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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- Leadership Strategies for a Networked World: - by Submitted on Jul 10, 2011 from Edward KnabPosted by Dr. Edward Knab Globalization has caused the world to shrink and most of us in one way or another do business with individuals across the globe. Developing a global perspective is an important aspect of building a global network which can be extremely helpful to your personal and ...
Views: 1486(2 votes) - Leadership Theories - How They Apply To Your Daily Routine - by Submitted on Oct 28, 2011 from Chris D'CruzLeadership theories are all about how best someone directs their group and or even themselves in achieving their goals thus becoming successful. People do apply leadership theories in their day to day business even without knowing it. These theories do apply to group members if you are involved ...
Views: 621(2 votes) - Leadership Tip - Why You Need to Give Compliments - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2010 from Meredith BellIn the course of a typical work day, you interact with your team members many times. During those encounters, you have lots of opportunities to compliment, thank or praise them. But if you're like many other leaders, you don't. Ever thought about why you withhold positive feedback when it ...
Views: 1068(6 votes) - Leadership Tips for Troubled Times - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2012 from Sarah HathornHere are my top three tips for leaders who find themselves challenged by the unprecedented events and markets of 2011. 1. Leverage leadership opportunities into enhanced career value – Assert yourself as a leader by accepting even greater responsibility without being asked. Go beyond the call ...
Views: 949(1 vote) - LEADERSHIP TOOL: DEVELOPING SUCCESS HABITS - by Submitted on Jan 31, 2013 from Scott HunterAre you tired of the standard practice of developing New Year’s resolutions and then feeling guilty because you have not followed through on them? Many would answer a resounding YES! In Jack Canfield’s book, The Success Principles, he provides some interesting insights and a fresh approach ...
Views: 777(1 vote) - Leadership Training: Pick the Right Training for You - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2011 from Debra SloverChoosing the right leadership training for yourself, your team, your classroom, your employees or family can be confusing and even a little frightening. If you search for training on the Internet, you might discover leadership training that uses words like "black belt" or "boot camp" or even ...
Views: 690(1 vote) - Leadership – It’s Not Always Immediately Obvious - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2012 from Gary JordanCollaborative Leadership: of the six different leadership profiles described in Leadership Strengths Profiles, this is the one most commonly misunderstood. This is not surprising as the hallmarks of Collaborative Leadership, subtlety, refinement, nuance, elegance, and unobtrusiveness are the ...
Views: 1012(1 vote) - Leadership – Let Me Give It To You As Straight As I Can - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2011 from Chris RuisiIf you’re like me, you recognize that becoming an effective leader demands hard work and commitment. It requires more than just reading but actual “doing” and learning from your experiences. Sometimes when we are in the “doing” mode we forget some of what we have read and then realize after the ...
Views: 1158(2 votes) - Leadership, Personal Growth and Maslow – Beyond Theory - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2012 from Valencia RayI’ve noticed leadership and personal development being associated with Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs as a framework in online and offline conversations these days. Maslow was obviously a thought leader, especially ahead of his time. I see an interesting twist, however, that deviates from the ...
Views: 1149(1 vote) - Leadership: A Way of Thinking Not a Position - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2012 from Anne WarfieldLeadership is not a position but a way of thinking. When you recognize and embrace that concept it will change how you view yourself as well as others, especially those on your team or managers. I bring this up because I see too many leaders act as though they have “arrived.” Suddenly every ...
Views: 1023(1 vote) - Leadership: An Indispensable Skill for Successful Professionals and Companies - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2011 from Diane CraigLeadership is a skill that is not reserved solely for managers, directors, VPs, or anyone else who is the head of a department or a company. It is a crucial quality that any valuable employee should demonstrate in some form or another in the workplace. The term “leadership” can encompass a wide ...
Views: 1105(1 vote) - Leadership: Does the Situation Matter? - by Submitted on Aug 15, 2012 from Lynda-Ross VegaIn previous posts we’ve talked about two major camps of leadership theorists: those who believe leadership is all about a handful of universal traits, and those who believe it’s all about a handful of different leadership styles. Both of these approaches clearly have merit. After all, there ...
