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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- WHAT IS ADAPTIVE LEADERSHIP? - by I use the term not just in the sense of a trademark, but more importantly to draw attention to a way of leading. I selected a chameleon for my logo because most people readily recognize it as a symbol of adaptation. Adaptation is a dynamic process of mutual influence. All creatures act on their ...
Views: 39056(11 votes) - R-E-S-P-E-C-T: 25 Ways To Show It - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2009 from Laurie WeissPermissions: You may publish this article free of charge in your ezine, web site, ebook or print publication so long as the copyright notice and the resource paragraph (at the end of the article) are included. Laurie Weiss, Ph.D. Email: media@laurieweiss.com ------------ Article ...
Views: 31670(7 votes) - Sample Written Warning Letter for Attendance - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2012 from Gregory CoveyThe most important aspect of issuing a written warning letter for any violation of policy is to make sure you are being fair and consistent! Unless you want to have firsthand knowledge of how to answer an EEOC claim I would strongly recommend that you get your ducks in a row prior to taking ...
Views: 31486 - Building Your Online Corporate Training Strategy - by Submitted on May 16, 2017 from Ravinder TulsianiMore companies than ever, both small and large, are considering ways in which they can introduce eLearning in their bid to boost the skills of their employees. Many companies are opting for eLearning because, when implemented correctly, it allows employees to learn in their own time. If they ...
Views: 27079(2 votes) - New Employment Management Model - EDGE - by Submitted on May 21, 2017 from Ravinder TulsianiOver seven years ago, I created this management model and have been using it ever since. The model ensures that employers attract and retain peak performers. It's direct, to the point and easy to adopt no matter what the organization size or budget. The employee management model is called - ...
Views: 24758 - Preparing a Written Warning Letter for Insubordination - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2012 from Gregory CoveyPreparing a written warning letter for insubordination is no different than any other disciplinary action! However, one of the major mistakes that many supervisors make is mistaking insubordination with disrespectful behavior. In short, insubordination is defying authority or in ...
Views: 24654 - *Definition: Personal Leadership - by Submitted on Aug 28, 2007 from Kevin McManeminPersonal 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: 23077(28 votes) - Improve Your Relationship Management Skills with These 5 Tips - by Submitted on Feb 08, 2010 from Maurine PattenRelationship management becomes more important as you assume more professional responsibility. You need skills to build bonds, inspire, influence and develop others. All the while you need to be open to change, manage conflict and establish teamwork. Emotional Intelligence author Daniel ...
Views: 21950(4 votes) - Eight Ways to Stand Out From the Crowd - by Sometimes I think we may feel that we have to do the big things in life to stand out from the crowd, to make a difference, but in my experience I have found that it is the little things that we do on a consistent basis that are usually the most powerful. I would like to share with you 8 ways ...
Views: 21669(17 votes) - Manifesting - create your own reality - by I've experimented with conscious manifesting techniques for 13 years now. For 5 years I have taught others the tools that I myself have learned in a course called 'Manifesting Results'. Some people come to the course with a preconception that I'm going to teach them how to manifest. The bad news ...
Views: 20783(11 votes) - Definition: Effective Leadership - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2008 from Shelly WalkerLeadership maintains its effectiveness sometimes by natural succession according to established rules, and sometimes by the imposition of brute force. The simplest way to measure the effectiveness of leadership involves evaluating the size of the following that the leader can muster. By this ...
Views: 17192(2 votes) - How To Be A Fearless Leader - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Andrew RondeauTo be a leader means you should be brave and fearless, this however is easier said than done. After all, everyone has their own set of fears and leaders are no different. Despite your existing fears however, there are ways of becoming a fearless leader and a good one at that. The very first ...
Views: 16914(30 votes) - Mentoring in the Workplace - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2009 from Cecile PeterkinEmployee mentoring programs are becoming increasingly common in both larger and smaller businesses. Just as large corporations will find that there are a number of advantages to having a corporate mentoring program, smaller businesses will find that mentoring in the workplace offers a number of ...
