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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- Helpful Leadership Tips Straight From The Experts - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2015 from Long SaidinAre you tired of being a worker bee? Are you forced to follow the orders of incompetent people? Did you know you can change all that? Once you learn not to be scared of being a leader, you are free to leadership positions and change the way things are done. Read on for more information. When ...
Views: 781 - Helping Leaders Do The Right Thing - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2007 from Mary Jane MapesUnfortunately, I’d heard the story before. A new CEO and COO had been hired to replace ineffectual leaders. They inherited a loosely organized and unfocused leadership team, and needed help getting the organization back on track. A vacuum at the top had resulted in disorganization, ...
Views: 1159 - Helping Others Develop Their Potential - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2004 from Kevin EikenberryMost of us find ourselves in a position to help others achieve more of their potential than we realize. Sure, as leaders, supervisors, and parents we can see ourselves in that position; but the fact is that all of us are uniquely qualified to help at least one other person in our lives reach ...
Views: 1177 - Helping People See the Big Picture (and Why it is So Important) - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2015 from Angie ThompsonWhen I am flying home to Indianapolis, I always hope for the landing pattern that takes us over the famed oval of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The image here gives you an idea – but unless you have seen it for yourself, you have no grasp for it. The track is 2.5 miles around. Think about ...
Views: 1020 - Hiring for the Long(er)haul - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2011 from Kari WaldnerHiring new employees is a costly and timely venture, one that should be approached seriously and methodically. How do you know if you have found the right person for the job? 1. What Position are You Hiring For? Make a detailed list of duties that are to be performed by your future ...
Views: 771 - Home Business Leadership: Growing Your Root Structure - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2010 from Jamie CallowayWhat does it mean to grow your root structure? In my opinion it is the hardest part of being new to business of any kind. I would like to share my thoughts on how this plays into a network marketing business, a brick and mortar franchise, or to an internet based business. I own a business in ...
Views: 505 - How 2020 Has Changed Leadership Forever - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2021 from Caitlin PurvisThe notion of leadership has had a makeover over the past year. The past few months have made it abundantly clear that leaders need to think creatively and put reactive strategies to the test. Transformational leadership has been necessary in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Leadership ...
Views: 665 - How An Extraordinary Vision Can Bring You More Customers - by Submitted on Jul 11, 2014 from Leslie CunninghamThere is a fabulous hot tub retail and service business in southwest Montana, pleasantly named Mountain Hot Tub. It was during one of our monthly team meetings that they officially declared their vision...they would be known as "The Hot Tub Capital of the World". As soon as the vision was ...
Views: 1963 - How and why your actions affect your children more than your words - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2011 from Debra Slover"Do as we say, and not as we do" ~ Giovanni Bocaccio This quote has often been heard by children all over the world, as "Do as I say, not as I do" as a parent picks up a cigarette, drinks too much, or eats too much food. It has been used for generations when children catch their elders doing ...
Views: 880 - How Awareness Makes You A Leader - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2016 from Dawn Howard WeaverI often say awareness is the first step to growth, healing and creating change. But, how do you view awareness? What is awareness for you personally? Being aware is the bedrock of our relationship to everyday existence. When we are without awareness we are moving through our life with no ...
Views: 1093 - How Can I Lead When I Am Not in Charge? Four tips that will help you lead your boss. - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2010 from Courtney LynchLet’s face it – almost everyone has a boss. Our relationship with our immediate supervisor impacts so many aspects of our lives. A solid rapport with that person allows us to balance work/life more effectively, work in a positive environment and feel more fulfilled in our careers. On the ...
Views: 980 - How can you keep your employees engaged, help them to develop their talents and keep them on board? - by Submitted on May 21, 2011 from Dragan SimicIf this is not a question you are asking yourself as a leader, as a consequence you may be missing great opportunities and your competition will be leaving you behind. If you are curious about this question you will be on the right track, and we are here to give you assistance. What if you ...
