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Before you read any further, get a pen and a piece of paper. Write down all the groups you belong to. I’ll help you get started.
I am a member of the human race.
I am a male/female.
Keep writing until you have at have at least 10-15 groups on your list.
Now that you are back, let’s review ... Views: 809
We all use questions everyday – in every part of our lives: as a leader, as a peer, as a parent, as a team member, as a spouse. We can’t get through the day without asking at least some questions. Even if the only questions you ask all day are:
“How are you doing?”, or
“What’s new?”
You are ... Views: 776
Employee retention is one of the most pressing issues facing forward thinking leaders and managers. In their book “Values Shift” authors John Izzo and Pam Withers describe a whole new set of expectations people now have of their workplaces.
As unemployment in Australia hits a 33 year low and ... Views: 2079
People often study as subject until they can get 100% right on a test of their understanding of the subject. While this is a sensible approach, it turns out that about 10% of the correct answers is composed of guesswork, short-term memory, and information not fully learned. The best approach is ... Views: 947
It is no secret that a company can not succeed without sustainable leadership. Today’s executive leaders must hold the secret on how to be a good leader. One may think they are a respected, successful leader, but are they really? Are they infecting their organizational community with ... Views: 1507
In a recent survey 3500 organizations were asked "What is holding you back?" the #1 answer was: Trust. Let's take a look at ways you can build trust to avoid communication breakdowns and build high performance.
Respect & Consideration for Others: Often times we can get so caught up in our ... Views: 1859
There's an enigmatic lining behind the personality of successful people; if you look closely, you'll find that most share an ability to focus on the positive.
You may think that some people are simply natural optimists, and while this may be true if you think about it, many great leaders, who ... Views: 894
4 Keys to develop the “Will Theory”
As a new sales person I always had the challenge of overcoming the negatives. Cold calling, getting lots of No’s and still making the next call. I heard lots of talk and ideas on motivation and listened to lots of tapes by Zig Ziglar, Earl Nightingale and ... Views: 2116
It's human nature to want a better life, to strive for new things, and find meaning through our experience and existence. People are restless; they want a raise shortly after receiving the most recent one, they desire a promotion, new challenges at work and/or in their personal lives, better ... Views: 4070
Content may be king and knowledge may be power, but people don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. Many managers and supervisors who want to be effective leaders make the mistake of believing that because they are an expert on a subject that that makes them the boss. ... Views: 882
Today is a brand new day. And you get to decide what to do with it! What decision will you make?
Will you use this day in the very best way you can? Will you use it to create the most value for your employer and to accomplish the greatest good in your life and the lives of others?
Are you ... Views: 1063
It’s up to you to be the leader for your business whether you’re a solo professional or have a number of staff. The whole point of leadership is achieving results either through others or yourself. Polish your leadership skills and start getting better results.
Only the leader can ... Views: 622
SHARING THE SECRET OF SINGLE-MINDEDNESS
by
Bill Cottringer
The most important gift a leader can share is the illusive secret of single-mindedness. No organization can flourish with consistent growth, abundant prosperity and genuine success without single-mindedness of purpose and effort. ... Views: 1485
How often do you say something like the following to yourself?
I’ll be happy when:
• I change and become the person I want to be in my life
• I get a new home or car or boat or new toy
• I win the lottery
• My boss learns how to supervise me properly
• I can be friends with everyone I meet
• I ... Views: 3340
Self-esteem is a very important motivator according to Abraham Maslow. He places a person’s self-esteem needs above physiological, security, and social needs.
The dictionary defines self-esteem as confidence and satisfaction in oneself. It can be also thought of as self-respect, or confidence ... Views: 2829
Ben, a high-level leader in a multi-national firm, recently confessed that he felt like a bad father. That weekend he had messed up his Saturday daddy duties. When he took his son to soccer practice, Ben stayed for a while to support him. In the process, though, he forgot to take his daughter to ... Views: 688
There is a dark curse that all of us struggle with. It is so powerful, that it can made our life miserable and negatively affect our relationships. Learn how to overcome this dark curse.
