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- Great Leaders Accept Responsibility for the Success of their Teams - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2012 from Andrew HortonEvery great leader, who aims to bring the best out in their team and to succeed at realising the results they, set out to achieve, knows that they must accept 100 % responsibility for the performance of their team or organisation. The leader’s commitment, drive and passion to succeed, must be ...
Views: 1275(1 vote) - Why do you Lead, What are you Trying to Accomplish? - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2012 from Andrew HortonIs the reason you are leading your team a worthwhile cause, do you have a clear vision of exactly what you are trying to accomplish and does your team know what that vision is? Is your vision worth the time and effort you devote towards achieving it every day? I hope these questions start ...
Views: 2089(1 vote) - What are your Actions Demonstrating to your Followers? - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2012 from Andrew HortonWhat are your Actions Demonstrating to your Followers? If you want to become a really great leader then it is important that you invest time and effort into developing your skill as a leader. Although there is far more to leading others than possessing the proper technical skills needed to ...
Views: 1138(1 vote) - Are you a Secure Enough as a Leader to Empower Others? - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2012 from Andrew HortonThe most effective way of leading any team is not by trying to do everything yourself, clutching onto every morsel of power your position holds. The best way to lead any team to greatness is to identify leaders within your teams, invest time to build them up into great leaders themselves. Give ...
Views: 1973(3 votes) - Your Success as a Leader, Depends on your Circle of Influencers - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2012 from Andrew HortonGreat success is seldom if ever achieved in isolation. Irrespective of how much natural talent or ability someone possesses, they still need the support of other people. This is even truer in the case of any leader who wants to successfully lead any team to greatness. The level of success, which ...
Views: 2688(3 votes) - Your Teams Must Know, Like, Trust and connect with you as a leader - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2012 from Andrew HortonAs every good sales person knows people buy from someone who they know like and trust and that any decision relating to what they want to buy, is directed by logic, but ultimately the final decision is driven by their emotions. Our emotions are really powerful motivators and as such any great ...
Views: 1527(3 votes) - What Type of Person naturally Gravitates towards you? - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2012 from Andrew HortonAny great leader knows that the success of their organisation or department depends on the calibre of people who fill their teams and on how well they are able to inspire and influence them. I am sure that you have a picture in your mind of the perfect people, who you would want to fill your ...
Views: 2432(4 votes) - Intuition is What you Know, Before you Think - by Submitted on Feb 29, 2012 from Andrew HortonSociety has trained us over the years to turn down the volume on our intuition. We have become to doubt our intuition so much, that we no longer listen to or even believe in our intuition. Your intuition is that little voice inside you that knows before you even think about anything. What little ...
Views: 3604(2 votes) - No One will Follow Someone they do not Respect - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2012 from Andrew HortonSome people are born with more natural leadership ability than others. They have a more natural affinity to lead others and as such people are drawn to them as leaders. Despite this, I believe that almost anyone can learn the art of leadership and become a better leader. Yes the people with ...
Views: 1786(3 votes) - Build a Strong Foundation for Your Followers, by Allowing them to Trust You - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2012 from Andrew HortonBuilding trust with people can take time, destroying trust can happen in milliseconds. Any great leader knows that they must always act in a trustworthy fashion toward everyone around them, especially their followers. Trust is the foundation of great leadership; it is the glue that holds any ...
Views: 1473(3 votes) - Great Leaders are not Served By Others, They serve the People They Lead - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2012 from Andrew HortonGreat Leaders are adept at treating their people really well and always give credit to their team members when they do well. The best type of leader is someone who gives credit to his team members when the team achieves great success, but is quick to accept responsibility, when the team performs ...
Views: 2049(1 vote) - Anyone Can Steer the Ship, Great Leaders can Effectively Plot the Best Course - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2012 from Andrew HortonEvery great leader knows that they must invest time to learn as much as possible, from both their mistakes, challenges and successes. This knowledge will serve them in the present and assist them to plot the best possible course for the future. When plotting any course, all great leaders need to ...
