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The following article is a part of SUCCESS-ME Newsletter vol.3
SUCCESS-ME just means Success Made Easy.
VALUE-ADDING TO ACHIEVE PERSONAL SUCCESS
Dear friend
Value-Adding also known as “adding value” is self-explanatory and a great concept often used in business. Value adding is to take ... Views: 997
Want Personal Success?
Want success? What is that? “Success” has many different meanings to different people. To some, success is not important. To others, success is everything. The following is for those who desire some understanding or blueprint to success or self fulfillment.
Let’s start ... Views: 456
Most business executives talk about the importance of collaborating with others. When it comes to execution, however, their behavior often violates this espoused belief. Why? Because "getting things done" becomes a higher priority than "getting people on board."
Fearing being perceived as ... Views: 1429
That's what is written on my new Holosync meditation CDs. How cool is that? What a terrific positive affirming message. I felt all warm and googly inside.
But what the heck does that actually mean?
What's wrong with the old me?
Actually, nothing.
The old me worked just fine. It got ... Views: 1167
Research on how the human brain can affect behaviors--called neuroscience, or the popular term, brain science--has yet to be fully appreciated by leaders of organizations. That knowledge could have a significant impact on how leaders are trained and what they do. In the past few decades, ... Views: 1598
I love Summer, I enjoy Spring, Fall is okay but Winter, man I am not a fan. For me Winter is too cold and too long. In my mind, I think let’s just get rid of Winter.
But what would happen if it was Summer all the time? Would I really want my neighbors in my yard year around? Or do I love ... Views: 768
If you are working in a direct sales or a retail environment, more than likely your sales targets for the month are decided upon by someone else in the company. More than likely too, your targets would be emailed to you before the end of the month for the following month. They set the targets ... Views: 1465
If I treated Paul with great kindness and generosity, he would praise me at my funeral as being the most wonderful man who ever lived. But if I also treated John with cruelty and cheated him every chance I could, he would have only terrible things to say.
The two would argue bitterly ... Views: 1452
These days, knowing what makes a good team leader is very important. There is a higher demand for people with effective leadership traits.
But not all leaders are born that way. Many of them have had to work at themselves before they became shining examples of leadership.
If you want to ... Views: 2875
Are you considering making the transfer to a team leader role? Or are you just curious as to the qualities of a good team leader? It’s rather different to a pure technical role - different skills are involved and not everyone is able to successfully make the change from a technical role into a ... Views: 1391
We know what organizations think motivates people. But the research says money isn’t an effective motivator. By the 1960s researchers were showing that paying employees a miserly wage or salary is an effective way to destroy their motivation, but once you are paying them enough, any additional ... Views: 3473
Each week I travel the country speaking to groups of leaders at meetings and conferences. No matter where I go I’m asked the same question time and again by leaders ranging from frontline managers to CEOs , “How can I motivate my employees?” I’ve heard this question repeated thousands of times. ... Views: 1746
In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
If you are like me, you learned that rhyme sometime in elementary school.
Specifically, Columbus left on his first voyage on August 3, 1492, sailing in search of a seagoing route from Europe to Asia with the vision of creating a trade route for ... Views: 977
Ever wonder what your hands say about your personality if someone approached you and said I can tell your future by just reading your palm what would you do ? would you be intrigued or would you simply just laugh and walk away?.
Palmistry and Kira Mansi are practices of foretelling the ... Views: 852
For all those who strive to be successful in their professional lives, whether they work for a corporation or they are an entrepreneur, there are a few things they (or should I say you) definitely need to have in order to achieve and keep their edge.
Having a vision is critical to being able ... Views: 1027
Who is the inspirational leader in your organization? A company needs just one focal person to bear the flag, as a Civil War flag bearer would ride in front of a cavalry unit, showing the way into battle with a symbol of pride. Employees long to work for organizations in which there is a purpose ... Views: 1196
By Kerrie Dancing Butterfly
Yes you! Yes everyone! Everyone has the potential to be a leader. Especially now, all voices, all ideas, all perspectives, all talents, all skills, all resources and all hands are needed to dream and manifest new sustainable solutions into our collective reality. ... Views: 746
It’s Tuesday morning at 7:00 a.m. as the Business Network International (BNI) meeting is called to order. As I looked around the room, I could see that some of the people were still yawning and appeared to be half awake. Others look like they had been up for hours and were excited to take part ... Views: 968
You’ve probably seen the “corporate values” posted on the wall somewhere of the headquarters of an organization, or on their website perhaps. You might actually read them and think to yourself, those are nice.