Views: 777 - How Chocolate Can Boost Productivity and Profits - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2014 from Alexandria JoyDecades of research, in multiple countries around the world, has shown time and again that investing in a positive, high-trust workplace culture yields distinct, tangible business benefits. Studies show that great workplaces enjoy significantly lower turnover and better financial performance ...
Views: 1400 - How Do I Communicate Better With People at a Distance? - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2015 from Angie ThompsonThe saying goes; absence makes the heart grow fonder. While that may be true in some cases, another old saying is also true: Out of sight, out of mind. Both hold shades of truth for any of us wanting to communicate more effectively with people when we are separated by space. More often ...
Views: 906 - How do Successful Leaders Spell Survival - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2007 from Rosemary ReinDid you know that the same skills used in Survival Situations are thesame skills needed for effective Leadership? The U.S. military usesthe word SURVIVAL as a pneumonic device to help its troops and leaders remember right actions under fire. In This article, Rosemary Rein,Ph.D and Author of "Go ...
Views: 879 - How do we get anything done? - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2012 from Scott HunterDo your ever end your day shaking your head wondering how anything ever gets done? Do you often watch people operate at work, scratch your head, and wonder: what must they have been thinking? I’ll bet your answer to both questions is: often! After 23+ years of studying people, both inside and ...
Views: 730 - How do you define your true priorities? - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2010 from Courtney LynchThe key to living a life of significance is to understand your own personal definition of success. We can be too quick to fall in line with how society, or our friends and family define success. Instead, true fulfillment comes from being aware of what your priorities are and living your life ...
Views: 1568 - How Do You Estimate Your Professional Image In Today's World? - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2018 from Steven StasczakEach moment of consistently you should live with the professional image of yourself. Some of those minutes are gone through communicating with others. A significant number of those minutes are gone through with yourself. Which is your better picture? The one you show to others, or the one you ...
Views: 1146 - How Do You Get Back Up? A Counterintuitive Approach to Thriving in Challenging Times - by Submitted on Apr 07, 2009 from FSB AuthorsA while back, I received a distressed email from Ken, a young manager at a high-tech company. Ken and I had never met, but he had read my first two books and had done his best to apply the ideas and practices of Extreme Leadership to the way he'd led his team. To their culture, their work ...
Views: 868 - How Do You Get Back Up? A Counterintuitive Approach to Thriving in Challenging Times - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsA while back, I received a distressed email from Ken, a young manager at a high-tech company. Ken and I had never met, but he had read my first two books and had done his best to apply the ideas and practices of Extreme Leadership to the way he'd led his team. To their culture, their work ...
Views: 536 - How do you hold a team together? - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2014 from Colette JohnstonA team is like a machine — but a living, breathing machine with moving parts. And those individual, moving parts need to work together to move your organization forward. So many factors can affect how your team functions: from personality and communication styles to workload and your corporate ...
Views: 2726 - How Does Your Team Win Like the San Francisco Giants? - by Submitted on Oct 29, 2012 from Joey FaucetteThe San Francisco Giants won the World Series…again. That’s two of the last three seasons, a rare achievement. What discoveries are there for you in their success as you seek to increase sales with greater productivity so you can leave the office earlier to do what you love with those you ...
Views: 1270 - How Human Resource Development Creates the Right Impact? - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2018 from Niti SharmaHuman Resource can impact every business vertical, after all it deals with the most important asset of the company-humans. Developing, motivating and retaining talent is a constant process and needs a deeper insight than just pay rolling or recruitment. The scope of human resource development is ...
Views: 698 - How Humility Makes Better Leaders - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2014 from Cecile PeterkinAs they say, the ultimate proof of a leader’s effectiveness is the success of his company or organization. If you take a closer look at some of the most successful companies around, you will realize that they all have a Level 5 leader. This kind of leader is someone who does not allow his ego to ...
Views: 2979 - How I Coped with Anxiety on My First Corporate Trip as a Team Leader - by Submitted on Mar 22, 2018 from Catherine PalmerWhen my boss told me that I’m going to be a team leader on the very first corporate trip, I felt excited. It was quite an honor and opportunity for me to show my skills. Honestly, this is how you show your superiors that you can lead your own project one day. However, as ...