Views: 1046(1 vote) - Leadership: Is It All About Style? - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2012 from Lynda-Ross VegaDo all leaders possess the same key traits? The ancient Chinese general Sun Tzu thought so. In his famous book on leadership, The Art of War, he proposed that all effective leaders possess the same five characteristics: intelligence, trustworthiness, humaneness, courage, and discipline. In ...
Views: 1005(1 vote) - Leadership: The Courage to Actually Lead - by Submitted on Jan 23, 2013 from Valencia RayReal leadership is about having the courage to inspire change and engage the heart of others to take action. Not just action for the sake of action; there also needs to be clarity of ‘why’ you are choosing a given course of action. What are you as a leader doing that is different than you did ...
Views: 1125(1 vote) - Leadership: The Power of Extemporaneous Speaking - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2009 from Gene GriessmanAbraham Lincoln wrote: "Extemporaneous speaking should be practiced and cultivated; it is the lawyer's avenue to the public. However able and faithful he may be in other respects, people are slow to bring him business, if he cannot make a speech." When Lincoln spoke of extemporaneous ...
Views: 1498(1 vote) - Leadership: What Is It? And Why Is It So Important to Us? - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2012 from Lynda-Ross VegaGoogle the word “leadership” and the search will return 360 million results. This staggeringly large number points out one “truism” about leadership – it is a topic about which much has been said and written. A brief survey of even the first page of Web results will reveal that there are ...
Views: 1088(1 vote) - Leading with Presence - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Angela SmytheLeaders are a key element of any successful organisation or business, without effective and engaging leaders in place a company built on people will lack direction and be unable to fulfil their objectives. The trouble with leadership is that not every leader knows how to act when they are ...
Views: 2235(5 votes) - Learning Leadership - by Submitted on May 25, 2011 from Sonu ParasharAn organization that does not groom its work force to meet the challenges of a dynamic work environment is bound to fail. It is very important to prepare today’s executives for future leadership. A 2nd line of defense of a fall back plan is required in every sphere of life. And organizations are ...
Views: 779(1 vote) - Learning Leadership Development: Managing Leadership For Corporate Initiatives - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2013 from Sonu ParasharThe first starting point is the tests you use in any LD program, as these are the top side end of authority growth work. For example, change your 360-degree evaluation so more of it is instructed to the technique. At a lowest, as it might be too expensive to alter your proficiency design, you ...
Views: 1101(3 votes) - Lessons for The Entrepreneur Ego - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2012 from Sulaiman Basir"The hardest aspect with most young business owners is their attitudes and abstract concepts of the real world", says Ian, community development leader at LeverageSeed. The biggest enemy an entrepreneur has is primarily, themselves. Egos, lack of formal training, misinformation, and ...
Views: 3837(1 vote) - Lessons From Dads – With a Leadership Twist - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2012 from Angie ThompsonI, like many people feel I learned so much from my father. He was my first boss as well as my Dad, so I learned about Leadership and Customer Service as well as learning about life. Knowing that I wanted to write this and post it the day after we celebrate Father’s Day, I decided to go to ...
Views: 634(1 vote) - Let Go of What’s No Longer Serving You - by Submitted on Mar 24, 2013 from Layne SchmidtWe bought country property a few years back and as with many rural acreages; ours came with a whole bunch of out-buildings that served a variety of purposes at one time – but no longer functioned at that state. In a word – they were hazards and we began the process of tearing them down, ...
Views: 1638(4 votes) - Life on Life Discipleship - by Submitted on Jul 07, 2009 from John PurcellChuck has pastored his church for five years. Over that time, he has implemented a home group ministry that has reenergized fellowship in the church. But Chuck senses that something is still missing. Small groups were supposed to be the spiritual growth vehicle for the church, and, in fact, many ...
Views: 1189(1 vote) - Look at things from the other person's point of view - by Submitted on Dec 12, 2012 from Ellen PatnaudeIt sounds like such a simple thing, doesn't it? But it's one of those many things in life that is much easier to say than it is to do. Look at things from the other person's point of view. When it comes to building trust and rapport, this principle is one of the top seven that we have found to ...