It might even give you a bit of a warm-n-fuzzy feel about the work that company is ... Views: 1400
Why do the Good Ones Quit and Leave &
The Poor Ones Quit and Stay?
Part I
The Top Three Reasons are!
Reason Number Three; They feel under valued and neglected, and in fact they usually are. They often make less money than longer term employees and contribute much more. Managers are busy ... Views: 2589
Why do the Good Ones Quit and Leave &
The Poor Ones Quit and Stay?
Part II
How We Deal More Effectively With Lower Performance Levels.
I am sure that most people are familiar with Pareto’s Principle or the 80/20 rule. It basically states that as a rule of thumb 80% of your sales come from ... Views: 2080
Why do the Good Ones Quit and Leave &
The Poor Ones Quit and Stay?
Part III
Why Aren’t They Doing What Is Expected?
In the Average and Low performance category we often find that “People do what is Inspected not Expected.” If you are not regularly checking on how things are going it isn’t ... Views: 939
There's a one-word reason most ideas never see the light of day: Resistance.
Resistance is often behind the glassy-eyed stares you get following a presentation, the sarcastic put-downs you have to put up with when you describe your vision for a new product or service, and people's abrupt ... Views: 1390
The bible provides direction for those who have ideas for future projects. The idea can be the creation of an invention or a children’s book. In the second chapter of Habakkuk, it states that visions (or ideas) should be written down adequately so that it can be implemented. However, many new ... Views: 1465
Everyone has been in a situation where gossip was happening and either they joined in, or silently stood by and did nothing to either stop it or move the conversation in a different and more positive direction. Of course, it's tempting to engage in "water-cooler" chit chat and gossip about your ... Views: 966
Onboarding.
It’s that very corporate sounding work for what used to be called New Employee Orientation.
If you work in a large organization, your HR department likely has created a process for doing this – and while the depth and success of these efforts may vary widely, chances are your ... Views: 655
Are you looking for ways to improve your team culture for the new year? Team building activities help build a purposeful team culture within your organization, so why not include a workshop in your annual kick-off meeting? One of the reasons companies have offsite team meetings is to not only ... Views: 1097
Welcome!
If you’re a business owner or executive who is responsible for managing people, you have special needs. You have to delegate effectively, stamp out reverse delegation, develop your people so they can take over some of your responsibilities and be super-efficient with your time so ... Views: 612
Across the country each spring thousands of graduation events are held. They are celebrations of accomplishments, the reaching of goals and more.
Interestingly, these events traditionally are called two different names as if they were synonyms: Commencement and Graduation.
As will be ... Views: 643
There aren’t many people who could say their opponents shed a tear at their funeral; however, that is reportedly what happened at the services for the late Edward Kennedy.
As with most current events, I found myself curious for the lesson(s) behind the story.
While researching Kennedy’s ... Views: 1400
Question raised during a recent success survey:
Why are there fewer women than men in leadership and management positions?
My perception is that this is changing, as women throughout the world are now better educated and make up a greater proportion of the working population than ever ... Views: 1060
In this age of whitewater change, too many people see work as a means to an end rather than as a means to personal greatness and self-actualization. We see work as a place we go to "put in the hours" and to generate income to pay the bills and deal with the responsibilities that life presents to ... Views: 1578
Yin and Yang are the key concepts originated in Taoism in the 3rd or 4th century BC in China. Yin is usually associated with feminine energy, representing the reflective and introvert facets of activities or personality; whereas Yang, related to masculine energy, is referred to strength and ... Views: 1224
Each day you bring strengths and weaknesses to work. You walk into the room (virtual or otherwise) with what makes you unique. Or as the saying goes, wherever you go, there you are. That is a good thing. It is all of the elements that make you, well you; that differentiate you from others. You ... Views: 923
Did you know that only 1% of the population is natural born leaders? So that old saying “great leaders are born, not made” can only be correct if 1% of the population is leading something. That can’t possibly be right! There are leaders everywhere doing everything.