Views: 1647(1 vote) - Anyone Can Steer the Ship, Great Leaders can Effectively Plot the Best Course - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2012 from Andrew HortonEvery great leader knows that they must invest time to learn as much as possible, from both their mistakes, challenges and successes. This knowledge will serve them in the present and assist them to plot the best possible course for the future. When plotting any course, all great leaders need to ...
Views: 2826(1 vote) - Learning the Art of Facilitating Change through People - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2012 from Andrew HortonLeadership, like most business skills, is completely learn-able. The secret to become a great leader is to be patient and to allow yourself the time you need to gradually grow into the type of leader you need or want to be. All leaders who commit to grow daily, both personally and as a leader ...
Views: 1324(3 votes) - Are Leaders Born or Can you Grow into a Great Leader? - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2012 from Andrew HortonYes it is true that some people are born with natural leadership skills, which initially makes them better leaders. The truth though, is that all leadership skills are learnable and with consistency, determination and a lifelong commitment to on-going growth, anyone can increase their leadership ...
Views: 1664(1 vote) - You can never achieve more than you believe is possible - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2012 from Andrew HortonYour beliefs about anything, whether founded in fact or just the figment of your fertile imagination, dictate the quality of the outcomes you are able to enjoy in your life. Almost everyone, who is trapped in a life, which lacks meaning and fulfilment, is causing their own lack of progress, due ...
Views: 1325(1 vote) - You Really are Amazing and can Become a Super Achiever - by Submitted on Feb 20, 2012 from Andrew HortonYou must begin to believe in your unlimited potential. Know with certainty that every day when you open your eyes and look into that bathroom mirror, you are magnificent and a valuable contributor to the world. You are a very important part of this amazing planet and you are perfect just the way ...
Views: 1351(1 vote) - Achieving Goals, can be Easier than you Think - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2012 from Andrew HortonThe easiest way to set and achieve your goals is to reach into the future, where you will discover the most vivid picture of the success you desire. Look at this picture and discover what you are doing, enjoying and becoming. Borrow this wonderful picture of what is possible and use it as your ...
Views: 1643(2 votes) - Anyone can Make the shift From Mediocre to Magnificent - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2012 from Andrew HortonIt is extremely rare for anyone to exceed their own expectations, so if you can only see yourself achieving mediocre results, that is exactly what you will experience in your life. If you want to break free and create a life of meaning and satisfaction. You must first commit to create a vivid ...
Views: 2255(1 vote) - How do you Respond when faced with a Challenge? - by Submitted on Feb 20, 2012 from Andrew HortonThe real measure of any super achiever is not in how they operate during the good times, but rather how they respond, when faced with any challenges. People who have mastered their life, do not expect things to always go according to plan; they equip themselves with a set of tools, which will ...
Views: 2450 - Your Words are Packed with Power, Choose yours Wisely - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2012 from Andrew HortonI am sure we all heard the little rhyme when we were children, which said “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me”. Nothing could be further from the truth, words have incredible power and can either fill us with hope and encouragement or if we allow, can break our ...
Views: 1334 - Gain a Few Hours Each Day - Do, Delegate or Delete - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2012 from Andrew HortonThere are numerous distractions, which compete to get any business professionals attention every day. The biggest challenge they face, is to know where and how to focus their attention. When they lose their focus and they give their attention to the wrong things or they try to do too many things ...
Views: 1371 - Why are you Sabotaging your Progress? - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2012 from Andrew HortonAre you sabotaging your potential, because you are afraid of success or worse, you have never taken the time to find out what success really means to you? Don’t be too hasty to answer this question. Give yourself time to sit and contemplate it. Allow your mind out for a walk today and allow ...
Views: 1265 - What does Success Mean to you? - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2012 from Andrew HortonSuccess means owning a large house in the best neighbourhood, filled with all the latest gadgets, driving a fancy car, having prestige and standing in the community isn’t it? Or does success mean something completely different to you? My objective with this article is not to judge and state that ...
