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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- Defining Leadership, What Exactly Is It? - by Submitted on Oct 12, 2011 from Ben SimontonMost attempts to define leadership refer to one or more characteristics of a leader or to an action that a leader takes, such as providing a vision, getting things done through people, or challenging the status quo. Problematically, these are mere descriptions, not definitions. The ...
Views: 1464 - Successful leadership – genuinely be yourself - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2012 from Jennifer Broadley‘What does it take to be successful in top leadership?’, I’m asked by a client about to step up to an MD-on-the-board role. And I found my usual coach approach of ‘empower the client to discover’ went right out the window. ‘If you really want to lead with style’, I said, ‘then genuinely be ...
Views: 1464(2 votes) - Lost And 20 Something - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2008 from Jeff MooreIt’s called the “quarter-life crisis” and mine was smacking me right in the face, as I sat on a picnic table outside of my now former employer’s. I sat there confused and lost wondering “what next?” Freshly kicked out of college and facing a year’s academic suspension, I couldn’t help but feel ...
Views: 1463 - Quiz - Are You a Passionate Leader - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2012 from Julie JohnsonHere’s a quick and easy quiz, based on my own experiences of leading – myself, my family, team members and others, as well as working with hundreds of other business leaders and managers over recent years. Leadership is particularly appropriate in the current climate, when so many people are ...
Views: 1463(2 votes) - The Reviews are In: Performance Reviews Suck - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2010 from Michelle RandallEarlier this month, the Wall Street Journal reports that 58% HR professionals give their own performance management systems a grade of C or below. Some go as far as saying performance reviews are hurting companies and should stop. So why do we keep doing them? Because it’s easier than the ...
Views: 1463(2 votes) - Managing Towards The Simplicity Just On The Other Side Of Complexity - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2011 from William CottringerManaging Towards The Simplicity Just On The Other Side Of Complexity By Bill Cottringer “I wouldn’t give a fig for the simplicity on this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity just on the other side of complexity.” ~Oliver Wendell Holmes. The main purpose ...
Views: 1462 - Steve Daines: Getting America Back to Work - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2011 from Steve DainesAs America’s unemployment rate stays stuck at the 9% level, one of my highest priorities is working toward policies that get Americans back to work. This country has a long history which proves that Government stimulus programs may create jobs for the short term but that high paying jobs that ...
Views: 1461(3 votes) - Facts vs Impressions. - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2018 from Ronny PrasadAn impression is simply a clue. A fact is something that you believe (through information). When was the last time you formed got an impression about someone or something that was not based on a fact? When was the last time you based something on what you thought was a fact, and it ...
Views: 1460 - Increase Effectiveness with Checklists - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2011 from Jane CranstonAtul Gawande is an accomplished scholar (Mac Arthur Fellow), a staff writer for The New Yorker, and a Harvard professor, in addition to being a well-respected surgeon. He is also an astute observer with a curious mind. In the world of surgery, infection kills more people than the operations. ...
Views: 1460(3 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: 1459(3 votes) - IT'S HARD TO FIND A RICH HERMIT - by Beyond the knowledge of business and it's complexities - way beyond the expertise of advertising gurus and marketing mavens, there is a place where the seeds of success germinate. Find this place and success and real happiness will be yours.
Why do I say it's hard to find a rich hermit? ...
Views: 1459 - Manager's Corner: If Something Feels Off, It Probably Is - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2009 from Liz WeberI messed up - big time. I knew deep in my gut something had to be wrong, but for some reason, I didn't have a frank, direct conversation with Joseph. During our numerous status meetings, I had accepted his rationalizations of a hectic travel schedule, numerous new team members, and uncooperative ...
Views: 1459 - Performance Evaluations: What's the Point? - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Marnie GreenPerformance evaluations are one of those things we just do in organizations. And often we don't really know why the heck we're doing them. I recently asked a group of employees why we do performance evaluations. I asked, "Why do we bother to design fancy forms, conduct training, and write ...
Views: 1459(4 votes) - The Straight Shooter - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2017 from Yvette BethelWhen we think of a straight shooter we tend to think of persons who can be depended on to communicate the truth. While this is accurate, straight shooters come in many varieties. There are persons who use straight shooting to support members of their teams and others use it to destroy. Some ...
