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Not only did this man struggle for 20 years towrite the definitive guide to success, but heexperienced poverty, his life was threatened, hisbackers were murdered, he suffered from boutsof ...
Views: 1970(1 vote) - The Superpower of Persuasion - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2009 from Angie ThompsonEvery good superhero has a superpower. You know, the thing that always helps them get out of a jam and save the day. Leaders may not be superheroes, but we do sometimes find ourselves in a tough or challenging situation. However, unlike like our superhero friends, we don`t always remember to ...
Views: 1968(2 votes) - The Art Of Authentic Leadership - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2011 from Andrew HortonWhenever you are in a leadership position always have a crystal clear picture about, what your vision and purpose as a leader is. As this allows you to have a track to run on, gives you a set of criterion against which you can measure every decision you make and allows you to keep moving toward ...
Views: 1967(3 votes) - Leader’s Toolkit: Top 10 Communication Mistakes when Delivering Performance Feedback - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2011 from Sonia Di MauloLet’s talk performance! This isn’t usually at the top of your to-do list. The proper planning, time and energy involved is stressful, for you and your staff. In this anxiety-ridden environment, it’s no wonder we make mistakes! The problem is that we don’t communicate performance successes and ...
Views: 1965 - How An Extraordinary Vision Can Bring You More Customers - by Submitted on Jul 11, 2014 from Leslie CunninghamThere is a fabulous hot tub retail and service business in southwest Montana, pleasantly named Mountain Hot Tub. It was during one of our monthly team meetings that they officially declared their vision...they would be known as "The Hot Tub Capital of the World". As soon as the vision was ...
Views: 1963 - Team Building - Practical Tips for Leaders - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2013 from Guy FarmerTeam building is an abstract concept for many people. I talk with a lot of leaders who have a general idea about what team building is and that it might help their workplace in some way but, when it comes to actually designing and implementing an ongoing program, they have trouble envisioning ...
Views: 1963 - Eliminate Distracted Focus – Improve Performance - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2014 from Pat HeydlauffDistractions are rapidly becoming enemy No. 1 in the workplace. In fact, 45 percent of employees work only 15 minutes or less without getting interrupted, and 53 percent waste at least one hour a day due to all types of distractions according to recent research by harmon.ie, a provider of social ...
Views: 1962 - Managing Conflict at Your Organization - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2013 from Guy FarmerThe scene is familiar. Two or more amazing people who are dedicated to furthering the wonderful work our nonprofit conducts are actively in conflict. It starts with a perceived slight, follows with silent anger, gradually simmers into personal jabs and eventually escalates into outright ...
Views: 1959 - The Biggest Mistake Sales Managers Make - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from Ralph Burns“I’m swamped right now” “I’m way too busy to do that” “I’ll need to call you back, I’m way behind right now”… Does this sound like you? If you’re like me, there is a HUGE tendency for sales managers to get bogged down in far too many administrative duties, conference calls, ...
Views: 1959(2 votes) - Important Information On What You Need To Know RIGHT NOW To Ensure SALES of Your Professional Coaching - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2010 from Denise StarrettLet’s all take a moment and imagine “one day.” “One day you’ll be able to make money doing something your really enjoy because you’ve got the structures, you’ve got the skills, you’ve got the systems, and you’ve got the complete confidence, so you’re more motivated to get out there and ...
Views: 1957(5 votes) - Is Being a “Mind Reader” Part of Your Organization’s Job Descriptions? - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2011 from Skip WeismanThe Law of Specificity States: “To the degree that you are not specific in your communication that is the level of guessing or mind-reading the receiver of your message needs to do.” If people in your organization feel like they have to continually guess what is expected of them, or ...
Views: 1955 - Leadership Demands Straightforwardness and Honesty - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2007 from Terry WallLast month I talked to two people, whose companies had radically different displays of Congruence--the element of Trust that shows how well what you do reflects what you say. (See the end of the column for a free download of the questions from the Strategic Alignment Survey, which measures ...
