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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- Stress And The Workplace: Effectiveness At Work - by Submitted on May 07, 2011 from Rick CarterEffectiveness at work means more than just checking off all the items on your “To Do” list. It means getting along with your co-workers, interacting with management, and keeping clients or customers satisfied. It requires all of your talents, skills and abilities. And the quickest way to ...
Views: 1623(2 votes) - 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: 1483(2 votes) - Team Building Works, Even When the Group Doesn't Work Together - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2013 from Colette JohnstonMost people think of team building activities for groups of people that do the same job and work together. Often they don't work together in the same physical space, but they are usually part of the same division or have the same basic job description. But that doesn't have to be the ...
Views: 1052(2 votes) - The Audacity of Humility: Leading by “All Too Human” Example - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2010 from Mark GorkinJust before the start of a “Stress, Change and Creative Teaming” workshop, I was testing out my microphone. The program was for managers of a global engineering company. Most of the 50 + particpants were ex-military, now contractors working with commands and brigades based at Ft. Hood, TX or ...
Views: 3045(2 votes) - The Cracked Pot - by A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on the end of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots was perfectly made and never leaked. The other pot had a crack in it and by the time the water bearer reached his master's house it had leaked much of its water and was ...
Views: 1208(6 votes) - The Importance of Effective Leadership - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2008 from Jim BouchardThe cost of ineffective leadership is enormous. • Some industries report as high as 65% annual employee turnover as a result of ineffective leadership. • Disengaged workers, often caused by ineffective leadership cost American business over 300 billion dollars a year. • Lost ...
Views: 11342(2 votes) - The Second Worst Question Ever - by Submitted on Oct 11, 2009 from Zoe RouthOld personal development stalwart Tony Robbins is fond of saying, 'the quality of your outcomes is determined by the quality of your questions'. Absolutely! The brain works likes a computer - ask a question and it will spit out an answer - true/false, good/bad. The trick is to ask ...
Views: 1175(2 votes) - Three Important Questions when Choosing a Team Building Activity - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2013 from Colette JohnstonThere are probably thousands of different team building activities out there on the market today. How can anyone possibly sift through them all and decide on the "best one" for their group? As soon as you put in the search term "team building" into any search engine, it's easy to become ...
Views: 1860(2 votes) - Time Management Training Creates Thriving Environments - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2011 from Debra SloverIf you want to thrive at home and at work, implement time management training. The wasting of time is a leading cause of most stress. When everything is unorganized, and everyone is too busy running around as if on fire, a surviving attitude takes hold. In a survival mode, everyone starts ...
Views: 783(2 votes) - Top 10 Characteristics of a Successful Entrepreneur - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2011 from Cindy .HolbrookA successful entrepreneur has mastered the art of a balanced life. They take the time to care for their own personal health and maintain meaningful relationships with their loved ones. They are driven by their passion to serve others and to utilize their creativity. What makes a successful ...
Views: 8076(6 votes) - Top 10 Tips for Effective Coaching - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2013 from Chuck Reynolds1. Ensure you fully understand what coaching is. Many managers make incorrect assumptions about coaching. It's important that a manager uses a clear and consistent coaching model, and understands the "why" - to enhance staff engagement and performance - as well as the "how" - using a ...
Views: 1964(2 votes) - Top Five Responsibilities of Nonprofit Board Members - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2009 from Sharon MikrutHaving managed or worked for nonprofits most of my career, I have seen effective and ineffective boards of directors. Good boards of directors are clear about their roles and responsibilities versus those of the Executive Director, and don't overstep their boundaries. I feel that the five most ...
Views: 1753(6 votes) - Unleash Your Energy - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2010 from Angie ThompsonSince experts say we all are truly complex bundles of energy, it makes sense to think about how we can manage, use and increase the amount of energy in our bodies and minds. Because when we are better energy managers, we can create better results in all areas of our lives. The topic of ...