The dictionary defines a ... Views: 783
Each human is capable of fostering excellence. The problem is that many feel ill prepared because they have never experienced excellence or they have an erroneous idea of what constitutes excellence.
So what is excellence? Excellence is individual. You must define that for yourself, but ... Views: 1208
As a manager you've probably faced some tough employee situations. Many of those "tough" situations often involve an employee not doing what you expect them to do or not delivering on what they were hired to produce. These situations are tough because they require you to have a conversation to ... Views: 608
A truly energizing leader acts as a catalyst - the one who ultimately gets people going. They move others out of their comfort zone by believing in them and providing the support those people need to take risks. This person can raise the passion and enthusiasm of others so they want to take ... Views: 14283
Where should you start as a leader and manager?
Everything in the universe has a beginning
1. Your beginning was the fusing of 23 chromosomes from your dad with 23 chromosomes from your mum. And, hey presto you sprang into existence!
2. The Honda Corporation began when Soichiro Honda ... Views: 1689
Before the heroes journey our laser sharp and strategic mind identifies and postulates experiences outside of us – intellectually, abstractly and compartmentalized.
Everything neatly in its place constricted, ridged and controlled by repetition and stale, lifeless air.
Synapse grooves ... Views: 1372
Tom Peters, alumnus of the management consulting firm of McKinsey & Company and one of today's best known and highest paid management gurus, first came to prominence in 1982 as he "knocked our socks off" with his eye-opening best-seller In Search of Excellence. This thought-provoking classic ... Views: 13653
“Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.” ~ Soren Kierkegaard
So many people equate successful leadership as the act of achieving results. Having patience can help you achieve results because it is the ability to tolerate frustration that can come about ... Views: 10256
I’ve been thinking a lot about what I believe to be the central challenge facing our clients right now, along with the rest of our society. It’s not an original concept by any means, but more and more I come to believe that it is the key to unlocking every success principle in ... Views: 3618
According to some research studies, the number one reason why managers and executives find themselves with a stalled or underperforming career is a lack of interpersonal skills. This might seem surprising, given the amount of training and attention given to technical skills and business ... Views: 6078
What do I mean by “Leadership with a small l”? I wrote about Leadership with a Big L for SelfGrowth.com http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Leadership_with_a_Big_L_-_4_Keys_to_Leading_When_it_is_Your_Job.html - that is being a leader when that is your job and responsibility to set objectives, map ... Views: 3632
Whenever I teach a class or give a presentation on teamwork, I always give the old adage of "There's no 'I' or 'U' in the word TEAM." Just like clockwork, as if drawn by the laws of physics, someone will shout out, "Yah, but there is a 'ME'!" I then enthusiastically reply, "YES!" My astute ... Views: 1193
Ever since my tour of duty in the Marine Corps, I have always aspired to be part of a great team. I have spent most of my career, regardless of what industry I was in, developing teams to help accomplish goals. Even if you work alone, you are still part of a team. Your vendors, clients, and ... Views: 5390
Certainly, the word "peace" evokes good feelings. It's a concept everyone would favor, right? Logic tells us that anyone with common sense would say, "I am for Peace," and every half wit would say, "I am against Peace."
What you hear the word "peace," what do you think? Does it conjure up ... Views: 855
Whether it’s a trainer, teacher, parent, politician or manager, great leaders are hard to come by. That said, being a great leader isn’t something that is unreachable; I believe that the very best and most memorable leaders amongst us should aim to have the following five qualities. ... Views: 3635
The pervasiveness of the current economic crisis, as well as the environmental crisis, the energy crisis, the educational crisis, the health care crisis, the looming social security crisis et cetera, are all screaming, “Something is terribly wrong!” How many even larger crises will we create ... Views: 1339