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Views: 643(2 votes) - Psychology and Leadership: What Does Your Style Say about You? - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2011 from Lynda-Ross VegaLeadership is a complex skill that is difficult to pin down. Much of the research on the subject has focused on obvious traits such as command, decision making, risk-taking, etc. While these definitions capture much of what is widely recognized as leadership in business and politics, it limits ...
Views: 720(2 votes) - Public Speaking Presentation Skills - How to Open Your Speech - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2012 from Doug StevensonAt a recent corporate storytelling workshop for Microsoft, I was asked a question that I hear frequently: “How do I open my speech?” Several others in the room agreed that the first two or three minutes of a speech are often the most awkward. Is it that way for you, as well? Do you have a ...
Views: 3421(2 votes) - Redefine Yourself - by How do you define yourself? As a mother, daughter, wife, friend, husband, son, teacher, student, lawyer, accountant, or any one of a myriad different titles? Or do you define yourself by others' perception of you? Do any of these come close to your own knowledge, your own personal experience of ...
Views: 6527(2 votes) - Secrets to Stop Self-Sabotage: The Mindset Key to Higher Earnings and Career Success - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2012 from Sarah HathornAfter they hear my personal story of how I rose to a senior executive position with a Fortune 100 company in record time, many of my clients ask how if it’s also possible for them to step up their game and make a lot more money fast. The answer is yes, but it involves some critically ...
Views: 1324(2 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: 1280(2 votes) - Seven Leadership Lessons from Great Basketball Coaches - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Angie ThompsonThe first thing I remember purchasing with my own money that I earned was a basketball. Basketball GymAs a boy, when I wasn`t working on the farm, often I was shooting baskets. While my high school career stalled for a variety of reasons (being small, 5`9", and having mononucleosis as a ...
Views: 932(4 votes) - Strategic Leadership Success: - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Dawgelene SangsterLeaders are good at gazing across the horizon of time, imagining the attractive opportunities that are in store when they and their constituents arrive at a distant destination (Kouzes & Posner, 2007). Knowing this, how can leaders create a strategy in leading their organizations to the positive ...
Views: 1739(2 votes) - Take a Tip from Tiger, Lance and Kobe - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2009 from Angie ThompsonTiger Woods. Lance Armstrong. Kobe Bryant. These men are just three examples of people acknowledged to be among the very best in the world at their craft. They all have something in common though that might not immediately spring to mind. They all have coaches. While I picked ...
Views: 780(2 votes) - The Best Gifts Ever - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2009 from Angie ThompsonI don`t know about you, but I can pretty easily make a top five list of gifts I`ve received for my birthday or Christmas. Some things stand out for their usefulness, some for the thought that was behind them and some just because they were cool. And while I have enjoyed all the gifts on my ...
Views: 677(2 votes) - 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) - The Economics of Peace in The Middle East (from ‘The New Middle East’ by Shimon Peres) - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2016 from craig lock ("incorrigible encourager and people-builder")https://peacepursuit.wordpress.com/2016/09/28/the-economics-of-peace-in-the-middle-east-from-the-new-middle-east-by-shimon-peres/ https://middleeastpeacepursuit.wordpress.com/2016/09/28/the-economics-of-peace-in-the-middle-east-from-the-new-middle-east-by-shimon-peres/ “Together, one ...
Views: 1731(2 votes) - The Gift of Goals - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2013 from Angie ThompsonTwelve days ago I started a series of posts I called The 12 (Leadership) Days of Christmas. In it I said that for each of the next 12 days, in keeping with the song, I would offer you a leadership task, designed to be a gift to both you and your team if you completed it and acted on it. The ...
Views: 708(2 votes) - The Leader As Champion Of Morality - by Submitted on Jul 17, 2013 from Gerhard van RensburgAs a leader you can be a good administrator, a good manager, a good negotiator, a shrewd politician, an astute businessman or a good strategist. But do others see you as a leader with moral authority? And is it important? When we evaluate the qualities of leaders we typically think of ...
Views: 2022(2 votes) - The Power of Words - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Gene Griessman(Some years ago I wrote this Lincoln soliloquy for the training film "Lincoln On Communication" and subsequently incorporated it into my one-man play "The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln." It is included in Chapter 19 of LINCOLN SPEAKS TO LEADERS. ) "Words have been used to encourage and ...
Views: 796(2 votes) - The Private and the General - by Submitted on Jul 17, 2008 from Ed RunciLong ago, I was given the opportunity to do a special project for a man whom I've admired ever since. He was the Commanding General of the organization to which I was assigned at the time. We were talking one day. Somehow the conversation got around to why he'd become an Army officer. He'd ...
Views: 1324(2 votes) - The Secret to Career Success: Negate the Negative - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2012 from Sarah HathornPerhaps the biggest secret to career success – whether you are an entrepreneur or high potential leader working for a major corporation – is to learn how to neutralize or negate negativity. Negative energy comes in two forms, internal and external. To help insulate yourself from the external ...
