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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- Speaking and Presentation Skills Are Profitable - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2011 from Debra SloverBecoming a high-quality speaker and presenter is a skill that you can learn and practice, much like someone practices any skill such as singing, skating, or writing. Even if you're not born with a natural talent for something you can practice and get better. You might never be perfect, but you ...
Views: 845(1 vote) - Stakeholder Analysis: Are We Doing Enough? - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2010 from Ayman NassarMany organizations and individuals focus on satisfying the customer, which is of course one of the basic rules of business. After all, no customer equals no business. However the majority of us do not have a comprehensive look at all stakeholders. Stakeholders include not only customers, but ...
Views: 3167(9 votes) - Starting an entrepreneurial society - by Submitted on Jun 20, 2012 from Susan bagyuraI believe entrepreneurial skills, attitudes and behaviours can be learned. It’s a mindset and all mindsets are learned. The sooner we start exposing people to entrepreneurship education, creating an inclusive educational foundation that supports an individual’s lifelong learning path, starting ...
Views: 1123(1 vote) - Steve Jobs: A Job Well Done - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2011 from Jeannette KoczelaOne of my heroes is Steve Jobs. He stuck to his vision even though everyone disagreed with him. In the face of defeat, he was brave enough to start over because he had something he wanted to accomplish. When he finally was allowed to continue with his vision unhampered he didn’t just create ...
Views: 1473(4 votes) - 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) - Stop Making Excuses - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2011 from Chris RuisiAlbert Ellis, was an American psychologist, who in 1955 developed Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) once said, "The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize ...
Views: 1320(1 vote) - Storytelling: Directing Your Life on Purpose, with Purpose - by Submitted on Aug 14, 2013 from Valencia RayWe love storytelling; this love affair begins in childhood and we never outgrow it. Our brain is a "storytelling" organ, made perfectly for creating storyline. Life is not as objective as it appears on the surface. Via our perceptions of how we interpret the facts and experiences of our lives, ...
Views: 1115(1 vote) - Strategic Planning and Effects-Based Thinking: Part 1 - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2011 from James MurphyAs the name implies, effects-based thinking (EBT) is an approach to strategic planning and decision making where the effects of specific actions are assessed, not in a narrowly defined and time-limited way, but through a perspective that is sensitive to broad-ranging and lasting impacts. ...
Views: 1152(2 votes) - Success Begins with You - by Submitted on Jul 07, 2010 from Sandra MiniereIn today’s economic climate talented people are being forced to look for their next job or opportunity. Many of them have valuable skills and experience to offer an employer; and some are being given opportunities that take them out of their comfort zone. Some will get stuck in self-doubt, fear ...
Views: 1980(4 votes) - Success Coaching: Stop Constructing Your Own Glass Ceiling - by Submitted on May 01, 2011 from Sarah HathornThis month in the Wall Street Journal there was an intriguing and somewhat unsettling article, “Coaching Urged for Women.” The piece revealed that according to a new McKinsey & Company report “inadequate career development holds back female executives.” The report examined the kinds of career ...
Views: 1114(1 vote) - Support Doesn't Always Mean Saying You're Wonderful - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2009 from lisa mcleodWho's got your back? Do you have people in your life that you can count on to support you, no matter what? Sometimes it all depends on how you interpret the word "support." We all need people who will be there for us in our darkest hours. People who will drop everything to come hold ...
Views: 764(1 vote) - Surviving Tough Times Without Despair - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2012 from Bradley Ann MorganIf you look around at the losses in the job market, the crush of the housing industry, the financial woes of the car industry; and, any personal events in your life, it’s no wonder the slide into despair is common place for many today. As one of our clients found himself on that downward ...
Views: 1494(1 vote) - Take a Leadership Listening Tour - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2011 from Angie ThompsonJoan received an opportunity to lead a large organization in a new industry. Her background prepared her for many of the expectations of the new role, but she didn`t have industry specific knowledge and she didn`t know the company or the people. While she is hardly the first person to be in ...