Views: 1955 - How to Influence without Positional Authority and Improve Employee Morale Using 3 Simple Strategies - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2010 from Tony KubicaWe know what you're thinking... "Influence without positional authority" sounds like an oxymoron and if uttered in the organization, you believe you will have employees wondering about your sanity. Everyone knows that the only way you will get things done in an organization is to use your ...
Views: 1953(3 votes) - Leadership Development? Go Sailing! - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2010 from Patrick Driessen“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover!” - Mark Twain This week I had a pleasant introduction ...
Views: 1952(6 votes) - Why Need to Leadership Development Training - by Submitted on Jul 10, 2013 from Juan BeachWhen it comes to business priorities, survival and success, the importance of leadership training cannot be underestimated. The managers, supervisors and entire personnel are the major determining factors that directly impact the company’s productivity and success. This is one of the basic ...
Views: 1952(1 vote) - Leadership - The Key to Effective Team Building - by Submitted on Feb 20, 2013 from Arun Rao‘United we stand, divided we fall’. Nothing explains the importance of a team better. A successful organization is backed by a team that has worked hard and relentlessly - and to drive a team towards success, it is important to have a competent leader at the helm. Team building activities and ...
Views: 1951(1 vote) - Motivate Your Salespeople Like Richard Branson - by Submitted on Dec 18, 2009 from Ralph BurnsRichard Branson, the eccentric founder of Virgin Airlines and multiple other businesses is the epitome of "unconventional" businessman. He does things HIS way, he does things the way he feels are right...and with a billion or so in the bank, he's been more right than wrong. How he lives and ...
Views: 1950(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: 1945(2 votes) - Engagement: Getting Over the “Them versus Us” Mentality - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2013 from Pat HeydlauffMaximizing the productivity of workforce talent is the greatest leadership challenge in today’s marketplace. Increased efficiency and productivity means increasing razor-thin profitability. The answer lies in connecting the communication dots by tying workforce productivity to the company’s ...
Views: 1944(1 vote) - Trust is an Essential Factor in True Leadership - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from Debra SloverA basic element in leadership is trust. To trust means that you have confidence and faith in whomever or whatever you are trusting. Trust is in fact, essential for almost every facet of our lives. When people talk about trust, they talk mainly in terms of gaining, earning, or reclaiming ...
Views: 1944(2 votes) - Experience: A 21st Century Survival Skill - by Submitted on Mar 07, 2013 from Billy Arcement“If a man with money meets a man with experience, the man with experience will gain some money and the man with money will gain some experience” This quote is among my favorites. It attests strongly to the value experience can bring to our life and career. Experience has no substitute. Yet, ...
Views: 1941(1 vote) - 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: 1940(1 vote) - Achieving Results By Letting Go - The Art of Delegating - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2010 from Doris KovicAre you a master of doing it all, juggling priorities, constant meetings and email overload? When I ask leaders what change they could make to become more effective, one of the most common responses is that they need to delegate more. They recognize the need to delegate most of what comes ...
Views: 1939(10 votes) - Leadership Training: How To Lead Your Team Successfully By Getting Bad At What You Do - by Submitted on Mar 10, 2007 from Wally AdamchikLeader, manager, foreman, boss…. These titles (and others) describe people who are responsible for getting a job done by directing others. The key point to remember is more than one worker must be involved in the effort for the project to be completed correctly. Therefore, the leader must ...
Views: 1939 - 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: 1939(1 vote) - What You Emphasize Will Become Your Team Focus - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2012 from Sean GlazeWords, and how you emphasize them, are a powerful tool for establishing expectations, because what you emphasize will ultimately become the focus of your team. But you cannot be effective by emphasizing everything. If everything is important, then nothing is… and your job as leader is to ...
