — Kevin Allen Copy Share Image
Mr. Churchill connected truly to what was in the hearts of the British people, which is what a buoyant leader does. One of his… — Kevin Allen Copy Share Image
The phrases and language used everyday in an organization can in fact affect the way your team makes decisions and conducts themselves. — Kevin Allen Copy Share Image
As a sensitive and highly intuitive person in the command-and-control corporate world, I always felt miscast. — Kevin Allen Copy Share Image
When your people have determined that you understand their lies in their hearts and are dedicated to their functional wellbeing, they will compensate for… — Kevin Allen Copy Share Image
For so long, companies were run using a command-and-control, 'top down' hierarchical method that involved dictating down the command chain and maintaining order. What… — Kevin Allen Copy Share Image
First, define your credo- the belief system of the organization. Secondly, define your real ambition, or where do you want to go as a… — Kevin Allen Copy Share Image
Leadership is not about sitting and presiding, it's about a going somewhere. To be buoyant, you must not only ignite passion around a common… — Kevin Allen Copy Share Image
You can't mobilize people and connect with them authentically when they can't see the true you. — Kevin Allen Copy Share Image
I believe that the establishment of a real ambition, a powerfully galvanizing and exciting vision of what a group is setting out to create,… — Kevin Allen Copy Share Image