Views: 696(1 vote) - Take Control of your Project with Phase One - Concept and Feasibility - Part 2 - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2010 from Mark ReedLast month we began discussing the tasks associated with "Project Management . . . by the Numbers" Phase One - Concept and Feasibility: • Project Customer Definition • Functional Team Review • Kick-off Meeting • Communication Plan • Objective Definition This month we will begin ...
Views: 1194(5 votes) - Team building - What makes it so important? - by Submitted on Feb 20, 2013 from Arun RaoEvery corporate organization has a mission, vision and a set of goals to achieve. Each employee in the organization is important for contributing towards this common goal. While every team member is responsible for his or her duties and responsibilities at an individual level, it is important ...
Views: 1765(1 vote) - Team Building, Coaching Employees Effectively, And Teamwork For Success - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2011 from Ioventures IncThere are several brilliant minds that exist within the realm of business and the corporate world these days. Full of ideas and seemingly overflowing with enthusiasm, many of them give efforts in achieving things on their own. What these people do not realize is how large the kind of challenge ...
Views: 1106(1 vote) - Team Leader Training – The Benefits of In-house Training - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2009 from Kate TammemagiEffective Team Leaders are pivotal to the success of any organization. It is the Team Leader that ensures the Team is focused on achieving organizational goals, that they are performing at a high level and that they are successful. The role of Team Leader is a complex one involving high ...
Views: 1644(1 vote) - Team Work Translates to Success - by Submitted on Dec 17, 2012 from Arun RaoThe modern work culture totally depends on working as a team. In an office, every department has to work in tandem, coordinating and co-operating with other colleagues. However, achieving total team efficiency is a difficult task as each individual works with a different mindset. It is not ...
Views: 1516(1 vote) - Ten Phrases Every Leader Should Use - by Submitted on Dec 19, 2012 from Angie Thompson“I made a mistake.”I'm sorry. "I was wrong." "I'm sorry." “I’m not sure.” "I don't know." "Would you help me?" "Could you help me understand? I'm not sure I get it." "What do you think?" “What do you suggest?” "What would you do?" No one likes to show their ignorance, or admit they ...
Views: 632(1 vote) - 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 "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) - The #1 Reason Why Top Talent Leaves An Organisation - by Submitted on May 19, 2013 from Alexandria JoyThe world’s high profile and top earning companies are not immune to the everyday challenges that the rest of the business realm experiences. They too can suffer a hard time maintaining highly talented employees; even the cream of the crop in the most senior positions can end up leaving their ...
Views: 3250(1 vote) - The 4 Areas of Essential Sales Skills - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2011 from Todd CohenFor an organization to sustain continued growth and success, sales must occur at a continuous rate. If there is a sales culture within an organization, then it is more likely to find success over a long period of time. A company where every individual has the necessary skills to understand and ...
Views: 1336(1 vote) - The Anatomy of a Leader - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2013 from Angie ThompsonThere is no perfect leader; leaders truly come in all shapes and sizes. Doctors know the same about their patients, yet they still study anatomy – to understand the basic workings of body parts, their roles and how they function together. While the bodies are different, the anatomy is the same. ...
Views: 820(1 vote) - The Art of Rapport in Building Life Long Patients - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2021 from Dr Rick GoodmanPeople do business with people who they like who all are like them. Suffice to say, in order to build rapport with your patients there a couple of major steps you need to take to build a lifelong practice. It's more important than ever before that you build rapport with your patients in order ...
Views: 1759(1 vote) - The Authentic You: What, Who, and Why it Matters - by Submitted on Nov 08, 2011 from Valencia RayAuthenticity and personal power are linked. Authenticity is something I’m hearing or reading about quite a bit these days. What is authenticity, who is the authentic you, and why does it matter to your life? Authenticity is about mind with heart congruity, which leads to integrity, honesty, ...