Views: 1459 - The Road to Global Peace - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2010 from Craig LockTHE ROAD TO GLOBAL PEACE In the light of the current state of the world, here are a few personal thoughts that may be of interest, based on the "rather miraculous" transformation of South Africa. From one time "pariah" apartheid state wracked by violence and conflict... to a relatively ...
Views: 1458(4 votes) - Team Building: Meaning Motivates - by Submitted on May 01, 2012 from Valencia RayTeam building is too often looked upon as “some things” to do instead of “some ones” to become. Teams are composed of people, not parts like a machine. In fact, it is time to stop treating your body and life as parts, somehow separated into bits and pieces. If we only use our left-brain mental ...
Views: 1457 - Women and Business: What Does a Woman’s Entrepreneurial Spirit Look Like? - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2011 from Karen KellerToday's successful women entrepreneurs are sharp, savvy and highly skilled. Some have solo-enterprises, while others run multi-national organizations. All have one thing in common - an entrepreneurial spirit that just won't stop. More and more women are entering the world of business. In ...
Views: 1456(2 votes) - Leaders - Top 10 Tips to Develop Passion - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2012 from Julie JohnsonIn previous articles I explored passion and leadership. I want to continue this theme today to answer the questions I received from some of you who are struggling in this area and from some who find that passion is something that you display some but not most of the time. As you read through ...
Views: 1454(2 votes) - Lessons in Leadership, Resilience & Innovation - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from paige arnof-fennAs an entrepreneur and business owner I see examples of innovation everywhere, I think it is part of the entrepreneurial DNA! We have to solve problems every day but luckily most of them are not life and death situations. The world had an amazing lesson in innovation last month with the 33 ...
Views: 1452 - Become a Skilful and SuccessfulLeader - by Submitted on Mar 22, 2011 from Andrew HortonBecome a Skilful and Successful Leader Inspirational Speakers When you are in a position of leadership and you want to attract top quality people to assist you to realize all your goals. Start by becoming the kind of quality person you are trying to attract yourself. Always lead by ...
Views: 1450 - Leaders Know the First Report is Usually Wrong - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2012 from Vernon MyersAs a leader, the requirement to communicate accurate information is extremely important. In a crisis situation the stakes increase, the leader not only requires accurate information, the information needs to be communicated to constituents in a timely fashion. Unfortunately, the ...
Views: 1450 - The Leaders of Tomorrow Must Be Warned or We Are in Trouble - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from SCOTT LIFERIn the midst of the largest socioeconomic breakdown of the 21st century, the new twenty something era and the young entrepreneurs must take a stand for freedom with the help of coaches and mentors if we are to have a chance of regaining our freedoms and most importantly that American Spirit that ...
Views: 1450(1 vote) - 3 Mistakes in Defining Success - by Submitted on Oct 05, 2009 from Zoe RouthWhen it comes to defining 'success', there are three crucial mistakes you may be making, and it's keeping you from experiencing the abundant success you deserve. Mistake #1 - You're addicted to the adrenaline of 'achieving'. Striving for something and reaching it is satisfying. Like ...
Views: 1449(4 votes) - How to Be More Efficient as a Business Owner - by Submitted on Oct 24, 2015 from Stephanie FrascoWhat is that one thing business owners should always look for? The answer: trying to grow and improve themselves more and more. A business owner who knows how to run his company also knows how to motivate and make his employees feel appreciated. He also knows how to handle his business partners ...
Views: 1448 - Why you only have yourself to blame if your business is struggling - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2011 from Chantal CookeIt’s really easy – and highly tempting - to blame poor performance on other people or circumstances– but are you yourself the problem? Are you really fit to lead? For instance, do you ever find yourself repeating behaviours such as; recruiting the wrong people; having key people leave ...
Views: 1448(1 vote) - How to Leave the Rescue Role Behind - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2011 from Marlene ChismWhen I was a kid, I went to the public pool almost every day. One particular day, my friend Sheri Lou Green went with me. At ten years-old Sheri Lou was an awkward swimmer, slapping the water and fighting for every stroke. The lifeguard noticed Sheri Lou flailing about and threw her a life ...
