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More Job Interview Confidence Tips - by Doris HelgeLeadership Position with A Hyper-Critical Boss - by Doris HelgeBusiness Owner Blues Require Leadership Changes - by Doris Helge- Resiliency And Innovation Go Hand In Hand - by Submitted on May 13, 2013 from Eileen McDarghA cornerstone of resiliency is adaptability: the skill of finding multiple solutions to an event, challenge, or opportunity. The emphasis is on the word "multiple". The more options one can create, the greater is one's resiliency quotient. However, innovative thinking requires a different ...
Views: 1002(1 vote) - Ideas for Starting A Business - by Submitted on May 10, 2013 from Susan bagyuraQuite frequently aspiring entrepreneurs dream of starting a new business, but they don’t know what kind of business to start. They think that they must come up with a novel idea – something that no one else has ever thought of or seen. However, new businesses don’t have to be started on a ...
Views: 1396(2 votes) - 5 Principles of How to Lead No Matter What Your Level - by Submitted on May 08, 2013 from Christine RubleAs the economy took a downslide, I have seen a lots of friends come to me asking how they can get a job for the company I work at. They didn’t want to take just any job and start at the bottom. My question back to them is why not? The answer I got in return was generally they had an MBA and ...
Views: 1294(1 vote) - 4 Effective Techniques for Employee Motivation - by Submitted on May 07, 2013 from Tom Bordon"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily." ~ Zig Ziglar For the CEO, it is always a challenge to motivate his employees and also keep them motivated. Motivated employees are at the forefront to take up new challenges, adapt ...
Views: 1908(2 votes) - Politics is acquisition management & distribution of power - by Submitted on May 07, 2013 from Edward FeryPolitics is acquisition, management & distribution of power’, this is what I learned in my International Relations class in University. But, how to acquire and manage power? I will take a look at this question with the help of 8 different terms that have been defined on CNN website in ‘eight ...
Views: 808(1 vote) - How Your Boss Ratings Impact Your People’s Productivity - by Submitted on May 06, 2013 from Yoon CannonRemember the movie The Devil Wears Prada? In case you don’t, it’s the one where Meryl Streep plays the single minded magazine editor. She lives for her power within the fashion industry. She can make or break an upcoming designer’s career as well as the ones of her subordinates. Self serving and ...
Views: 1341(1 vote) - Doing the Impossible - by Submitted on May 06, 2013 from Angie Thompson3:59.4 On May 6, 1954 the world heard that number. That was the time that Roger Bannister ran the mile at the Iffley Road track in Oxford. It was the first time someone ran a mile in less than 4 minutes. Legend has it that doctors thought the 4 minute mile was a barrier that humans ...
Views: 805(1 vote) - How Do You Make Your Big Ideas Really Happen? - by Submitted on May 02, 2013 from Yoon CannonHere’s an interesting question I received on Linkedin from Richard Sink who asked: “What lessons can you share with us about strategies when trying to turn your ideas (be it for social good or professional gain) into a reality?” Hi Richard, Great question. I work with start up’s on ...
Views: 1432(2 votes) - Driving Business Growth Through Strong Leadership (Part 2) - by Submitted on May 02, 2013 from Yoon CannonLast week I shared my one line response to a popular question I am often asked — “What’s your advice on achieving fast business growth?” “Never try to do it alone” is always my response. If you enjoyed reading about the 3 powerful leadership principles that helped operations manager Beth ...
Views: 1144(3 votes) - Push Thru the Winter Blahs and Get In Your Zone! - by Submitted on May 02, 2013 from Yoon CannonImagine the patience Thomas Edison must have had. He reputedly failed 10,000 times before he perfected the incandescent bulb. For 13 years he feverishly worked on it. Of course, he didn’t invent the light bulb, he merely worked on perfecting an earlier idea. And, he didn’t work alone ...
Views: 1128(2 votes) - Do You Ever Feel Inadequate? - by Submitted on May 02, 2013 from Yoon CannonWhether you are a small business owner generating a modest half a million dollars a year or the President of a $50 Million company or the CEO of a $500 Million company you probably at one time or another throughout the year have suffered from feeling inadequate. No matter what level of ...