Views: 773(2 votes) - What Charlie Sheen and Mel Gibson Can Teach Us about Change - by Submitted on May 01, 2011 from Jim WhittA few months ago, Charlie Sheen seemed to be on top of the world. Then his world turned upside down. What’s really sad is that Charlie thought he was, to use his terminology, winning. And why shouldn’t he? He was raking in millions of dollars as the star of the highest rated sitcom on ...
Views: 981(2 votes) - What You Emphasize Will Become Your Team Focus - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2012 from Sean GlazeWords, and how you emphasize them, are a powerful tool for establishing expectations, because what you emphasize will ultimately become the focus of your team. But you cannot be effective by emphasizing everything. If everything is important, then nothing is… and your job as leader is to ...
Views: 1953(2 votes) - What's wrong with strategic planning? - by Submitted on May 22, 2012 from Devona E. G. WilliamsStrategic planning needs to be current; it needs to be a framework and a guide that organizations use on a routine basis – not something that is put up on a shelf never agreed to, finalized or executed. Effective strategic plans should be structured enough so that smaller units of the ...
Views: 2202(2 votes) - Why Be A Leader - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2010 from Russ StifflerWho has the fat wallet? The promise of MLM is that anyone can make money. All recruiting material, from every company I've seen, shows ordinary people making $1,000,000's. So, where is all that money? The vast wealth created in MLM is concentrated in the purses and wallets of the very ...
Views: 1322(2 votes) - Will Someone Please Disagree?! - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2011 from A. Drayton BoylstonWhen was the last time you openly disagreed with someone above you in your company? When was the last time someone openly disagreed with you? Why has it become standard practice for many to act as drones and nod their heads in unison, even at the most senior levels? What has happened to ...
Views: 1038(2 votes) - 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: 1476(2 votes) - Are You A Leader? - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2009 from Rebecca AstaraDo you think you are a leader? I do—I think we are all leaders in different ways. Some of us just don’t know it yet. Some have known it all our lives, and have taken on the “burden” of leadership naturally. What comes to mind for you when you think of a leader? A lot of people might think of ...
Views: 1255(13 votes) - Conflict: Catalyst for Creativity and Innovation - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2010 from lisa mcleodF. Scott Fitzgerald once said, “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” Mary Kay did it when she combined selling and nurturing to create a cosmetics empire. Apple does it when ...
Views: 1215(11 votes) - Self-confidence, Presence and Leadership - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2009 from Willie HortonYou know the old expression - "They're a born leader!"? Is there any such thing - or can we all be leaders? Is there any secret that can be learned - that we can all learn? Or are some "leaders" and most of us "followers"? Well, first of all, let's get a few facts straight. Most people ...
Views: 1792(9 votes) - "You Owe Me !" The Danger of Entitlement - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2010 from Dr. Robin RushloThere was a man who was very tired of working. He didn’t make much money and didn’t see any chance of making more in the near future. He didn’t like his current living situation, but couldn’t see any way to change it. He had minimal skills and ambition and didn’t think he could make it through ...
Views: 2445(5 votes) - 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: 1459(5 votes) - Controlling the High Cost of Turnover - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Renee CormierAll companies experience turnover to some degree. Many companies refresh their pool of employees by restructuring their organization every three to four years, and even though the change is sometimes good, it is always costly. Other companies just can’t seem to hold onto people. Sometimes this ...
Views: 1563(5 votes) - Excite, Engage and Prepare Your New Employees - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2009 from Dave NealEven with today’s high unemployment rates, companies can’t take new employees for granted. It’s not enough to put good people into good jobs. We have to excite, engage, and prepare them or they might say goodbye ... wasting lots of time and money. A little investment in preboarding and ...
Views: 1244(5 votes) - Re-writing Your Story - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Zoe RouthI've been listening to the Abraham-Hicks's 'Money and the Law of Attraction' CDs. One of the significant threads of advice is 'start telling a new story'. We create our lives from the stories we tell about past, future, and present events. The stories evoke emotion – a vibrational beacon – ...
