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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- ***The Path of Mastery – Article 4 - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2017 from Tom KingWe all know that we live in a time that is fast paced and things seem to be constantly changing. Today’s economy requires adaptability and the willingness to continuously learn and change course. Most young people entering the work-force do not expect to stay in one job with one company or ...
Views: 1141 - An MBA? A Master of Being Alive - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2009 from Rebecca AstaraAs we begin the transformation process, our beliefs need to shift so we can experience beneficial behavioral changes. With everything in chaos around us, we require a system that’s Functional, Adaptable, Sustainable, (now in Time); FAST. Everything we do must be Functional, Sustainable, ...
Views: 1141(1 vote) - 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) - Is it Time for Something New? - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2017 from Yvette BethelAt certain times in our careers we need to make decisions about up-leveling our lives and careers. Some persons are loyal to their organizations, waiting for their supervisors to recognize their contributions and potential. They wait and wait, and sometimes they are rewarded with a promotion if ...
Views: 1141 - MLM Sponsoring Secrets - A Proven, Tested 5-Step System Part 1 - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2011 from Christy JohnsonTo grow your network marketing business you need to do: 1. Targeted lead generation 2. Automated prospect follow-up 3. One-on-one relationship building 4. Sponsoring and 5. Training If you have a single system to perform all these functions, so much the better. If your MLM company or ...
Views: 1141 - Leadership Mistakes that No one will Point Out - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2013 from kuza biasharaSure you are an excellent leader but you are not perfect. You may ask for feedback and work upon your flaws but there are a few things that no one will tell you. Whether they hope you will understand by yourself or whether they think it is too risky to point out, fact remains that there are some ...
Views: 1140(1 vote) - What’s More Fearful Than Public Speaking? Having Influence - Women, Fear and Influence - by Submitted on Jan 23, 2011 from Karen KellerWhat is the single thing that prevents a woman from using her influence? Being a control freak? Being manipulative? Or being a bitch? No. That’s not it. It’s the fear of being seen as a control freak. The Fear of being seen as manipulative. OR The fear of being seen as a ...
Views: 1140(1 vote) - Characteristics of a Mentor - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2011 from Cecile PeterkinThe more that businesses start looking into mentoring and the advantages that it offers, the more that they are going to want to focus on the characteristics of a mentor. In order to develop a mentoring program, it’s important that you are bringing the right people on board to get the program ...
Views: 1139(1 vote) - Innovation: Do You “In-Joy” Your Work? - by Submitted on May 29, 2012 from Valencia RayToday, let's talk about an innovative idea: "in-joy" your work by bringing joy to your work instead of seeking to extract joy from your work. Stop looking for joy and happiness in all the wrong places. What is a "wrong place"? Anything that is outside of yourself. Creativity is already within ...
Views: 1139(1 vote) - Re-Invent and Re-Package Your Business to Grow, Now! - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2011 from Ron Hequet4 Things to Do That Will Jump-Start Your People and Profits How has your business kept up? Do you have a new customer interactive website, new product brochures, inspired and no-excuses talent, a technologically up to date plant or professionally designed interior and merchandised store? If ...
Views: 1139(3 votes) - How Do You Feel About Joy, Meaning, and Worth? - by Submitted on Jul 17, 2012 from Valencia RayTrue potential is a challenge to uncover if you are out of touch with what is the most misrepresented and misunderstood aspects of being human – feelings. Research findings indicate that feelings (heart) are 5,000 more magnetic energy than that of thought (brain). When the mind and heart are ...
Views: 1138(1 vote) - 5 Essential Tips to Resolve Conflict in the Workplace - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2018 from Ronald WolfThe workplace is like a second home, and the people there are like a second family. After all, you spend half of your days with them in the office. Though it may be a functional and loving family, it’s bound to have some conflicts once in a while. This is a normal occurrence in any group ...
Views: 1137 - Total Leadership: What kind of a leader are you? - by Submitted on Oct 20, 2009 from Elvis UkpakaIf your employees were given the opportunity to fire you, how soon will you be out the door? I think that is a food for thought. I believe before you finish reading this article, you will be able to answer that question. The ability to lead effectively and harmoniously harness your employee's ...
Views: 1137(3 votes) - Great Leadership Can Drive Profits Even in a Bad Economy - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2011 from Richard MagidAs a serial entrepreneur my passion lies in helping business owners create and sustain profitable and successful businesses. In today’s uncertain economic environment it is essential that business leaders have the tools to navigate through the tough waters and help drive our economy to a more ...
Views: 1135 - Step Up or Step Off - by Submitted on Mar 23, 2010 from Dave NealAs we step into spring, I’ve been thinking about people stepping up. There’s a lot of it going on around us, it seems, positive signs that even in the toughest economic winters people are as resilient as ever. Of course, that’s the nature of “tough times,” isn’t it? We all have a greater ...
Views: 1135(8 votes) - When Others Want To Help - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2011 from Frances LucasThere are times we need to get something done and we aren’t quite sure how we are going to do it. We may not have the knowledge and skills. We may not have the time or talents. There are situations when we are so busy doing things we may not see there is someone who can help who is really close ...