Views: 1447 - Information Bloated, Wisdom Starved! - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2012 from Ingrid MartineHave you ever had the thoughts “I have too much information and too many choices without a way to choose what’s right for me. I don’t have time to do all I need to do. I need to go on an information diet.”? “I need to go on an information diet” is our solution to the uncomfortable experience ...
Views: 1447 - Teamwork: The Gift of a Present Hero - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2006 from Shelley HolmesImagine driving through a quiet countryside toward town. You round a curve in a narrow country road and come upon a traffic jam ahead. Cars in front of you are backed up around the next curve. Cars coming toward you are evenly spaced out and accelerating up to speed, as if they have stopped for ...
Views: 1447 - The Five Pillars of Leadesrhip Success - by Submitted on Feb 18, 2013 from Gary HomesThe 5 Pillars of Leadership Success In the wild, in a pack of dogs, there is one leader and a hierarchy of followers. If the leader of the pack is a stable and balanced leader, the pack will prosper. If the leader is unbalanced or unstable then either the pack will too become unstable, ...
Views: 1447(1 vote) - The "Orbital Effect" for Business Success - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2012 from Pat HeydlauffLeadership was on display as the audience hung on every word uttered two weeks ago in Ft. Lauderdale, FL by Bob Danzig, former nationwide head of the Hearst Newspaper Group and vice president of the Hearst Corporation. For 20 years this industry giant was the epitome of what leadership should be ...
Views: 1446(1 vote) - 4 Habits That Make A Bad Leader - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2017 from Jeremiah OwyangBeing a leader comes with a laundry list of associated traits. Everything from a sense of loyalty to a risktaking spirit to a family man attitude has been listed as a necessary requirement of leadership. But leadershp isn’t just about the characteristics you do have. It’s also the mistakes you ...
Views: 1445 - Leaders Make Mistakes Too! - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2010 from Raymond ShinaultAs a Leaders it may be comforting for us to set small, easily-achievable goals instead of big massive ones, this will work against you in the end. Why? because setting large, seemingly impossible goals spurs your mind to think differently. We should set deadlines for achieving our goals for it ...
Views: 1445(1 vote) - Lead From Any Seat - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2009 from t. Scott GrossAccording to the tiny digital clock in front of the mayor’s seat to my left the time was 5:58, two minutes to go before the gavel would shake our audience of citizens and staff to attention. In a hundred twenty seconds or so the Council members, five including the mayor would sit up straight ...
Views: 1443 - Are you a team player? - by Submitted on Mar 21, 2010 from Wayne KehlAre you a team player? "Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision…the ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results" Andrew Carnegie The quote above, applies to ...
Views: 1441(5 votes) - As a Public Speaker, Can You Hold Your Audience’s Attention ? - by Submitted on May 20, 2018 from Steven StasczakEven if you consider yourself a confident public speaker, one that has no problem speaking in front of an audience or group the question is can you truly reach them? Many public speakers or presenters can get up in front of an audience and blaze right through their prepared speech or ...
Views: 1440 - Leaders Can't Be Trained - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2010 from Michael BeckDespite the hundreds of books, programs and websites devoted to leadership, the truth is that leaders can't be trained. Leaders need to be developed. Hopefully this doesn't seem like a simple matter of semantics, because it isn't. Let me illustrate this distinction. Leadership is more ...
Views: 1440(4 votes) - Leaders vs. Losers - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Jim Mathis"Show me a good loser and I will show you a loser." -Paul Newman I have to admit, I am a poor loser. I don't like losing business that I have worked hard to secure. I don't like when my team works ...
Views: 1440(3 votes) - Powerful, Successful, Ambitious Women - by Submitted on Apr 04, 2012 from Sarah HathornFor more than 30 years I’ve coached and mentored women who are top-caliber Fortune 500 executives and high-level entrepreneurs. Meanwhile during that whole time I was either a Fortune 100 senior executive or the founding CEO of my own successful consulting firm. Many things have changed for ...
Views: 1440(1 vote) - How To Be A Bad Leader - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2011 from Wayne KehlMy articles usually focus on how to be a good leader or a better leader. In fact, most leadership articles available on the internet or elsewhere focus on the positive elements of leading. Many leadership writers prefer to write about completely positive things and focus on what leaders should ...