Views: 1328 - How Improving Your Coaching Skills Will Improve Your Life - by Submitted on Oct 13, 2015 from Angie ThompsonWait a minute Kevin...isn’t coaching supposed to be about the person we are coaching, not about us? Yes, the best coaches do put 100% of their focus on helping the other person become more successful and confident. So if this is true, then why are you writing about how the coach will benefit? ...
Views: 857 - How Leaders Get People to Do What They are Supposed to Do - by Submitted on Nov 03, 2011 from Jeb BlountHere is the question most often asked by leaders: “How do I get my people to do what they are supposed to do?” In other words, most leaders are interested in how they can move people. Leaders are constantly seeking ways to motivate their employees to do take the right actions, for the right ...
Views: 1054 - How Leaders Make Hard Decisions - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2015 from Angie ThompsonIf you are a leader, you make decisions, large and small, every day. Many are straightforward and take very little time, but if you have been a leader for very long at all, you have had to face a complex, multi-faceted and difficult problem, where the decision was far from easy or ...
Views: 888 - 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 - How often do you dialogue as a leader? - by Submitted on May 21, 2014 from Susan FreemanOne of the most important tools for a leader is the ability to dialogue. We often take for granted that when there are two or more people speaking together, a dialogue is taking place. Upon closer inspection however, often what takes place is instead a monologue. According to Wikipedia, ...
Views: 1383 - How Poor Leaders Are Killing Us - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2014 from Alexandria Joy"Our jobs are killing us and the people who are responsible are our leaders." I recently heard Simon Sinek say this in a YouTube video and it really struck a chord. How did you feel when you read that? Harsh reality? Don't believe me? Or perhaps you have had an experience yourself or heard ...
Views: 1199 - HOW RECRUITMENT WILL BOUNCE BACK POST LOCKDOWN. - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2020 from Mounica GuttulaIn the current scenario, recruitment has become very difficult due to lockdowns imposed by the govt authorities almost everywhere. As the central govt decided a 21-day lockdown initially all over India many sectors have impacted at a huge cost, recruitment and hiring firms are facing a tough ...
Views: 700 - How Self Confidence Impacts Your Leadership - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2011 from Cecile PeterkinCoaching clients in senior roles is often necessary because they lack self confidence. As a result, they are not seen as leaders. Instead, they all seem to have one quality in common. They all have a fear of making the necessary decision required of their position. Self perception affects ...
Views: 1411 - How Strategic Leadership Encourages Sustainability in Business - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2021 from Niti SharmaStrategic management, or a lack thereof, can make or break a business. The way Blackberry ended showed the world what happens when an organization lacks a strategic framework and wise decision-making. While Apple foresaw the opportunities and challenges the future held, Blackberry didn't. ...
Views: 798 - How Talent Management Aims to Focus on their Workforce - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2018 from Niti SharmaWhat sets talent management professionals apart from the rest of the Human Resources-driven professionals is their knowledge and capabilities of modern administrative systems and their analytical insights through the use of Big Data Technology. This allows them to go all-in when it comes to ...
Views: 678 - How the Best Leaders Build Trust - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2009 from FSB AuthorsAlmost everywhere we turn, trust is on the decline. Trust in our culture at large, in our institutions, and in our companies is significantly lower than a generation ago. Research shows that only 49% of employees trust senior management, and only 28% believe CEOs are a credible source of ...
Views: 884 - How to adapt to the Digital Marketing Age to Become A Market Leader - by Submitted on Oct 13, 2020 from Sampada PatilAlmost every aspect of the human lifestyle is now digitized. Marketing is one such area that has been effectively optimized due to technology. The continually advancing technology has paved the way for a new form of marketing and advertising called digital marketing. Growing businesses are no ...
Views: 595 - How To Affect Qualities Of A Good Leader - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2011 from Chris D'CruzPeople have lots of expectation from any individual they view as their leader, any leader can attest to the fact that leadership acts requires one to always be on their toes as anything they say or do is interpreted differently by the people they lead. There’re lots of leadership courses ...