Views: 1935(2 votes) - What Are the Consequences of Your Actions? - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2010 from Dr. Robin RushloWe all know that whether it is in our business or in our personal lives, there are often consequences (intended and unintended) for our actions. Admittedly, sometimes we get lucky and the potential consequences never happen, but, more often, they do catch up with us. Your willingness to accept ...
Views: 1930(4 votes) - What Smart Women Leaders Know about Displaying Toughness, Tip #1 on Navigating the Double Standard - by Submitted on Nov 14, 2009 from June Werdlow RogersShe is a jellyfish or a stingray. Women face double standards on just about everything including about how tough she is. If a woman is diplomatic, she is regarded as “too soft” - more direct and she’s saddled with the label of “too harsh”. Had Secretary of State Hillary Clinton been a man ...
Views: 1930(4 votes) - Empower Your Sales People By Providing Them With Positive Behavioral Feedback - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2010 from Ralph BurnsThe sales manager is the sales rep’s direct line of communication between himself and his performance. If this line is cut, if the sales manager is somewhat incompetent or won’t do his job properly, then the company has a problem. One of the most important factors that could influence a sales ...
Views: 1926(7 votes) - Management and Leadership: A Continuum of Teach and Release - by Submitted on Dec 31, 2009 from Joan CurtisFor years I’ve studied management and leadership theories. Everyone says basically the same thing. Managers manage and leaders lead. Everyone wants to do the same thing— lead and not manage. In thinking about this conundrum while talking with an executive client, it occurred to me ...
Views: 1926(1 vote) - Business Etiquette - How To Fix 7 Commonly Broken Rules - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2011 from Monica Molstad BareshBusiness Etiquette - How to Fix The 7 Rules That Are Commonly Broken Business Etiquette is defined as "The customary code of polite behavior in society or among members of a particular profession or group." When many people think of etiquette, they think "prim and proper." However, in ...
Views: 1923(1 vote) - The Confidence/Competence Loop - by Submitted on Dec 19, 2012 from Angie ThompsonThere are several basic areas of study that, as we study them, we can become more effective coaches and leaders. This long list includes both human behavior and learning. The psychological concept I want to talk about today comes from the intersection of these two fields of study. Don’t ...
Views: 1923(1 vote) - It' Nice to be Ethical, but What's a Leader to do? - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2007 from Kathryn AlexanderW. Edwards Deming, of Total Quality fame, used to say that leaders had 80% of the power and responsibility in an organization. He’s right, and ethics is no exception. It’s become common practice for leaders to throw away their power in ethical situations and claim “it’s ...
Views: 1914 - Keen Awareness Is One Concept Of “Change Capacity” - by Submitted on Mar 20, 2008 from gay rogersTHE DISTANCE IS NOTHING; IT IS ONLY THE FIRST STEP THAT IS DIFFICULT “Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” Dr. Martin Luther King ...
Views: 1913 - To Be or Not To Be a Friendly Leader - by Submitted on Dec 17, 2009 from Emile JarreauThere are no limits to the expectations of people from their leader. The leaders are always expected to be better than the rest and make fair and effective decisions every single time. Most of the times, the leaders manage to fulfill these expectations, but in the few times that they don’t, they ...
Views: 1913(1 vote) - Don’t Read This…Unless You Want To Have A Really Good Sales Meeting - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Ralph BurnsWe’ve all sat through God-awful boring sales meetings right? Not exactly a good time, as I’m sure you’d agree… Has the thought ever occurred to you that your sales reps might feel like this almost every time you call a sales meeting? “Positively absurd” you say! Well, if you are one of the ...
Views: 1912(1 vote) - Leaders Take Action! - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2012 from Vernon MyersHave you ever been in a situation where you saw a leader take a specific action, yet you had no idea "why" or "how" the leader decided to take that specific action? Well, I have too! That's why I decided to study various leaders that I have worked with over 22 years and before long, I started to ...
Views: 1911 - Team Building Exercises For New Groups - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2012 from Richard HighsmithWhen a group is created, the members must build trust among themselves. A facilitator can move this process along through a variety of team building exercises. The intention of the "games" is to get the new group members to loosen up, get to know each other and begin to create trusting ...