This curse is so powerful that it can make your life miserable and people around you flee. It is so ... Views: 954
The Greatest Investment Ever Made Is . . .
What would Warren Buffett say was the greatest investment that he ever made? What would Bill Gates or Oprah Winfrey say was the greatest investment they ever made? How about Mary Kay Ash?
What would the most admired person you know say was the ... Views: 868
“P” Point Management:
Simple Clues for Closing Gaps
“When you want to fool the world, simply tell the truth clearly” (Otto Von Bismark).
Here’s the simple and clear truth: The biggest problem we have today in managing our lives and our organizations is the prevalence of gaps. Success ... Views: 996
In the executive offices of high-tech companies across the globe, a new weapon is reemerging in the executive arsenal with powerful implications for driving business success: Retention Leadership.
Executives whose daily challenges in the 21st Century global environment are how to work with ... Views: 1019
Notice, I didn’t ask the question: “Are you a teacher?” Each and every one of us is a teacher. Let me explain.
As a young child growing up, who gave you instruction, taught you to function normally in the world, and created your boundaries? I’ll bet your answer is your parents and a host of ... Views: 716
What is it?
How does a leader get everyone performing to their potential? What is the relationship between leadership and management? What are the attributes of the transformational leader? Finally, what conclusions can be drawn about the usefulness of transformational leadership?
Since James ... Views: 3842
Recall a time in your life when you were joyously doing something and the time just flew by. A time when you were so completely absorbed by what you were doing that nothing else mattered. An occasion when you felt passion and enthusiasm and were elated by the results.
Did that feel good or ... Views: 780
A minimum of 30% of all resources are wasted in the conduct of business! Believe it?
There are the obvious wastes like material waste, missing supplies and tools, abuse of machinery, unsecured loss of equipment, and undetected quality defects. The list can get quite long. However, there's ... Views: 810
Practice a behavior once and find out how it's done. Repeat the behavior once more and you correct some mistakes. Practice it a third time and start to feel more comfortable. The fourth time you start to feel a little confident. Practice it six more times and start to build mastery. What's ... Views: 738
Everyone wants to get paid more and promoted faster. It is just human nature. But who knows what they must do to be recognized as a high performer worthy of being paid more and promoted faster? There are many things you can do and I’ve chosen to share three with you.
Develop Good Work Habits: ... Views: 797
Passion is an intense, driving, or overmastering feeling or conviction. It can be fear-based, as in anger. Or love-based as with intensely positive feelings. The greatest joy and happiness you will ever experience occurs when you are passionate about your work and the life you are living.
A ... Views: 685
Everyone wants a quick fix. Wouldn't you like it if I could just tell you the secret to developing more effective leadership and you could be an effective leader right now? You know -- make it quick and sweet and get it done today!
Well, here's the truth: I can and I can't!
Here's the "I ... Views: 821
Attitude is a habit of thought. Every second your five senses are bombarded with millions of bits of data. Since it's impossible to process that much data, your brain has created well worn neural pathways, or patterns of interpretation, to process repetitive data sets. Those patterns filter ... Views: 701
The problems and Solutions of Procrastination!
Did you read this immediately or leave it until another day?
We all suffer from procrastination at some time in our life.
Some of the problems and solutions are detailed below.
Problem:
People procrastinate because many are paralysed with fear ... Views: 719
Almost everyone I know has a desire - whether in the back or the forefront of their minds - to become wealthy. The Universe is a place of abundance and every person has a right to and access to that abundance. So why isn't everyone wealthy?
People become stuck at levels of existence because ... Views: 763
I get called to fix people problems and I'm really good at that. Most often the person I'm helping has a supervisor or executive team member who has huge gaps in their own management skills. For example here are some of the deficiencies I observe:
• Personality differences
• Stagnant ... Views: 3512
Return on Investment - better known as ROI - is a critical key business indicator. Businesses live or die based on their ROI.
Business investors rightfully demand to know the projected ROI of every investment in order to decide whether to put their money on the table. At best, ROI is always ... Views: 797
This book review was provided by Joe Farcht, the Official Guide to Leadership Skills. Leadership Skills are the tools and traits acquired to facilitate guiding or a directing a group, most commonly toward a shared goal.