Views: 541 - How to attract success through leadership training - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2011 from Chris D'CruzLeadership training is very important for all companies if they want to make their leaders productive. It is usually a short term activity and they get the chance to improve how they perform, most importantly this training is not based on any form of conventional teachings but seeks to take ...
Views: 576 - How To Be A Good Leader - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2017 from Elaine PittmonLeadership can be defined basically as the ability to influence other humans to achieve whatever purposes positively. Many people think leaders born being leaders while others consider leaders become leaders. Perhaps all are right however on the basis of leadership we may find a set of behaviors ...
Views: 1327 - How to Be a Good Team Leader for Workplace Success - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2018 from Steven StasczakThere are numerous things that a good team leader to learn rapidly amid a great time. The fundamental one is the manner by which to end up plainly a good team leader, since that will be of imperative significance for your business. There are some extremely important prerequisites that you should ...
Views: 1622 - How to Be a Great Boss - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2008 from Barbara BartleinEmployees want to work for someone that they perceive as fair, open, and honest. Those are the qualities most often mentioned in surveys of employees about their managers and supervisors. Workers want to feel good about the person they report to and the company they work for. This ...
Views: 1785 - How to be a Great Leader. - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2011 from Nadia KhalilWhat is a leader? A leader is a soul who advocates for souls. It is not a big job. It is simply a job on Earth that is needed at this time. Leaders breathe life back to souls that have forgotten, bridging peoples souls back to them. Leaders will always have riddled conversations as souls ...
Views: 1820 - How to Be a Leader - by Submitted on Oct 17, 2022 from Judi MoreoBy Judi Moreo What does it take for someone to be a leader? Some people believe that you must be born with it. While it may be true that some people possess a natural ability towards leadership, it can be learned. Like anything else, you get better at it with practice. One of the key ...
Views: 441 - How To Be A Leader - by Submitted on Jan 19, 2023 from Judi MoreoBy Judi Moreo What does it take for someone to be a leader? Some people believe that you must be born with it. While it may be true that some people possess a natural ability towards leadership, it can be learned. Like anything else, you get better at it with practice. One of the key ...
Views: 438 - How To Be A Leader People Want To Follow by Rita Burgett-Martell - by Submitted on Aug 13, 2020 from Rita Martell“The days of Command and Control are over. Today’s leaders must Trust and Inspire their employees to be trusted as leaders.” Tweet I was a shy sixteen years old, afraid of my own shadow, the summer I worked as a Nurse’s Aide at our local hospital. The Director of Nursing was a strong loud ...
Views: 805 - How to be a Leader who holds others Accountable - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2014 from Leslie CunninghamI have received many questions from business owners and leaders about how to hold others accountable so that you can lead your team to achieve extraordinary results. In the upcoming weeks I will be sharing six lessons I’ve learned about being a leader who powerfully holds others ...
Views: 1583 - How to be a Leader who holds others Accountable -Lesson 3 - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2014 from Leslie CunninghamLesson 3: Recognizing That People Want to Avoid Accountability I have received many questions from business owners and leaders about how to hold others accountable so they can lead their team to achieve extraordinary results. This is lesson #3 out of six lessons I’ve learned about being a ...
Views: 1593 - How to Be a Leader-7 Top Tips to a New Effective Leadership Style - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2016 from Best CatcherHow to be a Leader Do you understand what Effective Leadership style entails? Well, anyone in leadership can enhance leadership style by simply studying how other successful leaders lead. One of the most visible leaders to study is a successful president of a nation. Looking at the USA for ...
Views: 1274 - How to Be a Mentor (Without Ever Meeting Your Mentee) by Writing a Book - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2021 from Genevieve GeorgetAs a general rule, we think of mentorship as being most valuable to the mentee; after all, it’s a more personal and intimate tool that can be used to move forward in pretty much any industry, business, or new skill set. It offers a way to learn not only from someone else’s success, but also from ...
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