Views: 1314(2 votes) - The Secret Weapons of a Good Business Leader - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2011 from Karen Kleinwort"The very core of leadership is that you need to have vision. You can’t blow a hesitant trumpet." This is what well-known scholar Theodore M. Hesburgh said about leadership. Leadership is a very desirable attribute among successful people no matter what type of business they are in. And if you ...
Views: 1256(4 votes) - Tips for Enhancing Your Personal Confidence - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from Marnie GreenA primary goal of our new Painless Performance Conversations workshop is to build confidence in leaders so that they can successfully conduct the tough, yet important, conversations with employees. Here are five tips for boosting your confidence as a performance manager: 1. If not you, then ...
Views: 734(2 votes) - Transitioning New Employees into the Workplace with Employee Mentoring Programs - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2011 from Cecile PeterkinHiring new employees is a very different experience for different companies. In some cases, there are challenges because of diversity issues and cases in which there are concerns about whether or not the fit will be right - especially when the company is hiring someone younger to lead a ...
Views: 1655(2 votes) - 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) - Warning! Values May Be Detrimental to Your Organization’s Health - by Submitted on May 14, 2009 from Pat LynchDo your employees complain of favoritism, or inconsistency in decision-making, or lack of fairness? If so, the problem – and the solution – may be your organization’s values. On its face, identifying values to guide workplace behaviors and decisions seems reasonable, productive, and highly ...
Views: 1218(2 votes) - What Do You Do About an Indecisive Board? - by Submitted on May 07, 2012 from Terry ClarkSome Boards have a hard time making decisions. Certainly some decision making does need to take the appropriate time, with accurate information and healthy debate occurring. There are times when decisions need to be postponed or motions tabled HOWEVER if a Board routinely does this there is a ...
Views: 2615(2 votes) - What Influences You As A Leader? - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2013 from Anne WarfieldWhat influences successful entrepreneurs to make the decisions that they make? Is there a secret formula? Bill Gates has put his money and his brain to good causes. When asked what influenced him to make the decisions he does, Bill replied that it was his Dad. Now least you think that Bill ...
Views: 872(2 votes) - What Is Leadership? - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2011 from Wayne KehlWith a title like that you might think I bit off a little more than I can chew. You might be right, but because there are literally thousands of articles, blogs and websites dedicated to discussions of leadership, I wanted to offer a logical definition of it in a thousand words or less. Here ...
Views: 1157(2 votes) - What is leadership? - by Submitted on Jan 05, 2012 from Marcia BattenSome of the definitions of leadership that I’ve found: • The organisation of people to achieve a common goal • The action of leading a group of people or organisation • The process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a ...
Views: 1218(2 votes) - What to Do if You Are the Only "Adult" in the Room - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2012 from William DiedrichHave you ever felt that the people around you were acting like children and you were the only real adult in the room? It could be at work, or at a family gathering, a community meeting, or reading some blog. Maybe you listened to people gossip, share opinions as if they were facts, or watched as ...
Views: 2621(2 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: 2446(4 votes) - When You Are Looking for a Motivational Speaker - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2013 from Jef MenguinI suggest that you consider these three criterions when you are looking for a motivational speaker. The first is experience. Since you want your people to go somewhere, I think your motivational speaker must have some experience walking and running. At least, he must be able to say what to do ...
Views: 1263(2 votes) - Why a Top Sales Manager Must Always "Tune Into the Right Frequency" - by Submitted on Dec 18, 2009 from Ralph BurnsIt's definitely clichéd, but I think this is one of the most critical elements to successful sales management and that is to make sure you are tuned into the right radio frequency with your salespeople. There's only one radio station that your sales executives like to listen to and that radio ...
Views: 1086(2 votes) - Workplace Issues in a Downturn Economy: HR Advice for Employers - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2009 from Jerry JellisonA downturn in the economy troubles employers and scares the life out of employees. Employees know that if the down trend continues, one of the certainties that some will face is employee layoffs. How many and who, are the questions of concern to everyone when it comes to layoff time. What To Do ...
Views: 2003(2 votes) - Deaf Communication - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2010 from Saritza ZambranaWe live in a culture where we become addict to conversational approval approach. The continuous exercise of giving approval so we can feel approved. For example; we say something and then immediately the listener add some comment too. This occurs almost instantly and without pauses. We are ...
Views: 1705(7 votes) - Finding the Strength to Speak in Public - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2010 from Eneida PintoAs a speaker, people usually come up after a presentation to congratulate me on a job well done. Of course, this is good for the ego, but I sometimes wonder where all the awe comes from. After all, the only thing I did was stand in front of a room of hundreds of people and spoke. We speak to ...
Views: 1095(7 votes) - Building Effective Teams and Dealing with the True Cause of Stress Using this Simple NLP Model - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2010 from Mark BuchanRemoving stress in a team is just one way of helping people to become their best and reach their potential. Very often stress is misunderstood or the causes of stress maybe misdiagnosed. In this article I describe one of the most common causes of stress that very often people fail to identify: ...