Views: 1463(3 votes) - Winning the Battle of the Mind - by Submitted on May 02, 2013 from Yoon CannonYour Mission Critical Business Growth Plan There are many roadblocks and obstacles that stand between you and success. Running a business isn’t easy, but one thing that is for certain is that defeating your demons and overcoming those gremlins that stand in your way can be the hardest part of ...
Views: 1156(2 votes) - Psychology of Success: What Can Business Owners Learn from Christmas? - by Submitted on May 02, 2013 from Yoon CannonAs we approach the final week of wrapping up another year we will soon (if not already) assess how well we did in achieving our business goals. If you hit a home run this year in your business, it’s not hard to be joyful in this season of Christmas. However, if these last twelve months reflected ...
Views: 1099(2 votes) - How Training Leadership Can Be Beneficial To Everyone - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2013 from Chris D'CruzThe personality traits that define a leader may not be present in everyone, but they can be developed. Through leadership training, you can accomplish more with your life by learning to take control of various factors that influence its direction. The numerous benefits to your financial, ...
Views: 812(1 vote) - Using Leadership Philosophy To Increase Your Effectiveness - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2013 from Chris D'CruzTo support the envisioned accomplishments of a group or collective, someone is required to lead them to victory. To effectively take the reins on a project, a leadership philosophy should be written out and followed by the person taking the commanding role. This helps to ensure that you know the ...
Views: 839(1 vote) - Leadership: Making Each Day Count - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2013 from kuza biasharaOnce you start a business, the clock will start ticking faster sometimes. Other times it will be slow and dull. If you want to be a great leader you should learn how to make even the dullest of days count. There are many things to do everyday. You just need to have your eyes open and ears alert. ...
Views: 1011(1 vote) - Change: Moving Your Team From Fighting It to Embracing It - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2013 from Anne WarfieldAs John Maxwell put it so well, leadership is all about progress moving forward and moving forward means you are constantly changing. So for those in leadership roles, change is inevitable and necessary for growth. Leaders go in to leadership roles because they are go at continually pushing ...
Views: 893(1 vote) - The Eye of Leadership Performance - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2013 from Valencia RayLeadership, as do people, evolves. Seeing through the eye of the leader has taken on a whole new level of meaning in light of recent advances in cognitive neuroscience. When a leader realizes that how she or he perceives their self, their team members, and the organization powerfully matters to ...
Views: 1261(1 vote) - How Leaders Must View Opportunity - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2013 from Angie Thompson124 years today, something amazing and historic happened. The United States government made about 2 million acres of public land in Oklahoma available to homestead. Here’s how it worked.Oklahoma Land Rush Starting at noon April 22, 1889, legal settlers could claim lots up to 160 acres. If ...
Views: 630(1 vote) - A Fresh (and Important) Look at Strengths and Weaknesses - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2013 from Angie ThompsonMany years ago on the way to lunch an obviously upset friend asked me if he was stubborn, explaining that someone had told him that a few minutes earlier. Rather than immediately answering him, I paused and asked a question instead. “Do you think you are persistent?” To which he ...
Views: 670(1 vote) - Using Book Clubs as a Strategic Learning Tool - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2013 from Angie ThompsonIt might surprise you to learn that Oprah didn’t create the concept of the book club. While she popularized it for many, most experts feel book clubs have been around since the early 1700’s. At the start they were more often reading clubs – books were scarce and not everyone could read, so ...
Views: 685(1 vote) - Find Your Competitive Edge and Sell It - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2013 from Lorraine GarvieThere are no corners safe from competition. Playing the field is one thing, managing to stay in it is another. The traditional selling approach of presenting features and benefits are no longer effective. So, how do you keep generating sales? What a company or business must do in order to keep ...
Views: 858(1 vote) - Leaders Think Integration - by Submitted on Apr 18, 2013 from Vernon MyersOrganizational Environment Today, large organizations are extremely complex and busier than ever. Because of their size, they face greater challenges, such as increasing competition and an increasingly global environment to operate in. To consistently produce outstanding results, ...
Views: 1322(1 vote) - Leadership & moral values - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2019 from CMA Tapan Dhara) What is leadership: Leadership is about inspiring a group of people to achieve the objective(common or shared goal) with a clear vision. It is about trust, relationships and guidance between leaders & followers. The basic trait of a great leader are integrity, honesty, humility, courage, ...