Views: 1439(1 vote) - 5 Keys to Unlocking Your Leadership – Part 2 of 6 - by Submitted on Nov 23, 2017 from Michele MolitorThis is the 2nd post in my series to give you the Keys to Unlocking Your Power and Presence as a Woman Leader. What’s needed to create better work-life balance and well-being so you can shine more brightly? Here is step one that you need to know in order to expand your power and presence as a ...
Views: 1437(2 votes) - How to Have a Highly Productive and Profitable Team - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2009 from Lorraine PirihiBefore you start complaining that your team are causing you headaches and not performing the way you want, take a look at yourself first. Gary who runs a plumbing business has 5 staff. He was always complaining that they were lazy, didn't use their initiative and would take advantage of him. ...
Views: 1437(5 votes) - Exploring Personality and Leadership Traits - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2012 from Manoj VyasHow does Personality contribute to Leadership Potential? Despite extensive debate going back many years concerning the nature of personality, there is still some uncertainty about key factors, particularly when we try to define leadership traits. Is there a clear link between personality ...
Views: 1436 - Secret Influence In Submission - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2009 from Vonzel SawyerI was moving along with one of the most important things I do on a daily (okay every 4-5 days) basis. This is something I can’t do without and gives me the greatest of pleasures. Yes, I was cooking chili and baking cornbread. Eating is a pleasure especially when you place a personal touch on the ...
Views: 1436(3 votes) - 8 Ways to Engage Employees and Power-Up Performance During a Recession - by Submitted on Jun 20, 2009 from Roxanne EmmerichIf you've seen the movie Jerry Maguire, you'll remember the scene where Tom Cruise asks Cuba Gooding, Jr., "What can I do for you?" Gooding says, "Show me the money." Many employers think that's the key to employee engagement. But any company that THINKS you have to pour money on employees ...
Views: 1434(6 votes) - How to Build Trust: 12 Keys to Effective Leadership - by Submitted on Oct 20, 2017 from Michele MolitorWhat does it feel like when you really trust someone? There is a sense of calm. Of peace. A Knowing if you will. It’s the feeling you get when you know that someone has your back. Trust is something that is earned. Earned day after day through your consistent behaviors, words, actions ...
Views: 1434(2 votes) - Still Using Those Tired Old Office Buzzwords? - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2010 from Dave Neal“Paradigm shift.” “Value-add.” “Win-win.” “Customer-centric.” “Outside-the-box.” “Leverage our core competencies.” Clichéd terms like these buzz around the office like flies at a hot summer picnic … and they’re just as annoying. Language is alive, and when it’s not, it’s time to liven things ...
Views: 1434 - Teams with Momentum are Unstoppable - by Submitted on Mar 10, 2012 from Andrew HortonI am sure that you have heard of the ten year overnight success. This happens when all of a sudden someone seems to appear from nowhere and turns into an overnight success. They seem to just arrive on the scene, where they have the Midas touch and cannot put a foot wrong. They enjoy one ...
Views: 1434 - ***Can you Train your Brain for Leadership? - by Submitted on May 24, 2011 from Sylvia LafairDo you want to be an amazing human being; in all relationships, with everyone? Then take the tools of great debaters and get the whole picture. Get in the habit of seeing all sides of disputes, all sides of situations. Even if you are committed to one point of view, you can grab it back after ...
Views: 1433 - Seven Elements of an Effective Team - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2011 from Len D'InnocenzoSuccessful team members don't do the same thing at the same time. They do the right thing at the right time. And while team members work together toward a common goal, individuals still must play their separate parts in the process. As organizations rely more on teams to innovate, problem solve, ...
Views: 1433 - Your Prosperity Today can Become Your Adversity Tomorrow: A Case Study of Zimbabwe - by Submitted on Dec 29, 2018 from Godwin Terhemba IhaghIt’s a sad fact that many people and nations once experienced a level of prosperity which is now almost forgotten because they are in a state of great adversity and misfortune. Evidence abounds everywhere that prosperity can become adversity within the twinkle of time’s eyes. In 1980, Zimbabwe ...
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