Views: 2372(5 votes) - Integrity – the Need for a Spiritual Component - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2013 from Pat HeydlauffSpirituality is the new frontier for integrity-driven leadership. Employees, the workplace environment and economics used to drive the operation of a business; today the workforce and their consumers or clients are looking for something more. A number of years ago Vince Lombardi, past head ...
Views: 2200(5 votes) - Using NLP to Build Effective Teams - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2010 from Mark BuchanRule 1: Say what you want (not what you don’t want) This is probably the most important rule of NLP. It is very important to remember that EVERYTHING that we say, think or do has an impact on our unconscious mind. It is our goal as NLP practitioners to continually programme our minds with what ...
Views: 3818(5 votes) - Give and Fill Your Jar! - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2010 from Saritza ZambranaI feel so much curiosity when people describe themselves as "giving persons". And there is a question that seems to be out of sight. And that question is: what is it you give? The same thing occurs every time a leader describes himself as a committed person. And then their results show a ...
Views: 1627(8 votes) - ***Gallup Pollsters are Not Business Consultants - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2012 from Doug StaneartEvery few years a new training fad will become very popular and be all the rage, but these fads are often short lived. The fads are typically introduced to the business world by a charismatic speaker or a well publicized book, but they all have a single aspect in common -- the results that they ...
Views: 9252(3 votes) - 5 Ways to Become a Better Leader at the Office - by Submitted on Dec 24, 2012 from Dunya CarterWhether you are a manager who wants to improve or someone looking for ways to shine in hopes of becoming a manager, there are actions you can take to become a better leader at the office. Taking the following steps will show your employer that you are an ambitious employee with leadership ...
Views: 1006(3 votes) - 7 Components of Effective Leadership - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2009 from Means DavisPowerful leadership is exactly what most of us look for, in ourselves as well as outside ourselves. We look for people who provide that extraordinary quality that pulls people toward them, makes great endeavors appear effortless, and, in short, make us envious! So we went to look for what ...
Views: 14394(3 votes) - A Conscious Business Is More Than Conscious Practices - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2012 from Barry LipscombMany years ago the company I was working for at the time began to engage various culture shaping initiatives. As a “consciousness nerd” my curiosity was piqued as I looked forward to being exposed to new theories and perhaps a deeper understanding of my own nature. Unfortunately, it was a ...
Views: 1083(3 votes) - Are You a Responder or a Reactor? - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2010 from Angie ThompsonIn a recent leadership workshop a participant asked me: "How can I get staff to think about choices or decisions and not just react?" My first thought was of a classic Zig Ziglar story that talks about the big difference one word can make. Zig said (and I`m paraphrasing): Imagine going ...
Views: 3297(3 votes) - Are You Ready For The 'New' You? - by Submitted on Nov 03, 2009 from Zoe RouthDo you want more from yourself? Do you want more from your life? And are you ready for it? Chances are you do want more. Chances are you know what that might look like too - more money, more freedom, more love, more goofing off at the beach, more canoodling on the couch, more romantic dinners, ...
Views: 1309(3 votes) - Definition: Leadership Traits - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2008 from Shelly WalkerStudies of leadership have suggested qualities that people often associate with leadership. They include: Technical/specific skill at some task at hand Charismatic inspiration - attractiveness to others and the ability to leverage this esteem to motivate others Preoccupation with a role - ...
Views: 6693(3 votes) - Does Your Manager Have Leadership Skills? How Do You Know? - by Submitted on May 20, 2011 from Ken SundheimThere is a big difference between managers and leaders. Managers are those who come to work, make sure all subordinates are getting the necessary tasks done, then leave at 5:00, never to really make a difference. Managers sustain. They fail to upgrade their teams. They see no return in ...
Views: 1277(3 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: 1141(3 votes) - Effects-Based Thinking: Part II - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2011 from James MurphyIn 'Effects-Based Thinking - Part I', the definition of effects-based thinking, or EBT, was established as an approach to strategic planning which contributes to long-lasting organizational impacts. Expanding on this concept, let's look at what the differences between strategic planning with EBT ...
Views: 1338(3 votes) - Five Reasons Why Every Leader is a Salesperson - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2010 from Angie ThompsonWhat images, thoughts and feelings come to mind when you think of or hear the word "salesperson"? * Stereotypical, slick-talking, used car sales people * Well-spoken financial manager * The guy everyone loves who sells his wares on the golf course Whether you have positive thoughts and ...
Views: 692(3 votes) - Goal Achieving - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2009 from Gerard ODonovanAs children we grow up with dreams and as adults it is important that we continue them as it is when we stop dreaming that we start to whither and die. Man was born to dream; he was also born to achieve. The more dreams we have the more alive we are, although we don’t always have to achieve ...
Views: 1471(3 votes) - How to Build and Lead a Team of High Performers? - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2012 from Arun RaoEver wondered why a particular sports team is on the winning side most times. It is due to a strong team dynamics, which motivate each individual to be a high performer. Team dynamics is one of the critical leadership competencies to build and lead a high performing team. No matter the size of ...
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