Views: 1108(1 vote) - The Best Leaders Know Self-Esteem is Scarce - by Submitted on Dec 19, 2012 from Angie ThompsonA key concept in economics is scarcity. In economic terms, it is when people have unlimited wants but resources are limited. If you look up scarcity in the dictionary, you will find a similar idea: 1. insufficiency or shortness of supply; dearth. 2. rarity; infrequency. (Source: ...
Views: 659(1 vote) - The Big Key to Organizational Decision Making - by Submitted on Dec 19, 2012 from Angie ThompsonWorkshops and lectures about decision making center around tools, data and processes. The thinking goes that to make the best decisions, the best data must be available and properly used. And since we often have lots of data, we need tools for parsing, analyzing, understanding and displaying ...
Views: 589(1 vote) - The Business Ethics Test: What Would Your Employees Do? - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2011 from Frank BucaroAs a police commissioner once said when he turned down the twentieth bribe offer he had received that day, “Ethics ain’t easy!” All of us are faced by those moments when doing what’s right is very different from doing what’s easy or what would be the most profitable. That’s one of the reasons ...
Views: 3033(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) - The Difference Between "Looking" and "Being" - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2010 from Jeremiah CarstarphenI have always worked out at the gym, so I always looked healthy, but it was not until I had a mini-stroke at the age of thirty-four that I started to live a healthier lifestyle. I am a naturally small guy, so I would always overeat to try to gain muscle mass. I remember years ago when I got ...
Views: 1148(3 votes) - The Difference Between a Boss and a Leader - by Submitted on May 28, 2011 from Cindy HartmanA born leader. We hear that statement frequently, but what does it really mean? In the corporate world, is every boss a leader? And is every leader a boss? The short answer is “no” to both questions. Let’s look first at the definition (the noun) of the two words. According to ...
Views: 3451(1 vote) - The Difference Between Feedback and Advice - by Submitted on Jul 01, 2011 from Angie ThompsonFeedback and advice. In modern organizational life they are related terms. When you look at them grammatically, they are connected, but not as related as I thought before I researched them a bit. From Dictionary.com here are the relevant definitions for each word, and some synonyms ...
Views: 1536(1 vote) - The Emotional Brain and Leadership That Resonates - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2012 from Valencia RayThe term “Resonate Leadership” reminds me of the ability it requires to play my piano skillfully. When I play the notes in harmony, it is soothing and harmonic. When played out of alignment and ignorantly, instead of music to my ears, it becomes unpleasant noise. This concept of “Resonance and ...
Views: 1070(1 vote) - The Enduring Leadership Legacy of Steve Jobs - by Submitted on Apr 04, 2012 from Sarah HathornSteve Jobs was one of those rare souls who will likely be as influential in death as he was in life, because he was a living legend who also left behind an enduring legacy. As Jobs’ successor at Apple, Tim Cook, explained “Steve built a company and culture that is unlike any other in the world ...
Views: 1280(1 vote) - The Essentials of Building Leadership Skills - by Submitted on Jan 24, 2013 from Arun RaoOne cannot stress enough on how important strong and effective leadership skills are in an organization. Any corporate office is as strong, or as weak, as the leader at the helm of the team. It is in the hands of a team leader or manager to drive its members towards a common goal and make sure ...
Views: 2588(1 vote) - The Eye of Leadership Performance - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2013 from Valencia RayLeadership, as do people, evolves. Seeing through the eye of the leader has taken on a whole new level of meaning in light of recent advances in cognitive neuroscience. When a leader realizes that how she or he perceives their self, their team members, and the organization powerfully matters to ...
Views: 1256(1 vote) - The Four-Letter Words You Need To Use At Work! - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2011 from Darcy EikenbergThere's nothing like a good four-letter word, right? It can express an emotion and energy that's hard to get across any other way. And of course, the well-timed four-letter word can actually make an impact on everyone around you. Oh wait – did you think I was talking about swear words like ...