Views: 15721(11 votes) - How to Tell People Things They Don't Want to Hear - by Submitted on Jan 24, 2010 from Joan CurtisWhenever we face a communication dilemma, whether we must tell our aging parents that they can no longer live independently or tell our best friend that her clothes do not suit her, we agonize over what to do. How do we tell people things they do not wish to hear? These kind of communication ...
Views: 14551 - Issuing a Written Warning Letter for Tardiness - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2012 from Gregory CoveyIssuing a written warning letter for tardiness is no different from any other disciplinary letter. The facts are the facts and making sure everyone is treated fairly is as important as always. When it comes to tardiness, however, I continue to hear people ask the question what is consider tardy? ...
Views: 14505 - Traits of Effective, Respected, and Liked Leader - by A truly energizing leader acts as a catalyst - the one who ultimately gets people going. They move others out of their comfort zone by believing in them and providing the support those people need to take risks. This person can raise the passion and enthusiasm of others so they want to take ...
Views: 14416(14 votes) - 7 Components of Effective Leadership - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2009 from Means DavisPowerful leadership is exactly what most of us look for, in ourselves as well as outside ourselves. We look for people who provide that extraordinary quality that pulls people toward them, makes great endeavors appear effortless, and, in short, make us envious! So we went to look for what ...
Views: 14394(3 votes) - Does MBWA (Management By Wandering Around) Still Work? - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Melanie DrakeTom Peters, alumnus of the management consulting firm of McKinsey & Company and one of today's best known and highest paid management gurus, first came to prominence in 1982 as he "knocked our socks off" with his eye-opening best-seller In Search of Excellence. This thought-provoking classic ...
Views: 13870(16 votes) - How to Train People Effectively - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2011 from Sasha Lauren, Americas Trusted Organizing Expert (not current)Statistics show that people respond better to positive support than to negative input. If you want your employees to perform well, cultivate patience and a positive environment. Not all people possess the same skills; employees who are assigned tasks beyond their capability may not adhere to ...
Views: 13508(3 votes) - How To Build Good Character - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2010 from Greg BakerBuilding good character is all about addition, not subtraction. What I mean is this: when it comes to change, our focus is usually on the aspects of our lives that are bad. We try to cut out or cut off these negative or bad qualities. We try to improve by subtraction. That is not how you build ...
Views: 12118(12 votes) - Spiritual Numerology Life Path Period – Master Number 22 – A Rare Find - by Submitted on May 11, 2010 from Cindy L. HerbIn numerology, a tradition bound by spiritual evidence—the relationship between numbers and living things, all of us have three cycles, or Life Path Periods in our lifetime. To determine a person's three Life Path Periods, one simply needs a person's date of birth. Furthermore, if someone's 3rd ...
Views: 11553(10 votes) - Staying Positive in a Negative Environment - by Submitted on Jul 04, 2006 from Julie DonleyStaying Positive in a Negative Environment By Julie Fuimano, Executive Coach Probably one of the hardest things we must do as leaders is to stay positive when everyone else around us is negative. It’s not easy to maintain a positive attitude and not be drained or consumed by the negativity that ...
Views: 11363(2 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: 11319(2 votes) - *Definition: Leadership Skills Training and Development - by Submitted on Aug 28, 2007 from Kevin McManeminIn 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: 11238(34 votes) - Corporate Team Building Ideas to Add Pep and Energy to Your Conference - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2010 from Doug StaneartHere are three Corporate Team Building Ideas that are guaranteed to add pep and energy to your next conference and turn it into the home run hit you have been looking for. Have your quarterly, bi-annual, or annual conferences become dull and boring? As the planner for your conference, you feel ...
Views: 11211(4 votes) - Improve Your Team Culture with Team Building Activities - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2010 from Doug StaneartTeam building activities help build a purposeful team culture within your organization. One of the reasons companies have offsite meetings is to not only share and gather information, but also to improve their team culture by giving people “face time”. If you’re planning an offsite meeting, ...
Views: 11058(4 votes) - Corporate Team Building Unifies, Increases Job Satisfaction, and Productivity. - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2010 from Doug StaneartCorporate team building unifies teams, increases job satisfaction, and productivity by putting your team in a non-stressful, fun environment. Yes, they should have a little fun in the name of teamwork. Bringing people together in a carefully guided, but flexible environment, gets participants ...