Views: 1135(5 votes) - 3 Leadership Lessons From Antarctica - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2018 from Ronny PrasadOn 21 June, I was fortunate enough to attend a presentation by Dr Sarah Hanieh (research fellow) at the Doherty Institute, and recipient of a PhD in Medicine from The University of Melbourne). She titled her speech “Breaking Through The Ice”. The insights in her presentation were based on ...
Views: 1134 - How to Cut the Tail Off of a Dog - Making Tough Decisions - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2012 from Chris RuisiStop! Put the phone down – there is no need to call the ASPCA! I am not a supporter of any form of animal cruelty. In fact, as I wrote this message “Riley Rose” our golden retriever and “Toby”, our West Highland Terrier were under my desk having a grand old time with their favorite chewy toys . ...
Views: 1134 - 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) - The Audacity of Expectation - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2008 from William DiedrichOne of our presidential candidates (Barack Obama) wrote a book entitled: The Audacity of Hope. If you are feeling down and things look bleak, hope tells you, “This, too, will pass.” Hope tells you that things can get better. Yet, when we hope that things will turn out for our best ...
Views: 1134 - Leadership is How You Lead Yourself - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2011 from Teddy DanfieldTo become a great leader or even an average leader you have to develop the ability to lead yourself. Today I want to give you three important reasons how you can start leading yourself. Over the centuries people have looked to leaders to inspire them to do great things, but why do we follow ...
Views: 1133(1 vote) - Authentic Leadership - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2007 from Rachel FlowerAuthentic Leadership - and the most important stocktake you'll ever make “Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” Harold Whitman The ultimate question Clarity of ...
Views: 1132 - The Main Challenge for Leaders Today - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2018 from William CottringerThe Main Challenge for Leaders Today By Bill Cottringer “Diversity: The art of thinking independently together.” ~Malcolm Forbes. There are two sound reasons for diversity: (a) It is the right thing to do from a human-kind perspective, and (b) the differences brought by diversity ...
Views: 1132 - What if the Heart Were a Leader's Greatest Ally? - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2012 from Jacqueline VanCampenI’ve been contemplating much lately about what it means to be a heart-centered leader. The term “heart-centered” in the spiritual community has become somewhat of a cliché as it is now being used ever so frequently in mainstream business and life. Yet, we do not see much evidence that leaders ...
Views: 1132 - Creating Champions – Be a Leader – The Power of Example - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2015 from Betska K-BurrCreating Champions – Be a Leader – The Power of Example (continued) This blog article is a continuation of my last blog on the many hats of a Leader. 7) Trainer: A Leader is a trainer. Give all of your people the opportunity to learn. Some will need encouragement; others will take ...
Views: 1131 - Proactive vs Reactive—Which One Are You? - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2013 from Lori SnyderThe saying ”Act or be Acted Upon” holds such truth that the importance of being aware and in tune with your life, should always be at the forefront of your thought process. Life moves on everyday, and you are either actively moving along with it, or are passively being led by an invisible ...
Views: 1131 - TAKE THE LEAD: You have what it takes. Here’s how! - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2010 from Susan (Teacher Su) McKenzieOUR INHERENT NATURE We are all teachers and students and we are all leaders and followers. Why do I say this? It is the nature of existence. We have to engage in life-long learning if we want our success to continue. So we have to humble ourselves and get other people, be they younger or older ...
Views: 1131(3 votes) - What are corporate team building activities? - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2018 from Scott KressCorporate team building activities can fit into a pretty broad category. However, for our purposes at Summit Team Building we define corporate team building activities as team building programs that are focused, engaging, professionally designed and led and have a deliberate learning component ...
Views: 1131 - Influencing the Interviewer to Hire YOU! - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2009 from Debora McLaughlinWant to learn the 5 key strategies to make you the candidate of choice? Too many professionals are not hired because they either don't articulate their top contributions concisely or in a manner that aligns with the current offering and interviewer or they don't have a large enough vision of ...
Views: 1130(2 votes) - Managing Meeting Meltdown - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2016 from Alexandria JoyThis past week I have had a lot of discussions about meetings; in particular how much time we waste making meetings, attending meetings and travelling to meetings, how managers are always the ones calling meetings and how bad we are at running meetings. If you added up all the time people ...
Views: 1130(2 votes) - Your Winning Leadership Formula to a Balanced Life - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2009 from Theresa-Maria Napa“The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.” –Euripides Balance is not a state or place we can get to. Balance is always in motion. A ballerina trains and ...
Views: 1130 - Disarming and Diffusing the Doomsayers - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2017 from Rick SaldanSurely you have met them. I had in my office one guy who always seemed to know what is going to happen in the future for our company, our promotions, the market in which we operated, the fate of the government along with inflation rates. A wise guy you may call him but personally I felt ...
Views: 1129 - THE DEFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF WORLD WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP - by Submitted on Mar 31, 2013 from Yuga Rishi Shriram SharmaThe wheel of time is readying women to lead the world. After being demeaned and relegated to a downtrodden state for centuries together she now has got the opportunity to identify and use her basic human rights. The result was witnessed akin to gas present underground which springs forth when a ...