Views: 1334(5 votes) - Steve Daines Views on Drug Abuse - Steve Daines Campaign - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2011 from Steve DainesIt is common knowledge that the abuse of and addiction to drugs is a major problem in our country. Drug use is occurring at earlier ages, especially in our inner cities, but the problem exists across the country with complete disregard for where children live or how much money their parents ...
Views: 1528(5 votes) - Switch on Your Brain - by Submitted on Dec 05, 2010 from Eugene Yiga“I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” – Confucius They say the only two certainties in life are death and taxes. Well, I think there’s a third…STUDYING! This inescapable fact applies to all of us at some point or another. And even after that final bell has rung ...
Views: 6970(5 votes) - What Forward Thinking Leaders Need to be Doing Now: Preparing for the Turnaround - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2009 from Lisa Pasbjerg“Enlarge the opportunity and the person will expand to fill it.” Eli Ginzberg, 1911-2002, an economist who taught at Columbia University for more than six decades, advised eight American presidents and led pioneering research efforts in employment and health care. Recently, I attended ...
Views: 1397(10 votes) - 4 Helpful Guides in Leading a Virtual Working Environment - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2009 from Josephine RomanoManaging mobile or remote workers is considered one of the principal challenges among companies when establishing a virtual office. This is due to the fact that the nature of a virtual business is somewhat difficult to supervise because the operations and transactions are based entirely via ...
Views: 871(8 votes) - Creative Problem Solving For Increasing Workplace Productivity - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2011 from Rick CarterIncreasing workplace productivity is a major source of stress in the workplace. Management is under pressure to get more done in less time at less cost. Workers are under pressure to learn new technologies, or new procedures with out-dated technologies. The resulting stress can be crippling, ...
Views: 2392(8 votes) - Emotionally Intelligent Leadership: The Optimal Thinking Way - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2009 from Sam DonnersWhen leaders lack emotional intelligence, employees often feel powerless, anxious and frustrated. Functioning with unresolved emotional turbulence, their performance can be dramatically impacted. Many employees disconnect from the company's mission and their daily responsibilities when they feel ...
Views: 1619(8 votes) - Five Performance Lessons from The Biggest Loser - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2010 from Angie ThompsonMy wife`s favorite television show is the The Biggest Loser. If you`re not familiar, it`s an NBC reality television show that chronicles a group of seriously overweight people from all walks of life as they try to become more healthy - and lose lots of weight. To give you an idea, the most ...
Views: 795(8 votes) - Five Ways You can Expand Your Influence - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2010 from Zoe RouthEver wonder how some people seem to always get their own way? They seem to glide easily through life, gathering supporters and fans as they go. Their secret? Influence. Whether you want to make an impact on your family or on your organisation, influence is critical. Here are five ...
Views: 1397(8 votes) - What is Performance Management? - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2011 from Beth MollenkampA strategic business plan provides the organization a sense of direction and a sense of purpose It answers the questions “Who are we?”, “What value are we creating for the stakeholders?” and “What does success look like?” Performance management is the process that ensures the implementation of ...
Views: 1341(8 votes) - Leadership Transformation - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Joseph RiggioTaken from Dr. Joseph Riggio's website at http://www.josephriggio.com/what_we_do/leadership-transformation/ Transformational leadership This is not where we’re looking for incremental improvement as the measure of success ... instead we are looking for radical transformation. Of course ...
Views: 6901(14 votes) - 10 great tips for better communication - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from Richard DennyProbably the most important skill anybody needs today in private enterprise is the one rarely taught in our education system - how to communicate? This is the skill that gets people their first job, helps them get promoted, creates respect and trust from meetings, develops confidence in others, ...
Views: 1759(3 votes) - 10 Wisdom keys to keep employees longer - by Submitted on Apr 11, 2010 from Rabison ShumbaIt is one thing to hire the employees you desire and require to get your vision on track towards fulfillment but it is yet another thing to ensure those people are fruitful and fulfilled to a point where they stay with your company long enough to make the impact you desire. The employee-employer ...