Views: 10974(4 votes) - 10 THINGS AUTHENTIC LEADERS DO - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2003 from Robin SharmaWhat would your life look like if you had absolutely no fear? What kinds of things would you do if you lived from a frame of reference that your thoughts literally could form your world? How brightly would your light shine if you stepped out of the limitations that are keeping you small and ...
Views: 10945(4 votes) - ***The Best Team Building Idea Secret is to Create Lots of Energy and Enthusiasm - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2011 from Doug StaneartIf you are looking for a fantastic team building idea or a secret to conducting a great team building event, the best piece of wisdom I have ever come across is the importance of energy and enthusiasm. Often times, event planners or people who are organizing a convention or annual event will ...
Views: 10646(3 votes) - Access POWER - by Submitted on Jul 07, 2011 from Joseph RiggioIntroduction If you’re anything at all like me, you’ve probably had periods in your life where the most fitting description would be that of being a “self-help junkie”. I know, it’s not a pretty or flattering description, and perhaps it’s not even obvious what I mean by it... Built right ...
Views: 10632(4 votes) - Corporate Entrepreneurship or INTRAPRENEURSHIP Success: The 3M Post-it Notes story overview - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2012 from Dr. Howard HallerCorporate Entrepreneurship or INTRAPRENEURSHIP SUCCESS: The 3M Post-it Notes story overview The Intrapreneur must learn to get around the roadblocks of corporate structure and a stodgy manager, or the traditional corporate bureaucracy. A successful corporate entrepreneur or Intrapreneur must ...
Views: 10607(165 votes) - ***Team Building Events-How to Choose the Best Corporate Team Building Event - by Submitted on Apr 17, 2011 from Doug StaneartTeam Building Events (and specifically how to choose the best, most appropriate, team building event) for your group or situation can be extremely difficult because of... Hello?! Team Building Event Companies! If you Google "Team Building Events," you will get results from every type of activity ...
Views: 10559(5 votes) - Patience leads to successful leadership - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from Debra Slover“Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.” ~ Soren Kierkegaard So many people equate successful leadership as the act of achieving results. Having patience can help you achieve results because it is the ability to tolerate frustration that can come about ...
Views: 10407(8 votes) - EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION -- CONNECTIONS ARE CRITICAL - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2019 from Doris HelgeIf you're challenged by employee motivation, engagement, or retention problems, this article is a must-read. Traditional employee motivation and recognition programs fail because companies and managers don't understand Motivation 101. Humans crave genuine appreciation and recognition. Since ...
Views: 10400(1 vote) - Public Speaking Worries – Handling Questions & Answers - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2011 from Doug StaneartOne expectation frightens people preparing for a public presentation above all others. The fear is, “Even if I master the material someone will ask me a question and I will look stupid.” Here is everything you need to know about handling Q& A. Keep these tips in mind and you can check that fear ...
Views: 10163 - ***Team Building is Boosted by Creativity - by Submitted on May 03, 2011 from Doug StaneartCorporate team building events within companies are always a big focus, but many companies are now focusing on building a team with creative outcomes to build even stronger team bonding. Why? Creativity pays off in a lot of ways, and when team members feel like they are inventing something that ...
Views: 9892(5 votes) - EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION -- RIP OFF THE BANDAIDS! - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2019 from Doris HelgeWhen the fish in a stream are dying, biologists don't attempt to solve the problem by yanking the fish out of the stream, throwing them into a clean fish tank for an hour a day, and then pitching them back into their original ecosystem for the rest of the day. Instead, they search to ...
Views: 9799(2 votes) - Nursing Leadership Traits And Behaviors For Success - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2012 from Chris D'CruzTo be a successful nursing leader demands a lot. There are certain vital traits and behaviors you need to acquire in order to succeed in the career. You don’t just wake up one morning to be a leader. You must work it out through various processes. In nursing leadership development, there ...
Views: 9699(1 vote) - Developing World Class Organizations - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2007 from Dr Adalat KhanWhen rules of a game change the player’s strategies and actions must also change so as to win in that game. The same goes for business. On the eve of the 21st century the nature of doing business has tremendously changed. Global competition, characteriest by networks that bind countries, the ...