Views: 1129(1 vote) - Trust Your Subordinates - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2009 from John AOVThe Definition of Leadership Leadership has been called "The ability to get followers." One of the deepest cravings of human nature is the need to feel important, to have a sense of meaning and purpose in life and work. Leaders are invariably those who can tap into the deeper emotions of others ...
Views: 1129 - ***Focus and Context: The Hub of Leadership - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"Successful leaders spend a lot of time creating the identity of the organization – what our values are, what our mission is, what our purpose is, how we are going to act together as one. Those are agreements of how we are going to be together. You can actually get a whole team or a whole group ...
Views: 1128 - : Sixteen Dynamic Inspiring Qualities of Leadership (from ''Steps to Success, Prosperity and Happiness'') - by Submitted on Mar 24, 2011 from Craig LockArticle Title: Sixteen Dynamic Inspiring Qualities of Leadership (from ''Steps to Success, Prosperity and Happiness'') Shared by: Craig Lock Category (Key words: Leadership, Self Help, Self Help Books, Personal Growth, Success, Success Skills, Empowerment, Positive Psychology, Motivation ...
Views: 1128 - How Managers Can Help Retain their Best Employees - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2011 from Susan CullenA major problem for employers today is attracting the best talent, and then retaining key employees. Research shows that the key ingredient for retention lies within the manager’s ability to understand what employees really want. The survey results below first came out in 1946 in Foreman ...
Views: 1128 - Book Review: The Leadership Challenge - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2008 from Shelly WalkerThis book review is part of a series that covers the topic of Leadership. Leadership Skills are the tools and traits acquired to facilitate guiding or a directing a group, most commonly toward a shared goal. Todd McDonald is the Official Guide to Leadership. The Leadership Challenge, by James ...
Views: 1127 - Collaborative Leadership: A Critical Distinction - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2012 from Lynda KlauAn important distinction needs to be made in the increasingly powerful field called Collaborative Leadership. There is a critical difference between a collaboration that results from two or more people who aren't sufficiently separate as individuals and a collaboration between individuals who ...
Views: 1127(1 vote) - Common Mistakes in Leadership and Relationships - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2012 from Chris HammerLeadership skills and relationship development are two of the biggest themes I see in my coaching practice. This article is about two of the most common mistakes (and remedies) I see in these areas: A common mistake I see with new leaders is that they too often try to jump in too quickly ...
Views: 1127(1 vote) - Conscious Business Practices : A Deeper Perception - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2012 from Barry LipscombThere are at least seven conscious business practices that emerge as the organization shifts its focus from external behaviors to inner resources. At a high level the organization broadens it perspective, deepens its perception as its actions become more intentional. This article looks at ...
Views: 1127(1 vote) - How to Prevent Your Employees from Becoming Collateral Damage in the Labor-Management Battle - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2009 from Pat LynchWhile members of Congress talk about improving the workplace for employees, the actions of many indicate that they are far more interested in serving the interests of either management or unions than they are in securing better conditions for workers. Unless this attitude changes quickly, ...
Views: 1127(1 vote) - The Key to Influencing Others - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2009 from John AOVOne of the best ways to influence someone is to do something nice for him. Do Nice Things For Others One of the best ways to influence someone is to do something nice for him. I know many successful salespeople who make a habit of taking their prospects out to breakfast or lunch. During the ...
Views: 1126 - Five Keys to Sales Coaching Success - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2011 from Len D'InnocenzoMost sales managers are usually promoted into their positions because they were good individual performers. They were consistent sales performers in their work and they showed an interest in advancing their careers by earning their promotion into sales management. One of the most ...
Views: 1125 - 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) - Push Thru the Winter Blahs and Get In Your Zone! - by Submitted on May 02, 2013 from Yoon CannonImagine the patience Thomas Edison must have had. He reputedly failed 10,000 times before he perfected the incandescent bulb. For 13 years he feverishly worked on it. Of course, he didn’t invent the light bulb, he merely worked on perfecting an earlier idea. And, he didn’t work alone ...
Views: 1124(2 votes) - Reduce Leadership Friction - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe only thing standing between you and the leadership greatness you want to achieve is friction. Friction is any obstacle or block standing between where you now are and where you've always wanted to be. Outer friction could be relationships at work that are not impeccable, projects that ...
Views: 1124(5 votes) - Why We Need More Global Leading Ladies - by Submitted on Mar 22, 2012 from Alexandria JoyA recent blog post by Jamie McIntyre got me thinking… “If the world had 75% females and only 25% men civilisation would continue unabated and be an even safer place. However if the ratio was reversed to a point of 75% men and only 25% females, civilisation as we know it would be likely to come ...
Views: 1124(1 vote) - Simplicity and Elegance: Expressing Your Core Competencies - by Submitted on Mar 07, 2012 from James MurphyDo you know what your business's core competencies are? Is there just one or are there many organizational attributes? If you answered that there are many, how would you describe them succinctly? Core competencies are one or a combination of a few unique or rare abilities; however, a ...
Views: 1123 - 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 ...
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