Views: 732(2 votes) - The Graduation Speech I Never Gave - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2011 from Darcy EikenbergCongratulations graduates! You’re saying goodbye to four years of academic challenge and entering the new world of work. Don’t shudder—this is going to be great. And we need you. Really—I’ll tell you why in a minute. But we need you to know a few other things first—things they didn’t tell you ...
Views: 765(2 votes) - The Inner Game of Leadership: Stillness is Moving… - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2013 from Susan FreemanThis is the time of year when everything accelerates. Hectic goes to wild; busy becomes crazed… I thought readers would benefit from a powerful tip found in Leading Blog. It is consistent with one of the foundational 21 Powerful Principles found in “Step Up Now,” called “The Power of ...
Views: 1548(4 votes) - The Introverted Leader - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2012 from Chris HammerI’m an introvert. And so are many other reasonably bright, well-rounded, effective individuals. So it’s not a bad thing. But I do believe that to be most effective, the introverted leader should examine what this personality style can mean in the context of leadership – and know how to leverage ...
Views: 1223(1 vote) - The iPod and the Downfall of Social Interaction - by Submitted on Jul 10, 2009 from Kevin BurnsHow many times have you placed a call to a client, a business or a colleague or friend only to reach voice mail? Then within two or three minutes of leaving your message they call you right back. Sometimes they’re honest about it and sometimes they lie but they’ve really been using voice mail to ...
Views: 1836(1 vote) - The Leader As Crucible - A New Magnetic Way To Lead - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Zoe RouthLeading can be difficult and painful – hence the notion of 'crucible' experiences: an event that was challenging or even harrowing acts as a transformational experience, much like a crucible provides a container for huge temperatures that initiate a re-structure of its contents. Leaders too ...
Views: 1293(5 votes) - The Leader As Gardener - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2013 from Gerhard van RensburgThe art of the good gardener lies in his ability to learn and appreciate natural growth processes. The shift in our understanding of organizations since the days when engineers analyzed organizations as they analyzed machines for their efficiency is to understand that organizations are ...
Views: 1193(1 vote) - The Leadership Ethics That Will Bring You Limitless Success - by Submitted on Oct 31, 2011 from Chris D'CruzThe term leadership ethics refers to the value system that the leaders in an organization hold true. Although every organization has their own set of leadership ethics, not all companies expound on them efficiently enough. This would then help a leader in making decisions that are ethically ...
Views: 519(1 vote) - The Leadership Factor - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2011 from Steve PohlitThe Leadership Factor Ideas from a book by John P Kotter and Practical Application by Steve Pohlit John's book was published in 1988 Two areas gave me the idea for this topic 1. What we are experiencing in this country at the national governmental level 2. The key ...
Views: 1185(2 votes) - The Leader’s Guide to Popularity - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2012 from Angie ThompsonI don’t really watch it, but the tenth anniversary of American Idol’s first show got me thinking about popularity. Millions of people watch this show, and engage with it by voting for the singers they like best. All of the contestants are vying to win the hearts and votes of the viewers. At ...
Views: 610(1 vote) - The Lost Art of Plain Speaking - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2010 from Michael Johnson"Big words don't equal a bigger brain, intelligent people who are confident in their message and passionate about what they do don't need obscure language to communicate," writes John McFerran. This simple truth is widely ignored even though studies show that sales and marketing pitches ...
Views: 1278(1 vote) - The Making of a Leader - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2011 from Eric PappLeadership is a choice not a position. Please don’t confuse the two, as many of us so easily can. A title next to his/her name doesn’t qualify him/her as a leader. In researching Leadership I found that there are four major characteristics that people look for in Leaders. They came to me in a ...
Views: 579(2 votes) - The managers toolkit - The path to enabling joy at work - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2013 from Craig NathansonWhat is joy? It's activities which make you feel good, happy, cheerful ,positive and content. Only you are the judge of joy and what the experience is like, especially when it comes to work. Why is joy important at work? We spend the majority of the time in our lives working. Isn't this ...
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