Views: 9449 - 5 Ways Leaders Support Change - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2008 from Jennifer MounceWe hear everywhere that there is only one constant: change. If that is true, why do so many people find it so very difficult? One would think that if it is so common we would all be change agent experts… chameleons if you will; but such is not the case. The majority of humans tend toward ...
Views: 9398 - ***Gallup Pollsters are Not Business Consultants - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2012 from Doug StaneartEvery few years a new training fad will become very popular and be all the rage, but these fads are often short lived. The fads are typically introduced to the business world by a charismatic speaker or a well publicized book, but they all have a single aspect in common -- the results that they ...
Views: 9252(3 votes) - INTRAPRENEURSHIP Case Study of the Sony Corporation’s PlayStation by Intrapreneur (Corporate Entrepreneur) Ken Kutaragi - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2012 from Dr. Howard HallerINTRAPRENEURSHIP Case Study of the Sony Corporation’s PlayStation by Super Intrapreneur (Corporate Entrepreneur)Ken Kutaragi This is an article about an Intrapreneurial (corporate entrepreneurial) creation of the Sony PlayStation by persistent and driven intrapreneur Ken Kutaragi, who’s ...
Views: 9188(102 votes) - Creating an Ethical Plan - by Submitted on May 08, 2007 from Kathryn AlexanderNeed for an Ethical Plan Companies think nothing about having a business plan and a strategic plan. These are necessary to any organization that expects to be successful. What is lacking is an ethical plan. An ethical plan ensures that the organization’s leadership knows and understands ...
Views: 9156(1 vote) - Leadership : The Impact of Leadership Attributes or Traits and Leadership Literature Review - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2010 from PROF. HOWARD EDWARD HALLEROvercoming Adversity: The Impact of Leadership Attributes or Traits My 30 years of experience in leadership and senior leadership positions, my personal background, combined with my academic background uniquely prepared me to do the research into the possible relationship or impact that ...
Views: 8999(121 votes) - 10 Ways to Teach Your Kids Cooperation - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2011 from Debra SloverCooperation is a critical skill for life success that requires communication, compassion, and respect. Even a young child three-and–a-half to four years old begins to cooperate. By the age of five or six, they start to understand the true value of cooperation in accomplishing tasks, and it ...
Views: 8923 - Seven Characteristics of an Authentic Leader - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2010 from Kristin RobertsonBeing an authentic leader is a cornerstone of building a spiritually intelligent workplace. To be authentic is to be real, to be genuine. If we consider that the opposite of authentic is phony or fake, then most people would vote for authenticity. It's like a counterfeit coin, which doesn't buy ...
Views: 8872(12 votes) - Leadership Basics - Purpose, Direction and Motivation - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2011 from Jon LedinA good leader provides purpose, direction and motivation to their followers. As a leader, you first must provide purpose. Purpose is a crystallized plan of action of what it is that you want to accomplish. The plan should include a method by which you obtain a goal, objective or outcome you ...
Views: 8724(1 vote) - Dealing With The Pressures And Stresses Of Life - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2010 from Greg BakerThere is a difference between pressure and stress. One causes the other, and one we can reduce and shunt off. Learn the difference between these two in your life and what you can do about them. Stress is the product of pressure. Set an empty plastic water bottle upright and place the palm of ...
Views: 8560(7 votes) - Steve Jobs the Ultimate Intrapreneur and Entrepreneur - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2012 from Dr. Howard HallerSteve Jobs the Ultimate Intrapreneur and Entrepreneur By Dr. Howard Edward Haller Steve Jobs is well-known as a successful and innovative Entrepreneur. But by his own definitive published statement, Jobs was both an Intrapreneur and Entrepreneur! Technology available for the ...
Views: 8532(91 votes) - Definition: Self Leadership - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2008 from Shelly WalkerLeadership is commonly used to refer to activities such as.. Directing people Guiding / ConductingInitiating activity Leadership is also used to refer to someone who is a Leader in the fieldLeading contenderCommunity / Business leader How then can leadership be applied in so many different ...
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