Views: 1814 - The People you Surround yourself with, Mirror who you are - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2012 from Andrew HortonOne of the major factors, which can limit your potential and hold you away from realising your dreams, is the opinions of other people. The secret to succeed and become all you can be is to live independently of the good opinion of other people. No one else’s opinion matters at all and in many ...
Views: 3640(2 votes) - The Four Economic Seasons - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2012 from Andrew HortonHistory serves as a great teacher and any wise entrepreneur will look back over the past 100 years and see that there is a definite trend. There is a cycle or market fluctuation, which seems to repeat every seven to ten years. During these cycles, there are periods of easy prosperity, followed ...
Views: 2582(3 votes) - Listening and Communicating with Your Market – Using Social Media - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2012 from Andrew HortonUnless you are a naïve, entrepreneur with blinkers on, you must have seen the incredible transformation and massive shift, which is going on in the online world. There are constant conversations going on around all sorts of issues, including customer needs and expectations. These changes have ...
Views: 1566 - Getting Started - Dipping your Toe into the Social Media Arena - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2012 from Andrew HortonBefore you can begin using social media or any other form media for that matter, as a means for marketing your business, you must be absolutely clear about what you are selling and why people will want what you have to sell them. If you are in the business of selling earth moving equipment for ...
Views: 1504 - Getting the Most from Any Personal Development Program - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2012 from Andrew HortonAchieving any level of sustainable success in life requires you to commit to a lifelong process of growth and development. Your personal development relates to any new knowledge, ability or skill you will introduce into your life, which will better equip you to achieve the outcomes or results ...
Views: 1421(2 votes) - Where does Integrity Start? - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2012 from Andrew HortonIntegrity is similar in meaning to a word we all encountered in math class at school, namely the word integer. As you remember, an integer in math means a whole number and similarly, integrity means wholeness or always projecting one set of standards to the world. Over the years the true meaning ...
Views: 1744 - Does Your Success, Depend on the State of the Economy? - by Submitted on Feb 10, 2012 from Andrew HortonDoes Your Success, Depend on the State of the Economy? I do not believe that any change or fluctuation in market conditions should have any bearing on how your future turns out. The real predictor of how your life will unfold is determined by your beliefs and consistent daily behaviours. ...
Views: 1786(2 votes) - Are you Better Today than Yesterday? - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2012 from Andrew HortonI was sitting with a client the other day discussing a really difficult situation, he was experiencing in his company. He had been in various managerial positions for over 20 years and the challenge he was facing was caused by his naive approach to leadership. The error he had made was a really ...
Views: 1886(1 vote) - Your Routines and Daily Behaviours affect your Results - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2012 from Andrew HortonI often wrestle with the question why, when I work with a group of people, only a small percentage actually take the material and use it to make positive changes in their lives. This is a question I know has astounded most personal development teachers for many years. I recently offered an ...
Views: 1156 - Social Media and Your Business - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2012 from Andrew HortonStop looking at social media and the internet as automatic teller machines. There are a few amazing stories about people, who have gone from rags to riches using the internet and or social media to pave their road to great wealth. So yes, it is possible to dramatically accelerate your success, ...
Views: 1262 - Is Rejection Real or Not? - by Submitted on Jan 31, 2012 from Andrew HortonOne of our greatest fears and the reason most people do not ask the questions they need to ask in order to succeed, is our irrational fear of rejection. We are so terrified by the prospect of someone not accepting our request, that in most cases the most important questions go unasked. This ...
Views: 1332 - To Network and Market using Social Media or not to, that is the Question. - by Submitted on Jan 30, 2012 from Andrew HortonThe arrival of the large number of social media platforms is not something to fear and resist. Social media offers any wise entrepreneur a number of new ways to communicate and research his markets. Embracing social media and using all the amazing benefits it offers will allow your business to ...
Views: 1373(1 vote) - Building Meaningful Networks – Means You Won’t Need to Succeed Alone - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2012 from Andrew HortonWe all have gifts and amazing natural strengths in certain areas of our lives, yet no matter how well we may perform in these areas. There are still parts of our lives where we need support and are not very adept or strong. These areas where we have weaknesses cause us to reach a chasm in our ...