Views: 1910 - A Note To Upper Management - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2009 from Andrew BaileyGet to know your lower management team. You never know when you will need them! Let me give you an example. About 10 years ago, I was working as a sales manager for a company that employed about 150 people in most states of Australia. We had a contract with a major teleco for supplying mobile ...
Views: 1909(2 votes) - Adolph Hitler’s Mein Kampf : A Concise Review of the Epic Biography - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2011 from Amy DyslexMein Kampf: The Infamous Biographical Book Meaning of Mein Kampf Mein Kampf means ‘my struggle’ in the German tongue and it was authored by the infamous leader of the Third German Reich, Adolf Hitler (1889-1945). Significance of Creation Rumored to be one of the most mysterious men in ...
Views: 1906(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: 1903(2 votes) - The Gift of Self: Key Characteristics Great Leaders Utilize - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2011 from Billy ArcementI was reading a brief article written in the early 1900’s by Elisabeth Leseur as part of my daily meditative materials. In the article she provided the following list of qualities attributed to those special holy people who serve as examples for all of us to emulate. As I read the article, it ...
Views: 1903(1 vote) - The Rewards of Servant Leadership - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2012 from Mike Henry Sr.Have you ever been diagnosed by someone as untrustworthy? Perhaps, they doubted you or your motives? Maybe they questioned something you did or said. These are not the people who have valid reasons for not trusting you but those who have simply misunderstood you. You don’t mean them any harm ...
Views: 1900 - How Team Building Activities Impact the Bottom Line - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2013 from Rob JacksonEverybody comes out of a team building workshop feeling renewed and with a deeper sense of camaraderie. The immediate splash back is that co-workers tend to be more helpful and tolerant of each other a few days after the activity. But unless the team building activities lead to some type of ...
Views: 1898(1 vote) - Sticky Situations with Clients - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Joan CurtisA customer breaks his word, chews out someone on your staff or keeps calling you in the middle of the night. What do you do? Do you shrug it off, remembering the customer is always right? When looking at sticky situations with clients, we sometimes decide to put our heads in the sand. Maybe ...
Views: 1898(4 votes) - Building a Winning Business Team - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2009 from Willie HortonAnyone out there got the guts to do it? I mean, is anyone "brave" enough to create and lead a team of like-minded people towards the kind of exceptional business success that one only sees, if one is lucky, once in a career? I've spent the last couple of weeks talking to and working with ...
Views: 1897 - HOW CONFIDENCE IN HIRING PRACTICES IMPACTS EARLY TURNOVER - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from William MillerHOW CONFIDENCE IN HIRING PRACTICES IMPACTS EARLY TURNOVER William E. Miller Hiring and developing new people are the first steps in building a winning organization and avoiding expensive employee turnover. To develop new people, especially during their initial training, managers must have ...
Views: 1897(1 vote) - Accomodating an Employee with a Learning Disability - by Submitted on Apr 02, 2011 from Beth MollenkampAccording to the National Center for Learning Disabilities, approximately 15 million people have learning disabilities in the United States. Specific Learning Disabilities has been defined as disorders that affect the ability to understand or use spoken or written language, do mathematical ...
Views: 1896 - Jobs worth? A tribute to Steve Jobs - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2011 from Mark EyreIt isn't often that I write a tribute to someone who has died, but I found that I was affected by the sad death of Steve Jobs. Death sometimes has that impact on me, particularly if it was someone I saw as brilliant. Michael Jackson was the last occasion where this happened. But it is ...
Views: 1893 - Why You Should Hire People With Volunteer Experience - by Submitted on May 29, 2019 from Jeremy SutterVolunteering is an extreme benevolent movement. There are so numerous ways to allow back to your neighborhood and make a contrast within the world. Why don’t you arrange a day where you and your group can get included and make a positive result. Every neighborhood has non-profit ...
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