Views: 1774(3 votes) - 12 Steps to Lead a Killer Productive Meeting - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2010 from Mary Lee Gannon,How many times have you been to a meeting where everyone got their opinions out on the table but nothing was decided? Or how many recurring meetings have you sat through where you wished you could have been excused because even if you were to express an opinion, nothing would change? We’ve ...
Views: 2003(3 votes) - 6 Steps to Optimize Results When “Business as Usual” Doesn’t Work Any More - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2009 from Pat LynchIs your organization one for whom “business as usual” no longer works? Whether that result is precipitated by fewer customers, budget cutbacks, employee layoffs and/or furloughs, or some other unplanned change, the point is that you find yourself having to do more with less. The question I hear ...
Views: 867(6 votes) - 7 Leadership Traits Revealed in Obama's Handwriting - by Submitted on Mar 07, 2010 from Bart BaggettWith multi-industry bailouts, an unprecedented federal deficit and National Debt, and soaring unemployment, is Barack Obama up to the challenge of pulling the United States out of its economic crisis? A scientific analysis of his handwriting reveals nine characteristics that predict the state of ...
Views: 5562(3 votes) - An Open Letter To Women of the World… - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2018 from Michele MolitorAs a woman, you may have experienced at least once or twice in your life, someone who has tried to make you feel small and unworthy, as if you didn’t belong or were an outsider, just because you were a woman. Does this sound familiar? I know it’s happened to me, and a lot of other women on ...
Views: 1709(3 votes) - Anxiety is Practicing Failure in Advance - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2010 from Mary Lee Gannon,Fear is a useful emotion that is self-preserving. Our intuition tells us to be afraid so that we may arm ourselves from harm. When you see a dog bearing its teeth your fear tells you to stay away. Anxiety is not fear. Anxiety is preparing for a perceived fear that is most likely ...
Views: 1619(3 votes) - Are You Leaving Things Better Than You Found Them? - by Submitted on Mar 10, 2010 from Dr. Robin RushloStarting with this quote today, it has touch my heart and changed my mindset forever. Showing a profit means touching something and leaving it better than you found it.Jim Rohn When you first read this quote, lots of things can come to mind. What comes to mind if you are business for ...
Views: 4769(3 votes) - ARE YOU MULTI TASKER? REALLY!!! - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2009 from corporatetrainer IndiaMulti-taskers are considered as the geniuses created by God of the 21st century. Have you ever wondered what is it that multi-taskers do that you can’t? The answer is nothing. Stanford University researchers have challenged a prevailing myth that multi-taskers are better at processing and ...
Views: 2100(3 votes) - Become a More Creative Leader — Think Small - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhat kind of leadership do we need now? This was the question I asked last week at the beginning of a day-long workshop attended by a group of senior-level women at a major technology firm headquartered on the west coast of the US. And I’ve been asking this question of thousands of other ...
Views: 647(3 votes) - Becoming a Peaceful Warrior and Inspiring Leader - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2013 from Yol SwanExtraordinary times, like the ones we are currently living, tend to bring out the best and the worst in everyone. Tendencies, beliefs, and even decisions get easily polarized because there are forces at hand that push us to make tough choices—about relationships, work, finances, health, and ...
Views: 3515(3 votes) - Boost Your Manifestation With 5 Step Spring Clean - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2009 from Zoe RouthWhether it's spring in the Southern Hemisphere or Autumn up north, a change of seasons is the perfect time to generate new energy and reclaim your focus on your goals. Paying attention to your environments is the fastest and easiest way to achieve your goals. When you've got less gunk ...
Views: 1364(3 votes) - Character Matters in Team Effectiveness - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2011 from Rand GolletzScott Pioli is the General Manager of the Kansas City Chiefs, an NFL team that has been miserable for the last several years but in 2011, is going to the playoffs. From an article about him in Sports Illustrated: “Pioli has longed to capture something from his childhood, something difficult ...
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