Views: 1567(1 vote) - Make yourself more Valuable, Develop other Leaders to Succeed You - by Submitted on Mar 13, 2012 from Andrew HortonBecause we live in such a now generation, with instant popcorn, microwaves and fast food, we have become impatient and expect everything in our lives to be instant. We expect instant success, instant personal growth and the case of our health we want instant results there too. Leaders are no ...
Views: 1627(1 vote) - Making Better Decisions in Meetings - by Submitted on Jul 01, 2011 from Angie ThompsonLots of things happen in meetings - some of them even helpful! 5 KeysWhile most everyone has horror stories about meetings, there also are far too many examples of meetings that, while not awful, are far from effective. One of the reasons for these less-than-stellar experiences is that ...
Views: 810(1 vote) - Making Innovation Easier by Retraining Your Brain - by Submitted on Oct 31, 2012 from Valencia RayInnovation has become more respected as a concept within the scope of business. “Business as usual” is no longer supporting competitive advantage. We are now looking for ways to change the status quo. This is quite a change from the recent past—at least on the surface. We say we want innovation ...
Views: 1119(1 vote) - Making the Highest Possible Contribution - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2010 from Michelle RandallDo you ever feel you have so much potential that you can't sit still? All high performers feel this potential boiling up within them. It’s what they look for in turn when making key hires. But even with the most promising new employee, something can happen and, next thing you know, they’re stuck ...
Views: 1622(1 vote) - Manage Your Energy to Sustain Your Best Performance - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2012 from Andria CorsoAs I write article, I am in the midst of getting ready to move to a new home with my family, relocate my business, and at the same time, have an extensive amount of travel occurring during this time. Managing my energy is essential, not only for me to remain healthy but for me to continue to be ...
Views: 1713(1 vote) - Manager's Corner - Good Managers Are Not Necessarily Good Leaders - by Submitted on Aug 28, 2008 from Liz WeberI was speaking with a client recently about his company's heir-apparent: his son. He wants his son to take over as the company "leader" in a few years. His son is very organized. He runs a solid department, manages his staff well, satisfies customers 90+% of the time, and manages his project and ...
Views: 4281(1 vote) - Managing a Small Business - the Challenge - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2010 from Lucy RudnickaMost people who start their own business do so not because they are great managers. They do so, because they have some special skill, some special gift or talent and they believe they can market it and spend the rest of their lives doing what they love. Right? Well, not quite... Once their ...
Views: 1134(1 vote) - Managing Leadership Expectations - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2012 from Angie ThompsonHave you ever stopped to really look at a spider web? If you aren`t afraid of spiders, the next time you have a chance, stop and look at a spider web. What you will find ais an intricately designed work of art and engineering marvel. Every part of the web is connected to every other part ...
Views: 685(1 vote) - Managing Tension Between Managers and Millenials - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2011 from Samantha JohnsonIf managers are serious about their organizations' survival, then they must build and cultivate a staff of invested and knowledgeable Millennials. The underlying problem is that most managers do not understand how to engage their Millennial employees effectively. Millennials work, think, and ...
Views: 1172(2 votes) - Master the Most Basic Basics of Every Business - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Dan CoughlinEvery day I thank my lucky stars that I had no business background because if I had I may never have learned as much. When I started my management consulting business in 1998 I had no business experience and no business network. My background was in academic settings. I worked at colleges and ...
Views: 1368(1 vote) - Micro-Managing, Keeping a Lid on Your Organization’s Growth! - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2013 from Enrique (Rick) RuizCould the idea of keeping a lid on your organization’s growth be a real sustainable paradigm? Today’s economic climate demands innovation and greater creativity to solve current problems. Fortunately, all of our organizations can tap into the diversity of thought that resides within our human ...
Views: 1515(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) - Motivating With More Than Money - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2010 from Gregg GregoryThe old adage still holds true - people don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. Sheryl was good mortgage processor - mind you good, not great. Her performance evaluations showed just this. She got the job done with minimum error rates and in a timely manner. She was ...
Views: 1034(3 votes) - Neuroscience of Leadership: Making Change Easier - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2013 from Valencia RayChange is the theme of our times. We can either embrace it and proactively create the change we want to see or allow it to randomly come upon us. Either way, change will continue to be a part of our lives. Neuroscience can help us as leaders to learn how to optimally operate our truly amazing ...