Views: 993(1 vote) - Entrepreneurial Tip: Confront Problems Squarely Before They Squander Your Success! - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2013 from Jack NadelThis is one of several tips for entrepreneurs I’ve developed, featuring shared experiences and wisdom from my successful career as a global entrepreneur that I outline in an easy to understand tip format with a brief story/snippet from my own experiences as well as a current anecdote about how ...
Views: 1072(5 votes) - Three Tips To Develop Your Leadership Skills - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2013 from Ewen ChiaAre you a leader either in your work place or in school? Maybe you want to develop your leadership skills and bring them to the next level. In this article, I will be describing to you three tips on how you can do so. I hope you will open your mind to what I am about to share here. I believe it ...
Views: 1193(2 votes) - What Happened to the Baby-Boomers - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2016 from Charlie MooreWhat Happened to the Baby-Boomers? I remember graduating from High School in 1968 and like every class graduating, we felt like we were going to change the world. Well, we did change the world, but is the world a better place? You have to answer that question. Personally, I don’t think so. ...
Views: 1942(1 vote) - Innovation: Two Brains are Better than One - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2013 from Valencia RayInnovation and creativity optimization requires mental agility. When we can flexibly move between and integrate our two hemispheres, we can tap our 'two brains'. They work best together, collaboratively. We have a right and left-brain for good reason… good reasoning. When we are too far on ...
Views: 1257(3 votes) - Leadership Is a Team Sport - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2013 from Chris Ruisi“Make no mistake; your team will determine your future success. A leader is only as good as the team he or she assembles; trains; cares for and leads.” - Chris Ruisi “The Coach” Apply These Five Simple Steps to Boost Your Team's Performance Throughout the majority of my corporate career, ...
Views: 1941(1 vote) - Thinking About Leadership Style - by Submitted on Apr 06, 2013 from Angie ThompsonThe topic of leadership style is an important one, and one that usually comes up as I teach leadership to groups everywhere. Sometimes the phrase “leadership style” itself isn’t mentioned, and yet it is underneath many conversations, questions, and even excuses (I’ll get to that in a bit). My ...
Views: 647(1 vote) - Tolerate the Quirky Thinker and Build Your Team - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2013 from Colette JohnstonAs a manager why wouldn’t you want to build a strong team that connects and functions as the backbone of your company? It makes your life easier. The challenge is to not get so irritated by the one troublesome vertebra that won’t stay in alignment and pinches the rest of your team. He or she ...
Views: 1505(1 vote) - 5 TOP Ways To Remove Inner Critic - by Submitted on Apr 04, 2013 from Solvita BennettDear Friend, … It is very challenging to have Positive Inner Calm, when we don’t know HOW to silence and remove that INNER CRITIC. This is one of the biggest challenges for many people. The problem is, when we are unaware of this and let our inner critic take over our LIFE. ... At times ...
Views: 1109(2 votes) - Leadership Fails Students at Rutgers - by Submitted on Apr 04, 2013 from Donna PriceThe video released by ESPN displaying the behavior of the Rutgers University basketball coach demonstrate a total failure of the University Athletic Director and University Leadership to protect students from bullying on the part of staff. Bullying goes beyond student to student interactions. ...
Views: 1285(1 vote) - How do you become a good leader? - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2013 from kuza biasharaHow would you describe yourself as a leader – a strong leader, a weak leader, or a mediocre one? Every person is a leader by himself – but with varying degrees of leadership qualities. Some characteristics may be predominantly present in the person while some others may be missing. If you expect ...
Views: 1112(1 vote) - THE DEFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF WORLD WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP - by Submitted on Mar 31, 2013 from Yuga Rishi Shriram SharmaThe wheel of time is readying women to lead the world. After being demeaned and relegated to a downtrodden state for centuries together she now has got the opportunity to identify and use her basic human rights. The result was witnessed akin to gas present underground which springs forth when a ...
Views: 1131(1 vote) - 5 Ingredients That Turn Training Into Learning - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2013 from Anne WarfieldAs a leader you are constantly training your team whether you realize it or not. The problem I think we often run in to is that people think they have “arrived” and that they no longer are learning. The truth is that your brain is continually forming new paths and new ways of thinking IF you ...