Views: 1491 - Social Media Has Not Changed Business Fundamentals - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2012 from Andrew HortonUsing social media as a powerful networking and marketing tool does not mean that basic good business practices don’t count any more. Quite the contrary, any business that wants to carry out effective networking or marketing strategies on any of the new social media platforms, must follow some ...
Views: 1551 - Marketing Networking via Social Media is all about Fostering Meaningful Connection - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2012 from Andrew HortonThe rapid rate of technological advancement over the past few years and the incredible growth in social media networks has made connecting and communicating with people easier than ever before. This has led to the illusion that when using social media as a networking and marketing tool for your ...
Views: 1363 - How Are you Doing So Far in 2012? - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2012 from Andrew HortonAs the first month of 2012 draws to a close, how are you doing with turning this into your best year ever? If the results you have managed to achieve to date are less than satisfactory, there is only one barrier that is standing in your way and stopping you from accomplishing every wildly ...
Views: 1392 - Discovering Purpose and Clarifying Your Vision - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2012 from Andrew HortonThe first month of the New Year is well on its way to being over. How are you doing with keeping your commitments, to carry out the daily activities you need to do, to achieve your goals? Have you started this New Year the same way you have always done in the past, with a commitment to reinvent ...
Views: 1544 - Luck has Nothing to Do With Success - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2012 from Andrew HortonSuccess is never about luck, it is about having and applying a proven system, which is functional and repeatable. As soon as you have developed your system, which you consistently apply in your life, the positive results will begin to flood into your experience. If you continue to blunder from ...
Views: 2338 - Know and Play to Your Strength Zone - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2012 from Andrew HortonMy experience has shown me that when you focus your energy on improving your strengths and carrying out only activities, which are aligned with these, you are far more effective and efficient. Average people spend time to save money, doing things they hate, whilst super achievers spend money to ...
Views: 1560 - Has Technology Changed The Fundamentals of Networking? - by Submitted on Jan 24, 2012 from Andrew HortonEffective networking has been one of the cornerstones of building great businesses, since the dawn of time. Before the explosion of social Media it was a pretty simple process and was conducted face to face, at events designed to build relationships and meaningful connections. All the new ...
Views: 1198 - Vision is an Expression of Your Purpose - by Submitted on Jan 22, 2012 from Andrew HortonOur goals are no more than an organised expression of our dreams. So to convert your dreams into your future reality, you must constantly keep defining and refining them and organising them into achievable goals. This process will ensure that you keep polishing your dreams so that you can create ...
Views: 1102 - New Years Resolutions Set you Up to Fail - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2012 from Andrew HortonHow are you doing with all the great New Year’s resolutions you made this year? Are you still as inspired to succeed as you were when you made the commitments or promises to really do things differently this year? Remember how committed you felt when you made those promises to finally turn all ...
Views: 1192 - Carefully Chosen Mentors and Coaches will Accelerate your Performance - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2012 from Andrew HortonHistory has shown that most of the incredible comebacks and super achievements were accomplished by individuals, who were influenced by great mentors or coaches. These super achievers came from many diverse fields, such as business, art, science, politics and sports. Their great achievement was ...
Views: 1317 - Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2012 from Andrew HortonFeeling fear whenever you are thrusting yourself outside your comfort zone is a natural response. The challenge is to know when fear is justified and a reason to stop or when fear is just a normal part of the success journey and an opportunity for you to use the fear to sharpen your senses, ...
Views: 1549 - You Become Who You Associate with - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2012 from Andrew HortonWho do you surround yourself with, have you chosen your neighbours, friends and associates wisely? Research has shown that we eventually dress, think, talk and act like the people we surround ourselves with, should something that has such a profound effect on us be left to chance? If you want to ...
Views: 5951(2 votes) - Make 2012 the Year for Your Success Adventure - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2012 from Andrew HortonWelcome to 2012, you are on the threshold of an amazing adventure, a journey of discovery and creation, where you are going to turn 2012 into your best year ever. All the behaviours, philosophies, actions and attitudes from the past, which have got you to where you are today, will not get you to ...
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