Joe Farcht has identified Leadership by Rudolph W. Giuliani and Ken Kurson ... Views: 1367
This book review was provided by Joe Farcht, the Official Guide to Leadership Skills. Leadership Skills are the tools and traits acquired to facilitate guiding or a directing a group, most commonly toward a shared goal.
Joe Farcht has identified Remarkable Leadership: Unleashing Your ... Views: 1064
This book review was provided by Joe Farcht, the Official Guide to Leadership Skills. Leadership Skills are the tools and traits acquired to facilitate guiding or a directing a group, most commonly toward a shared goal.
Joe Farcht has identified Leadership: Theory and Practice by Peter G. ... Views: 2203
This book review was provided by Joe Farcht, the Official Guide to Leadership Skills. Leadership Skills are the tools and traits acquired to facilitate guiding or a directing a group, most commonly toward a shared goal.
Joe Farcht has identified Leadership 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know ... Views: 5710
This book review was provided by Joe Farcht, the Official Guide to Leadership Skills. Leadership Skills are the tools and traits acquired to facilitate guiding or a directing a group, most commonly toward a shared goal.
Joe Farcht has identified The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow ... Views: 1228
Executive Coaching generally entails working for the executive on any personal or organizational concerns he or she may have.
Some Intervention Areas for Executive Coaching
1. Helping the executive who needs new skills for a new position due to a change in organizational structure.
2. Working ... Views: 1686
James MacGregor Burns (1978) first introduced the concepts of transformational and transactional leadership in his treatment of political leadership, but this term is now used in organizational psychology as well. According to Burns, the difference between transformational and transactional ... Views: 5210
Personal Leadership Definition
Personal leadership is the ability and desire to crystallize your thinking and to establish a specific direction and destination for your own life. It includes the courage, choice, and commitment to move in that direction by taking committed and determined action ... Views: 22890
In organizational development, leadership development is the strategic investment in, and utilization of, the human capital within the organization.
David Day (2000) distinguished between leader versus leadership development.
Leader development focuses on the development of the leader, such as ... Views: 11079
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to understand the force that controls what you think and how you act? The thoughts and actions you engage in today, determine the results you experience now and into the future. So, if you understood the force that controls you, you could use that knowledge to change ... Views: 692
We have always been told that "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" espouses the philosophy of win-win as being the only way to negotiate and form agreements with other people - be they at home, at work, in the community or wherever. However Stephen Covey actually tells us that sometimes ... Views: 781
A Gardener I am not, but a few years ago some Raspberries were transplanted and took over the North side of my house. As I was taking my evening stroll in my yard, I noticed that they were loaded with sweet red berries. I decided to spend the time picking several quarts of the elusive red ... Views: 975
I recently met with a manager who is transitioning into a new role (fantastic!!) and is training her replacement.
We were discussion the difficulties of handing over her work to the new hire, so just for fun I role-played how delegation usually works:
Step 1... DELEGATE: Give them a ... Views: 574
In my earlier work and life I was sure of what was right or wrong, black or white, correct or wrong, and the best way or the worst way to do things. I was a confident judge. Judgment was my enemy and I didn’t know it!
Not now! Life has imparted some wisdom to me and I know that whatever I ... Views: 673
Have you ever walked into a place of work and felt heaviness in the atmosphere. Like fear was the predominant emotion permeating the work place. People only did what they were told, never showed initiative, avoided problems, and finger pointed to others as the source of problems. Gossip was ... Views: 7502
How often do you find yourself in the situation where you're asking yourself:
• Why am I doing this?
• Why did I agree to this?
• I'm not getting paid for this, so why should I bother going “whole hog”? I'll just do enough to get by...
• I can’t get it all done - I'll just forget about ... Views: 1165
How many ideas fail to launch because they will require big changes in the business? Could it be the result of a failure in leadership? Do good ideas turn bad? If an idea fails to produce, does that mean it was bad? How many good ideas will be applicable to your business? Do they fit your ... Views: 908