Views: 987(1 vote) - Nine Steps to Greater Team Ownership - by Submitted on Jul 01, 2011 from Angie ThompsonAs a leader you know results and productivity are higher when people are committed to their work. You also know higher levels of commitment or engagement also increase job satisfaction, safety performance and focus while reducing on-the-job stress and turnover. Commitment, engagement or ...
Views: 701(1 vote) - No One Ever Became A Leader By Submission. - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2013 from Rick CarterOne definition of a leader is “one who is followed by others.” Another is “one who has influence or control over others.” This is accomplished by force (including authority based on position) and charisma (people want you to lead them). This implies that a leader is a person who expects others ...
Views: 1250(1 vote) - No Trust = No Leader - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2011 from Chris RuisiFrom my own business experiences, I have learned that one of the most important tools a leader has at their disposal is trust. Without it, you’re not leading; you’re just going for a walk in the park. Think about it, if your team doesn’t trust you, why would they follow you or even listen to ...
Views: 1260(2 votes) - No You Didn’t! Throw Success Away? - by Submitted on Jul 18, 2012 from Mitch TublinThe end of June marked the completion of the first six months of the year. If there is one specific item you, you and your team, and you and your coach must spend some time on, it is to review the first six months of the year. This is simply looking over your start of the year vision, mission, ...
Views: 811(1 vote) - Nonprofit Vision Statements, Core Values & Mission Statements - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2010 from Sharon MikrutIn the nonprofit field, reference is often made to an organization’s core values, mission statement, and vision statement. I have found that there is some confusion regarding the difference between a mission and vision statement, and that some organizations have never identified their core ...
Views: 3241(2 votes) - On Deck: Your Ideal Team - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2010 from Darcy EikenbergLegendary basketball coach John Wooden, who recently passed away at age 99, said, "The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team." (I suspect that hoops uber-superstar LeBron James is thinking the same thing as he debates his upcoming free agent move.) If it's true that the team's ...
Views: 744(9 votes) - One Size Doesn't Fit All When It Comes to Leadership Styles - by Submitted on Jul 25, 2012 from Gregory CoveyOne size doesn’t fit all when it comes to leadership styles. Just like snowflakes, every human being is a little bit different. They respond differently to situations, even if on the surface the situation looks exactly the same. Good leadership skills are no different than anything else when ...
Views: 3965(1 vote) - Opportunity Verses Emotions - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2010 from Sandra Dee RobinsonHow to entertain an audience in a time of personal turmoil Have you ever been hit by an emotional boulder? Maybe you just got a disturbing phone call from a family member, had a fight with your significant other or a business emergency that shakes your emotional foundation like a southern ...
Views: 1022(9 votes) - Pay Now, Fly Later with Time Frame: Why Your Long Term Business Success is Hidden in Your Organization Chart - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2009 from John KuypersPay Now, Fly Later with “Time Frame” Why your long term business success is hidden in your organization chart By John Kuypers, Performance Shift Organization Builders General Motors is in dire straights. The world’s largest industrial corporation was officially one hundred years old in ...
Views: 1532(2 votes) - People Don’t Do Dumb Things on Purpose: Effective Leaders Assume Positive Intent - by Submitted on Dec 26, 2011 from Jeb BlountDuring seminars when I teach leaders the principle that “People don’t do dumb things on purpose.” invariably some joker will say, “Looks like you haven’t met my people.” You may be thinking the same thing because like me, you’ve observed people do some really dumb things. What is important ...
Views: 2100(1 vote) - Perceptual Style, Psychology, and Leadership - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2011 from Gary JordanLeadership as a reciprocal relationship in which one person points in a direction and others follow. Below, we have outlined five qualities of effective leaders. Those qualities are: 1. Their behaviors build on their natural strengths. 2. They are aware of their limitations, and seek input ...
Views: 2325(1 vote) - Performance Evaluations Don't Have to Be Painful - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2010 from Marnie GreenWhy does performance evaluation season come with a sense of dread and anxiety? Why do we shrink from this annual routine with such pessimism? Managers and employees alike prefer to shun the performance management process and for good reason. Our long-held and strongly modeled beliefs about ...
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