Views: 898(1 vote) - It’s Time for a Leadership Exorcism - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2013 from Chris RuisiThe recent actions of politicians can never be described as leadership Over the course of the last several weeks we have witnessed a comprehensive display of what leadership is NOT by our elected officials at all levels across all party lines. I have had the opportunity to observe, work for ...
Views: 1827(2 votes) - Do You Practice Comfortable Inaction? - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2013 from Chris RuisiRecently I came across the following John F. Kennedy quote – “There are risks and costs to a program of actions. But they are far less than the long range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.” There have been several articles about comfortable inaction, so I thought I would take a shot at it ...
Views: 1120(2 votes) - Leading in Living Color - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2013 from Angie ThompsonI’m of the age where I remember television shows moving from black and white to color - Bewitched, The Beverly Hillbillies and Andy Griffith immediately come to mind. When these transitions happened they were widely advertised, but we didn’t have color television yet (the fall of 1972 for us). ...
Views: 743(1 vote) - Growing with responsibility - by Submitted on Mar 21, 2013 from vrajacandrika dd“It’s easier to dodge our responsibilities but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.” Josiah Charles Stamp, British Economist (1880-1941) Responsibility has more to it than doing an assigned job nicely. In its true sense it refers to our ability to choose our ...
Views: 645(1 vote) - Customer Satisfaction: The Ultimate Objective of Every Entrepreneur - by Submitted on Mar 20, 2013 from Tom BordonAccording to Wikipedia, “Customer satisfaction is defined as the number of customers, or percentage of total customers, whose reported experience with a firm, its products, or its services (ratings) exceeds specified satisfaction goals." Customer satisfaction is a great indicator of customer ...
Views: 1719(1 vote) - Mindfulness Meditation: Live in Peace, Not Pieces - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2013 from Valencia RayInner peace is closer than you realize. You don't have to do any thing. In fact, it is your tendency to need to do something that is driving peace of mind out of reach. We have been taught to separate our self into pieces. Be one way at home and one way at office. One way at church or temple and ...
Views: 1304(1 vote) - How Leaders Get Lucky - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2013 from Angie ThompsonOftentimes people look at others who appear to have gained stature or success and explain their results as “luck.” While leaders are rarely as popular or visible as rock or movie stars, more than once I've heard people talk about a leaders as being lucky. They started at the right company . ...
Views: 721(1 vote) - The Role of Emotions in Organizations - by Submitted on Mar 21, 2013 from Anne Dranitsaris and Heather Dranitsaris-HilliardIn the absence of being able to express their emotions and connect with the organizational identity, employees are expected to adapt to role driven behaviour. This can result in a decrease in an employee’s ability to contribute anything more than what is defined by the role, leaving both leaders ...
Views: 1982(3 votes) - Self-motivation is a Must for All Leaders - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2013 from Pat Heydlauff“People often say motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily,” said Zig Ziglar, motivational speaker and author of See You at the Top. Leaders are always susceptible to personal motivation and inspiration-drain because they are constantly motivating ...
Views: 1281(2 votes) - Easy Tips to Trigger the Learning Skills of Your Child - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2013 from Oliver ThompsonConcerned about your kid’s learning disability? No frets. Every kid has individual strengths and weakness and also not all are good in everything. Some children are very good at mathematics while others are good in some other field. However children don’t have option to skip the subjects, they ...
Views: 641(1 vote) - How to Give Meaning to Your Aspirations - Absolute Leadership - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2013 from Absolute LeadershipThe first core principle of Absolute Leadership is to identify what you in-tend to do, and why, in order to give meaning to your aspirations. Whatever you aspire to professionally and in your private life should define what you would truly like to become, based upon the personal values that ...
Views: 2135(1 vote) - Top 10 Tips for Effective Coaching - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2013 from Chuck Reynolds1. Ensure you fully understand what coaching is. Many managers make incorrect assumptions about coaching. It's important that a manager uses a clear and consistent coaching model, and understands the "why" - to enhance staff engagement and performance - as well as the "how" - using a ...
Views: 1946(2 votes) - Common Team Challenges: Fear of Conflict - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2013 from Ellen PatnaudeI worked with a group recently that was extremely polite with one another. I'm not just talking about the normal courteous behavior. I'm talking about over-the-top, almost painful levels of politeness. There was absolutely no interrupting, no challenges to anything anyone would say, and polite ...
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